Regional Clinical Pharmacist

Overview

Join to apply for the Regional Clinical Pharmacist role at WA Country Health Service. Location: Australia's South West – Bunbury (Bunbury Geographe). This is a Recruitment Pool for Permanent, Fixed Term, and Casual appointments at various hours per fortnight, with the possibility of extension(s) and/or permanency.

Position Profile

WACHS South-West is looking for clinical pharmacists to join the Bunbury team. These roles promote safe, rational and cost-effective drug therapy by providing clinical pharmacy services for hospital patients throughout the South West region. This includes, but is not limited to, medication reconciliation for admitted hospital patients, monitoring the patient's total medication profile, dispensing medications to patients, providing drug information to nursing and medical staff, and making independent decisions on therapeutic strategies to optimize patient care.

Practice Standards

Your practice as a Pharmacist will align to the Pharmacy Board of Australia Registration Standards, the Pharmacy Board of Australia Codes and Guidelines including the Pharmacy Code of Conduct for Registered Health Practitioners and WACHS policies and guidelines.

Area Profile

The WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is the largest country health system in Australia and one of the biggest in the world, providing health services to approximately half a million people, including 45,000 Aboriginal people, over a vast two and a half million square kilometre area. The organisation comprises seven regions, with a strong network of public hospitals, health services and health centres located across rural and remote Western Australia. Our core business is the provision of quality, accessible health services to country WA residents and visitors.

Employee Benefits

• 12% employer contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice. For further information click here.
• Access to generous salary packaging arrangements
• Professional Development Opportunities and Study Leave/assistance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Flexible leave arrangements
• Other professional and location based allowances

Eligibility to Apply

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).

Other Conditions

WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.

Working with Children Check

This Vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at

Pre-Employment Health Assessment

Please note this recruitment process requires completion of satisfactory Pre-Employment Health Assessment (PEHA). Any offer of employment with WA Country Health Service (WACHS) is conditional on satisfactory PEHA to ensure you are able to perform the inherent requirements of the position. An unsatisfactory PEHA will result in the offer of employment being withdrawn. Please see the attached WACHS PEHA Policy for further information.

Pool and Future Vacancies

While this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, it may also be used to fill other "similar" vacancies throughout the health service. If the successful applicant declines or vacates the advertised vacancy, the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from the date the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision. Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 30/09/2026.

Parental Leave

This recruitment process includes some Fixed Term opportunities while the substantive occupant is on Parental Leave.

Application Instructions

Applicants are requested to apply online ). Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on or after 4:00pm will not be accepted. LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Hospitals and Health Care

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