The Role of a Pharmacy Team Leader is to provide comprehensive services across diverse areas, including inpatient care, outpatient clinics, virtual care and high-acuity settings. This position requires advanced knowledge, skills and experience relevant to pharmacy practice and provision of pharmaceutical information and providing professional advice and consultancy services to other disciplines and the public.
Key Responsibilities:
* Operate independently in the provision of complex pharmacy activities to patients by demonstrating expertise in pharmacology, medication management, patient safety and professional development.
* Supervise and mentor pharmacy teams under the broad delegation of the relevant pharmacy service manager, including direction of work priorities and practices; monitoring workflow; management of staff, professional supervision and development, performance appraisal and implementing programs and strategies to address identified training needs.
* Lead, Initiate and participate in the development and monitoring of policies and standard operating procedures for clinical pharmacy services.
Requirements:
* Extensive experience and advanced knowledge and skills in a range of activities relevant to the area of practice, including dispensing, patient counselling, clinical pharmacy, manufacturing, and medicines information, preferably in a hospital setting.
* Advanced knowledge of, and experience implementing, the standards, relevant legislation, codes of practice and workplace guidelines and frameworks relevant to the area of practice.
* Experience in managing resource allocation against competing priorities, including detailed knowledge of pharmaceutical funding processes such as the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and the Tasmanian Medicines Formulary.
Benefits:
* Salary: $123,717 to $138,296 per annum pro rata.
* Professional Development Allowance of up to $1000 per annum.
* Market allowance of $10,000 per annum pro rata.
About the Opportunity:
As a Pharmacy Team Leader, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment, collaborating with medical, nursing and allied health teams to deliver exceptional patient-centred care. You will be responsible for leading, supervising and mentoring a team of pharmacists and support staff, and developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure high-quality clinical pharmacy services.
If you are a motivated and experienced pharmacist looking for a new challenge, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.