Rare opportunity to work and gain experience in multiple pharmacist roles including retail and a tertiary hospital environment!

Mater Pharmacy are looking for some professional and enthusiastic Pharmacists available to work on a casual basis to support our teams:

• Clinical Services team providing pharmaceutical care and medication management services to Mater Hospitals: Mater Public Hospital, Mater Mother’s Public & Private Hospitals, Mater Private Hospitals at South Brisbane, Redland and Springfield
• Community Pharmacy team operating from three unique sites across the Mater South Brisbane Campus including Vaccination service and Cancer Care treatments.

Who we are

Mater Health Services, Southeast Queensland comprises a unique collection of two public and four private hospitals at South Brisbane, Springfield and Redland caring for over 500,000 patients each year.

Mater Pharmacy is a large and diverse department dedicated to the exceptional care and service of all our patients and customers across Mater hospitals and also in the wider Mater community so this represents a fantastic opportunity to make a positive contribution to the health and wellbeing of this community and to contribute to a strong, unified, inter-professional team at Mater.

The Clinical Services (hospital) team provides a comprehensive pharmacy service to all Mater Hospitals through our ward pharmacy service and on-site dispensaries. This includes a wide variety of specialties including general medical and surgical wards as well as obstetrics and gynaecology, special care and neonatal intensive care, paediatrics and adolescent health, oncology and haematology, adult intensive care, coronary care and interventional cardiology, neurosciences and rehabilitation. Our central dispensary also provides an extended hours service for all our hospitals during evenings, public holidays, weekends.

The Community Pharmacy team operates from three unique locations at the Mater South Brisbane campus and care for community patients in addition to hospital outpatients. Community based professional services are a focal point with Minfos in combination with Medadvisor used to optimise patient care levels. 

What you'll be doing

The successful applicant will work in one of the dispensary areas to efficiently manage medication supply and provide clinical support and medicines information to customers, patients, carers and other health professionals. In the team you will be working closely with and supervising pharmacy technicians, students and intern pharmacists. Tasks will include

• Dispensing and checking medication supplies
• Updating medication profiles and relevant information
• Providing patient education and medication information to other health care providers
• Responding to queries and requests via phone, e-mail/fax and in person
• Handover to colleagues to ensure continuity of care
• Completion of audits and compliance checks

Depending on your experience and interest, there will also be the opportunity for training to provide ward-based pharmacy services including documenting best possible medication history and clinically reviewing medications, preparation of discharge medication profiles and counselling patients as well as providing information and support to the multidisciplinary team.

Shifts will predominantly be at our South Brisbane campus between Monday to Friday but may also include evening, public holiday and weekend shifts as rostered and shifts at our Springfield and Redland locations from time to time.

Salary range: $41.87 - $56.07 per hour (Health Practitioner Level 3) plus 11.5%  superannuation and access to salary sacrificing arrangements.

access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

About you

To be considered for this role you must have:

• Bachelor of Pharmacy
• APHRA registration to practice as a Pharmacist (without restrictions)
• a professional attitude, effective communication skills and a high level of attention to detail

Applicants should provide a CV and concise cover letter summarising their relevant experience, abilities and skills.

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.  

We are a leader in healthcare, education, and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE  

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and increase your take-home pay  
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging  
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education  
• Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options where suitable  
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams  
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other  
• Access to on-site, discounted parking  
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues  

Applications close on the 3rd of October 2024

For further information specific to the position, please contact Pharmacy Administration on 07 3163 8220.