Pharmacy Team Leader

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 65088

**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**Our Journey**

More than 500 of us work in our Pharmacy Team, providing clinical, operational and quality Pharmacy services to patients in our hospitals and community settings. We are a diverse group of professionals, focused on achieving the best outcomes and experiences for our community. The General Medicine Pharmacy team is highly regarded, providing exceptional and innovative holistic patient-centred care across Monash Health. We’re seeking an enthusiastic and experienced hospital pharmacist to lead the service and support the general medicine pharmacy team at Casey Hospital in this full time permanent role.

**A Day in the Life**

Working closely with the Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy and the other Pharmacy Team Leaders, you will lead and develop the clinical pharmacy services in General Medicine to provide expertise in medication management within a multidisciplinary team. In this important role you will:

- Support, guide and work alongside your team members to provide a consistently safe, high quality, efficient and effective service
- Coordinate daily workflow, staffing and priorities
- Support the training of pharmacy staff and students, with assistance from our team of Clinical Educators
- Ensure relevant key performance targets are met or exceeded
- Participate in research and quality improvement activities

Each week you will have a day so that you can focus on team management tasks, developing your team members and honing your own leadership and management skills.

**About You**

You already have significant hospital pharmacy, clinical and leadership experience with proven abilities in developing and implementing new services and in assessing quality improvements. You are highly professional, lead by example and role-model expectations to others. Your positive approach is infectious and people enjoy working with you. A Relevant postgraduate qualification, such as Master of Clinical Pharmacy or equivalent, or Advanced Pharmacy Practice Stage 2 or Stage 3 will be highly regarded. You can also demonstrate:

- A proactive, organised and energetic approach to your work
- Adaptability and ability to drive innovation and influence others
- Commitment to research, education and professional contribution
- Current AHPRA registration as a Pharmacist

**In Return**

You’ll be joining a pharmacy department that supports your development, including through in-house learning programs and attendance at relevant forums and conferences. Our Team Leaders also have opportunities to act up as Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy to provide leave cover and enable professional development of our Team Leaders. Our Pharmacy leadership team is highly regarded and will work with you to further develop your skills and expertise, positioning you for potential advancement down the track.

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

To learn more about our organisation visit **monashhealth.org**.

To see first-hand what our colleagues think about working here, take a look at the following short videos**:monashhealth.org/careers**.

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

**Applications are only accepted if they are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).**
- For a confidential discussion about your suitability for this role please contact, Patrick Lam, Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Ph: 03 8768 1855_

**We look forward to hearing from you.