Are you a hospital pharmacy intern looking to secure your first hospital role, OR a hospital-trained pharmacist ready to accelerate your clinical career?
Hospital pharmacy roles in metropolitan centres are extremely limited - this opportunity provides a direct pathway into hospital practice while building the clinical experience that accelerates progression through the profession.
NT Health is recruiting Clinical Pharmacists to join hospital pharmacy teams across the Northern Territory. This opportunity provides a structured pathway into hospital pharmacy, allowing pharmacists to transition into a clinical hospital role and gain valuable experience within a supportive multidisciplinary environment and fastrack their career as a hospital pharmacist.
Contracts are available for 6–12 months, with the opportunity to extend, transition into ongoing employment or simply carry your experience back to a metro setting depending on your career goals.
Relocation incentives and travel support are provided.
Hospital pharmacy interns from 2025 and 2026 are strongly encouraged to apply.
Hospital Interns – Read This
Many pharmacists complete their hospital internship but are unable to secure ongoing hospital roles within their training sites due to limited metropolitan vacancies. This opportunity allows hospital interns to step directly into a Clinical Pharmacist role following internship, providing a clear pathway to continue building your hospital pharmacy career while gaining meaningful clinical experience. Intern pharmacists transitioning into these roles will be appointed at the Clinical Pharmacist Grade 2, enabling immediate progression from internship into hospital practice.
Why This Opportunity Is Valuable
Hospital pharmacy roles in major metropolitan centres are highly competitive. Regional hospital experience is highly regarded and opens doors to advanced clinical roles later in your career. Working within Northern Territory hospitals provides pharmacists with meaningful clinical exposure, accelerated professional development and strong multidisciplinary support, making it one of the fastest ways to build a strong hospital clinical portfolio.
What You Will Gain From This Role
Working within NT Health hospitals provides clinical exposure rarely available early in a pharmacist's career. You will gain:
* Direct entry into hospital pharmacy practice and meaningful clinical responsibility
* Exposure to complex clinical presentations including chronic disease, renal care, tropical medicine and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
* Broader clinical responsibility within multidisciplinary hospital teams
* Active involvement in antimicrobial stewardship and infectious disease management due to diverse patient presentations
* Accelerated professional development compared with traditional metropolitan career pathways
* Opportunity to build a strong hospital clinical portfolio early in your career
* Experience across multiple NT hospital settings where operationally appropriate
* Many pharmacists who gain regional hospital experience go on to pursue careers in specialist clinical pharmacy, pharmacy leadership, clinical trials, pharmaceutical industry roles and government health system improvement projects - reach out to our team for more information!
The Role
You will work within a hospital pharmacy team providing clinical pharmacy services that support safe and effective medication management for patients. Responsibilities include:
* Delivering ward-based clinical pharmacy services
* Providing medication management advice to multidisciplinary clinical teams
* Dispensing medications for inpatient, outpatient and discharge supply
* Providing medicines counselling and education to patients and staff
* Supporting pharmacy interns, technicians and students
* Participating in clinical rotations across hospital services
* Contributing to medication safety initiatives and service improvements
Who This Role Is Perfect For
This opportunity is ideal for:
* Hospital pharmacy interns completing training who have not secured ongoing hospital roles within their current service
* Early-career hospital pharmacists seeking broader clinical exposure and accelerated development
* Experienced hospital pharmacists seeking professional change or regional hospital experience
* AHPRA registration as a Pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
* Hospital pharmacy experience OR completion of a hospital pharmacy internship
* Strong clinical knowledge and commitment to safe medication practices
* Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary hospital teams
* Strong communication and clinical problem-solving skills
* Candidates with only community pharmacy experience will not be considered.
Salary & Benefits
* Salary $92,910 – $110,781 + Super
* 6 Weeks Annual Leave + Christmas Closedown Leave
* 3 Weeks Personal Leave annually
* Salary Packaging up to $17,000 per year
* Overtime available for weekend shifts
Relocation Support
Relocation assistance is available and includes:
* Travel assistance to the Northern Territory
* Temporary accommodation assistance (subject to eligibility)
Locations
Positions are available across NT Health hospitals including:
* Palmerston Regional Hospital
Apply Now
If you are a hospital-trained pharmacist based in Australia looking to build your clinical career and gain meaningful hospital experience, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to learn more about available roles, locations and start dates.
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