Deputy Director of Pharmacy

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit Royal Darwin, Palmerston Hospital Pharmacy

Job title Deputy Director of Pharmacy - Operations Designation Senior Professional Officer 1

Job type Full time Duration Fixed from 08/12/2025 to 24/09/2026

Salary $128,551 - $143,611 Location Darwin, Palmerston

Position number 852 RTF Closing 12/11/2025

Contact officer Jennifer Collins, Deputy Director on or

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QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates people with

disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or job, please discuss

this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go to the

OCPE website.

Primary objective

Develop, manage, and lead pharmacy service operations at Royal Darwin Palmerston Hospitals (RDPH) to ensure the delivery of a high

quality, culturally appropriate and effective hospital pharmacy and medicines distribution service.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide leadership, induction, guidance, mentoring, support and expert advice to staff to ensure the effective delivery of a pharmacy

and medicines distribution service to RDPH and other NT Health sites.

2. Lead and develop the pharmacy technician team across RDPH, including development and evaluation of expanded technician roles.

1. Provide expert advice to the Senior Pharmacist – Medicines Contracts to support effective management and oversight and ensure

best value in purchasing medicines across NT Health.

1. Co-ordinate the ordering, purchasing, receipt, recall, and storage of all medicines in accordance with legislation and departmental

policies.

1. Co-ordinate the management of the pharmacy dispensing and stock control system including training of staff, development of

workflows and standard operating procedures, maintenance of data, and provision of reports. Liaise with vendors and department

business analysts to ensure business continuity.

1. Maintain a commitment to ensuring contemporary knowledge, leadership practices, and professional development.
2. Assist the Director with the administration of the department, including human resource and financial management, and

improvements in medication management within the Health Service and across the NT.

1. Evaluation of systems and processes within the pharmacy department to drive quality improvement in operational areas.

2. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

3. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken in

order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces

Selection criteria

Essential

1. A degree or relevant qualification in Pharmacy and unconditional registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

2. Extensive contemporary experience in hospital pharmacy, preferably in a tertiary hospital setting, with proven capacity to coordinate

and manage pharmacy services.

3. Experience and proficiency in stock control and inventory management as it relates to hospital pharmacy, including an understanding

of legislative requirements, and sound knowledge of pharmacy computer systems and their interface with hospital IT systems.

4. Demonstrated leadership, communication, negotiation, and change management skills including the ability to develop and maintain

trust, establish clear goals and exercise fair and objective judgement.

5. Extensive experience in line-management, supervision, mentoring and continuing education of staff.

1. Demonstrated knowledge and experience in researching, analysing, coordinating information and providing concise, relevant and

timely advice, briefings and written reports for a variety of audiences.

Desirable

1. Experience in financial resource management

2. Postgraduate qualifications or research experience in hospital pharmacy or management

Further information

Department of Health has a Smoke Free Policy. Staff are not permitted to smoke anywhere on Departmental premises, facilities or

vehicles, nor whilst working off-site. Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working

with children clearance notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a

relevant criminal history. More information on pre-employment checks specific to this role can be sourced through the vacancy contact.