Hospital Pharmacy Technician

-Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time
Organisation: The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Medical
Reference: 73728

**Hospital Pharmacy Technician - Full Time**

**Procurement, Inventory and Automation**
- ** Are you an experienced hospital pharmacy technician looking to join our amazing team?**:

- ** Or are you a community pharmacy technician wanting to make the move into the hospital sector?**:

- **Or are you from another industry but looking to start your journey in hospital pharmacy?**:

- ** Offering full training, and opportunities for study, certification, upskilling and career progression through our dedicated technician development program.**
- Pharmacy at The Royal Melbourne Hospital plays a key role in the safe and efficient delivery of medications across our 600-bed hospital service. We are looking for motivated individuals who are excited to learn and develop their skills in hospital pharmacy in our Pharmacy Procurement and Inventory team. You will work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to provide high-quality pharmaceutical care to our patients.

We have expanded and evolved our pharmacy services into exciting areas for our rotating technician workforce over our City and Royal Park campuses including:

- Procurement
- Work with the Pharmacy Procurement Manager to purchase and manage the supply chain of the hospital's medicines.
- Technician-led ward inventory services
- Work alongside clinical pharmacists to provide medicine supply services to clinical areas.
- Technician managed medication automation
- Work with market-leading technological automated medicine supply systems - full training provided.

We are a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team working together to deliver safe, high-quality patient care and medicines management. We enjoy a collaborative working environment and you will work as part of the operational team to support the provision of medications. We will provide full training and support you to develop your skills in hospital operational pharmacy.
- This is a full time role, working 80 hours per fortnight with an additional paid day off each month.

**Your new role**:

- Work in partnership with the Pharmacy Procurement and Inventory Team (Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists) to provide high-quality medicine inventory services.
- Train and develop new skills and technologies as we expand our services and equipment into new and exciting roles.
- Participate in meetings and committees.

**About you**:

- You demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- You have a high attention to detail.
- You have current working rights in Australia.
- Experience in community or hospital pharmacy is an advantage.

**Benefit of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital**:

- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
- Salary packaging (up to $12,000 tax-free per year), onsite car parking, and easily accessible by public transport.
- Up to 5 weeks of annual leave per year, monthly paid day off for full time staff.
- Join a values based organisation offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement, including training and research opportunities, and access to mentorship and leadership programs.
- Enjoy an expanding employee benefits program, with comprehensive Health & Wellbeing programs to support work life balance.
- Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applicants are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.