Senior Pharmacist – Cancer AHP3

Description
Full Time, Permanent Role
AHP3
11:55 pm Tuesday 28th October 2025
About The Role
As a Senior Pharmacist - Cancer you will play a vital role in the organisation, management, and daily operation of the Cancer Pharmacy Team. You will deliver a comprehensive range of advanced pharmacy services across inpatient and outpatient settings including verification of chemotherapy and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to optimise pharmacotherapy for patients undergoing cancer treatment. You will exercise independent clinical judgement and provide therapeutic advice and medicines information to patients, medical staff, nurses, and other health professionals, playing a key role in ensuring safe and effective use of cancer therapy. Your expertise will ensure that services are delivered in line with hospital policies, divisional procedures, and professional standards, with a focus on safety and quality.

In this role, you will actively contribute to optimising patient outcomes through the quality use of medicines, implementing strategies that support safe, effective, and cost-conscious pharmaceutical care. By collaborating with colleagues across the hospital, you will help foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement in pharmacy practice, ensuring patients and the wider health service benefit from the highest standards of care.

About You
You are a qualified and dedicated Pharmacist who brings strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality pharmacy services. With excellent communication and organisational abilities, you thrive in complex healthcare environments and are passionate about driving improvements in patient care.

• Registered (or eligible) with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, holding a Bachelor of Pharmacy (or equivalent), with extensive hospital pharmacy experience.
• Previous oncology and/or haematology clinical pharmacy experience and SA Pharmacy Clinical Verification of Cancer Therapy credentialed (or equivalent).
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively across diverse professional groups and lead multidisciplinary initiatives.
• Proven organisational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities, with a track record of meeting deadlines, ensuring accuracy, and improving service delivery.
• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmacy practice, standards, and codes of practice, with experience in supervising, educating, and mentoring staff at all levels.

About Us
Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.
What We Offer

• Attractive salary packaging available.
• Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
• Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.

Diversity And Inclusion
Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Information

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.