Deputy Director of Pharmacy

Your new role:

As the Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Clinical), you will play a pivotal leadership role overseeing clinical pharmacy and medicines management across multiple specialties and facilities at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Key responsibilities include:

Leading and managing Clinical Pharmacy services operationally, financially, and professionally to ensure high-quality inpatient and outpatient care aligned with strategic health plans.

Developing and implementing policies, standards, and service improvements in Clinical Pharmacy across the hospital.

Providing expert clinical leadership, mentoring, and education to clinical pharmacy staff.

We are seeking an experienced clinical pharmacy leader who thrives in a complex healthcare environment and is passionate about advancing pharmacy practice and patient care.

Our ideal candidate will:

Have extensive expertise in clinical pharmacy practice and leadership within a major hospital setting.

Demonstrate a strong ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor clinical staff, and promote professional development.

Be committed to patient safety, quality improvement, and fostering a respectful, inclusive workplace culture.

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What we can offer you:

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.

We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

Princess Alexandra Hospital, a place of countless opportunities to learn and grow your career

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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