Sterile Pharmacy Technician

**Date**:21 Jul 2025

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**About the Role**

This is a Permanent Full-Time position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Pharmacy Department

You will be responsible for supporting the aseptic manufacture of products in the pharmacy sterile department. You will also be supporting training of rotational technician staff and intern pharmacists.

**What you’ll achieve**:

- Manufacture sterile medications following the requirements of clean room procedures and aseptic technique
- Assist senior pharmacists with staff rostering in Sterile to ensure the correct skill mix for each day’s manufacturing
- Supervise cleaning and sterilising equipment and work areas

Classification for this position will be TH10 (Grade 3) (base salary $65,754 per annum, plus superannuation plus salary packaging)

**Your skills and experience**:
Essential:

- Prior experience working in a Sterile unit
- Prior experience with training staff

Desirable:

- Suitable Hospital Pharmacy Technician course (Certificate III or IV), or equivalent
- Prior work with paediatrics and members of the public
- Familiarity with the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- Certification or experience in manufacturing intravenous solutions and other sterile pharmaceutical products
- Familiarity with the use of Merlin® and Epic®

If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

**About the Pharmacy Department**

The RCH Pharmacy Sterile Room manufactures complex aseptic products for patients of RCH. It is a wider part of the Pharmacy Department, which is responsible for medication management of inpatients and outpatients at RCH.

**What we offer**:

- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay
- Parkville location and close to public transport

**Other requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption