Pharmacy Technician

Location: North West Region | Bendigo

Job type: Not provided

Organisation: Bendigo Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Medical

Reference: 13351

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- A dynamic and growing health service that embraces new technologies
- A new facility with a diverse patient base

**The Position**

Position Title: Pharmacy Technician
Classification: TF1 - TH6
Salary per hour (exc. super): $27.28 - $30.39
Hours per fortnight: 48
Employment Status: Permanent
Other requirements: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**

The successful applicants will be working closely with a team of pharmacists, dispensing medications for patients at Bendigo Health. Duties will include ordering, stock control, re-filling of stock on wards, assistance with dispensing and some clerical duties. Experience in hospital or community pharmacy is highly desirable, as well as competent computer skills and excellent interpersonal skills.

Applicants must have completed or be willing to complete the Hospital Pharmacy Technicians course.

**Bendigo Health**

Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**

The Pharmacy Department’s core activities are central to medication supply, medication information and medication safety at Bendigo Health. The Pharmacy team supports effective medication management by both hospital staff (doctors, nurses, allied health) and hospital inpatients, outpatients as well as to specific groups of community patients.The Pharmacy Department services Bendigo Health except for residential services. All pharmacy services are managed from the hospital campus and incorporates services to the Anne Caudle Centre campus. Ward pharmacists service Medical, Surgical, Orthopaedic, Intensive Care and Rehabilitation Wards and are available on a referral basis to other wards.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.