Senior Pharmacy Technician

Overview

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Work type: Permanent
Location: South Brisbane
Categories: Pharmacy

We are seeking a professional and passionate Senior Pharmacy Technician to join our Clinical Services team in a permanent, full-time position, working predominantly at our South Brisbane Campus.

Mater Health Services, South East 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 provides a clinical service to all inpatient areas and some outpatient clinics, 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 Clinical Services team at Mater.

In this position you will work closely with the Team Leader Inpatient Services to co-ordinate and support Pharmacy Technicians and Students working alongside Clinical Pharmacists to ensure required medications are made available across all clinical areas of our South Brisbane campus.

Your time will predominantly be spent working in our 2 dispensary areas to, one of which has a BD Rowa, assisting with the imprest service and supporting other pharmacy technicians working in rotational roles such as dispensing, PBS Claiming, and day oncology clinics.

In all settings, you will provide customers, patients, carers and other health professionals with support and information relating to medication and uphold medication safety practices. This includes but is not limited to:

- Providing responsive customer-focused service
- Answering phone calls from both internal and external customers and patients
- Supervising and maintaining efficient medication supply processes for dispensed medicines and imprest
- Ensuring accurate and timely delivery of required medications to clinical areas and patients
- Assisting to monitor and maintain appropriate stock levels in the pharmacy
- Cold chain management of refrigerated medicines
- Training and supporting less experienced staff and those rotating to new roles
- Assisting the Team Leader with rostering, following up incidents & issues and quality improvement activities.
- Liaising with other teams within the pharmacy department including Inventory Management, Clinical Trials, Production Unit and Cancer services.

While this role will be based at our South Brisbane campus, there will also be the opportunity to work at Springfield and/or Redland from time to time to cover or train other Senior Technicians.

Mater Pharmacy is dedicated to the exceptional care and service of all our patients and customers. We provide a comprehensive pharmacy service and strive to maintain the highest level of professionalism in all our services. In addition to clinical pharmacy services, we also provide community pharmacy medicines and retail products to patients, visitors and staff.

About you

To be considered for this role you must have:

- Undertaking or completion of Certificate IV in Community/Hospital Pharmacy (or equivalent)
- A professional attitude, effective communication skills and a high level of attention to detail
- Passion for customer service and appreciation of the importance of delivering exceptional service every time
- Professional, hardworking attitude and willing to work cooperatively and effectively with all team members

Other highly regarded attributes:

- Previous experience within hospital pharmacy setting
- The ability to work at Mater Hospital locations including South Brisbane, Redland and Springfield

Please include a short explanation of your relevant experience, abilities and skills in your cover letter.

We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.

Benefits

- Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
- Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
- Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
- Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few)
- Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
- Convenient, discounted on-site parking
- Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
- Join Queensland’s Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.

Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

Closing date for applications is Monday 13 October 2025.
Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW

For further information, please contact Pharmacy Administration on 07 3163 8220.

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

Advertised: 29 Sep 2025 E. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 13 Oct 2025 E. Australia Standard Time

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