Pharmacy Technician

**Join Kurri Kurri Hospital’s vibrant pharmacy team to deliver safe, efficient, patient-focused care in a supportive and dynamic environment**

**Remuneration**:$36.26 - $39.75 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging
**Location**: Kurri Kurri Hospital
**Employment Type**:Permanent Part Time
**Position Classification**:Pharmacy Tech Grade 2
**Hours Per Week**:16
**Requisition ID**:REQ597717
**Applications Close**:Sunday 24th August 2025

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

**About the role**:
This position will see you working within a supportive and highly skilled Hospital Pharmacy and multidisciplinary team to ensure medication safety and optimal service efficiency. You will be dispensing, preparing, and distributing inpatient medications, dispensing discharge and outpatient prescriptions, and providing medication information and education to patients and other healthcare workers.

**Where you’ll be working**:
A charming former coal mining town, Kurri Kurri is located a short drive from the spectacular Hunter Valley wine region. Kurri Kurri is known for its impressive murals painted throughout the town and its surrounds, found on local buildings and signage. The town is located just a 45 minute drive from Newcastle, and only 20 minutes from Maitland.

The vibrant pharmacy team at Kurri Kurri Hospital endeavours to achieve optimal medication outcomes following the Hunter New England principle of serving Every Patient, Every Time. We achieve this goal by offering clinical pharmacy services to various medical, surgical, and paediatric wards, including the emergency department and intensive care unit.

**About You**:
We are looking for someone with extensive relevant work experience in pharmacy and pharmacy computer systems, as well as the ability to perform basic mathematical calculations. You should be competent in dispensing, non-sterile production and ward distribution.

**Requirements**:

- Completed a minimum of an accredited Pharmacy Technician Certificate IV issued by a Registered Training Organisation in Hospital Pharmacy or Community Dispensary or have qualifications deemed by the employer to be equivalent.

**Additional Information**:

- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent part time and temporary part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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**Information for Applicants**:
**This is a Category A position.**Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with**NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.