Senior Pharmacist

Description

• Permanent Full Time Position (80hrs per f/n) + monthly ADO
• Grade 3 SX6-SX81
• Located at Caulfield Hospital
• Great Staff Benefits 5 Weeks Annual Leave & Salary Packaging

About The Department
Alfred Health Pharmacy is well recognised for high quality and innovative patient- focused services, education and training programmes as well as significant research output. The service operates over 4 sites within Alfred Health, and continually advocates for postgraduate learning and research interests, with supportive partnerships and expert mentors available to foster staff development.

Further information is available at

About The Team
The Caulfield Hospital team specialises in community-based care, rehabilitation and aged care services. Our services extend across hospital, community and home-based settings, allowing care to be tailored to individual patient needs.

Our pharmacists are recognised as essential members of all clinical teams, actively engaging in a unit and team-based care model involving ward rounds and collaborating closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve excellent patient care outcomes.

The Service Has 3 Key Priorities

• Practice
• Education
• Research

The department also has advanced Education programs with Foundation Residency and Advanced Training Residency to support career progression, including opportunities to rotate to external hospitals.

About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinical pharmacist to step into a leadership role within Alfred Health's Rehabilitation and Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) services.

As Senior Clinical Pharmacist - Rehab/ABI, you will provide high-level clinical pharmacy services across a diverse and complex patient group, including those in the Acquired Brain Injury Unit, musculoskeletal and spinal rehabilitation, burns rehabilitation, neurorehabilitation, and related inpatient and outpatient programs.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in optimising medicines use to support patients recovering from injury, trauma, or neurological conditions, often with significant and long-term care needs. You will collaborate closely with Lead and Senior Pharmacists to provide leadership, mentorship, and oversight of clinical pharmacy practice within the team, contributing to service development and patient-centred care.

Our Rehabilitation and ABI services are recognised for their comprehensive, innovative, and highly specialised programs that support patients to maximise independence, recovery, and quality of life. This role offers the chance to shape and influence pharmacy services within this unique and rewarding area of care.

Key Skills

• Ability to demonstrate leadership and decision making skills
• Problem-solving and risk assessment abilities and the ability to use initiative
• Excellent communication, time management skills with the ability to prioritise, plan and organise your work and deliver to deadlines
• Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams

Qualifications & Experience Required

• Registered pharmacist in Australia
• Relevant post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy or leadership and management highly desirable
• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience, with a demonstrated understanding of contemporary practice in hospital pharmacy services highly desirable
• Experience in leading and coaching highly effective team (formally or informally) desirable

Benefits

• Salary Packaging & Novated Leasing through Maxxia.
• Flexible Heath Insurance coverage through HCF Health Insurance.
• On-site car & bike parking opportunities, Deducted Pre-Tax
• Fantastic onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred through ProSport Health and Fitness and access to Fitness Passport.

For any questions or for a confidential discussion please contact Duy Le, Lead Pharmacist – Home, Acute and Community Services at
Applications must be submitted electronically via the Alfred Health website - applications forwarded to the contact email address will not be considered.
Applications closing 11pm AEST, Friday 24th October 2025