Vad Pharmacist Lead - Pharmacy

Job Description

Job Number: VAD Pharmacist Lead - Pharmacy ( Job Number: 02GVX )

Description

Employment Type: Part Time (14.25 hours per week ) , Temporary 3-6 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency Classification: Pharmacist Level 4 (PN 64879)

Salary: $ 121,747 - $1 31,067 (Plus 11.5% Super) - Pro-rata for part time

Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran

Section: Pharmacy

Closing Date: 19 April 2024

What can we offer you:  City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra .

Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital. 

Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.

Flexible working conditions. 

11.5% Superannuation.

VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates

Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role: The VAD Pharmacist Lead is a leadership position within the CHS Pharmacy and works closely with other members of the VAD team working within Cancer and Ambulatory Support. The VAD Pharmacist Lead provides a key role to support the development and implementation of VAD across the CHS Network. This role will provide leadership, direction, planning, operational and policy input to support establishing the VAD centralised pharmacy service before VAD legislation commences in the ACT.

The VAD Pharmacist Lead will support the CHS VAD Implementation Team when engaging with and training clinical colleagues on VAD, and supporting formal VAD service delivery once VAD legislation commences. You will provide subject matter expertise on the VAD centralised pharmacy service and support the development of new/updated policies and models of care in preparation for operationalising VAD across the CHS Network once VAD legislation commences in the ACT.

Note: This is a part-time temporary position available at 14 hours per week for a period of 6 months commencing March 2024 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. The full-time salary will be paid pro-rata.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to: Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:  Please submit a copy of your CV along with a 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

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 CHS website . 

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.  If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Rachel Backhouse at 0419 224 966 or at ****** .

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