**Description**
**Employment Type**:Full Time, Permanent
**Classification**: Technical Officer Level 1
**Salary**: $68,811 - $69,805 (Plus 11.5% Super)
**Location**:Canberra Hospital, Garran
**Section**:Pharmacy
**Closing Date**:2 October 2024
**What can we offer you**:
- City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.- Flexible working conditions.-
**About the Role**:
Pharmacy sits within the Medical Services Group which includes the Physician Training Office, Medical Officer Support, Credentialing, Employment and Training Unit (MOSCETU), GP Liaison Unit (GPLU), Pathology, Pharmacy, Medical Imaging and Library Services.
CHS Pharmacy Department have a dynamic, talented team of approximately 100 staff, including: pharmacists, technicians, and administration staff. The department provides a range of clinical services to inpatients and outpatients including several specialised services. The pharmacy team charter is "Our competent and professional team will provide a contemporary and forward-thinking pharmacy service that gives the best patient focused care possible and is valued by the ACT health community".
The pharmacy dispensary team consists of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. Together the dispensary team provides inpatient, discharge, and outpatient services to patients of Canberra Hospital, Canberra Health community health centres and community-based health services including early childhood services, youth and women's health, dental health, mental health and alcohol and drug services. The dispensary service works closely with the clinical pharmacy team to dispense approximately 800 prescriptions per day following clinical review for safety and appropriateness by clinical pharmacists.
The role of a pharmacy technicians is to participate as an active member of the pharmacy team to promote and provide exceptional patient care by ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective distribution of pharmaceutical in CHS while working alongside and under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.
**For more information regarding the position duties click here for the **_Position Description._**
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.**To Apply**:
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
**Our **Vision**: creating exceptional health care together
**Our** **Role**: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
**Our **Values**: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
- The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics._
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**Job**: General/Administrative
**Salary Range**: 68,811.00 - 69,805.00
**Closing Date**: 02/Oct/2024, 8:59:00 AM