Closes: 02 October 2024
Classification: Pharmacist Level 2/3
Salary: $93,959 - $122,571 plus superannuation
Position No: 30740 - 02JKU
Directorate:
Advertised (Gazettal date): 16 September 2024
Contact Officer: Carol Chan on or
What can we offer you:
1. City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in .
2. Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
3. Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
4. Flexible working conditions.
5. Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is looking for a dynamic and dedicated pharmacist with a special interest in the area of Geriatric medicine to undertake the CHS Pharmacy Registrar Training Pharmacist Program in Geriatric Medicine, which has been accredited by Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha), formerly known as the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), at the Canberra Hospital and University of Canberra Hospital.
The position is offered on a temporary basis to enable completion of the program over a 2-year period (with the possibility of extension or permanency), in line with the AdPha Geriatric Medicine Registrar Training Pharmacist Framework. Working with a team of highly engaged geriatric medicine clinicians and multidisciplinary teams the resident will be supported with mentorship from one of our Geriatricians, and the Lead Pharmacist for RACs, a Consultant Pharmacist in General Medicine and Geriatric medicine, recognised as a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (FANZCAP).
The department runs a successful AdPha accredited residency program, an excellent intern training program and is accredited for several Registrar Training Programs. We are a progressive, forward-thinking department, having introduced credentialed accuracy checking technician roles and implemented Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting on the main Canberra Hospital site in Garran.
This position is required to travel and work at multiple Canberra Health Services sites.
Living and working in Canberra
Ranked as one of the world’s most liveable city, Canberra offers the ultimate work/life balance with access to world-class facilities, stunning natural surrounds, and great career opportunities. Canberra is the capital city of Australia and is situated inland between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne. It is a picturesque city, conveniently nestled alongside Australia’s highest alpine mountains and the South Eastern coastal region of New South Wales. This means that is the perfect city to base yourself so that you may be skiing some of the best alps in Australia within 2 hours or enjoying the pristine beaches of the South Coast within 90 minutes.
A move to Canberra means you have more time to do things you and your family enjoy.
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Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
6. Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
7. Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
8. Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
Notes: This is a temporary position available for 24 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.
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Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the .
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
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Note
This is a temporary position available for 24 months with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.
Career interest categories:
Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services