About Us

Western Health manages three acute public hospitals: Footscray, Sunshine and Williamstown Hospital. It also operates the Sunbury Day Hospital, Transition Care at Hazeldean and a range of community based services. We care for a culturally diverse population of more than 1 million people. We have 7,000 employees who are driven by our values of ‘Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety’ (CARES).

Our continued growth has seen the addition of a new purpose built, multi-storey Joan Kirner Women's and Children's at Sunshine Hospital.

About the Role

Seeking an experienced Grade 2 Clinical Pharmacist on an ongoing full time basis at Footscray Hospital with outstanding clinical and interpersonal skills and demonstrated willingness to develop and maintain their own knowledge.  The successful applicant will contribute to the development, implementation and maintenance of innovative Pharmacy Services.  This will be a rotational position across clinical wards and dispensary services.

This position presents an exciting and unique opportunity for a pharmacist to expand and develop their clinical and organisational skills.

Duties

• Provide expert professional knowledge to ensure that patient outcomes are optimised by working to achieve the best quality use of medicines.
• Provide expert clinical pharmacy advice to a range of clinical specialties.
• Support prescribers and patients to maximise clinical benefits of drugs whilst minimising unwanted side effects.
• Assist the Clinical Pharmacy Co-ordinator in orientating and mentoring clinical pharmacy staff.
• Support the educational and operational activities of the department, such as quality assurance activities and practice research projects.

Essential Criteria

• Flexibility and ability to assign priorities to responsibilities to meet time constraints
• Act as a positive role model to junior members of staff
• Broad experience in providing high quality clinical pharmacy services
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent information technology skills

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits such as:

• Work-life balance
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Onsite fitness clubs
• Culturally safe and respectful environment
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program

Culture

At Western Health, we value our employees and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop.  Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience. Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation status clearance and (if applicable) a Working With Children’s Check.

Western Health do not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from Recruitment Agencies