Description
Clinical Pharmacist, Professional 2 level Full Time position.
Freshly registered, Early, Mid-, and Twilight-Career Pharmacists encouraged to apply. Try something different and sink your teeth into some Indigenous Health and Rural & Remote Health. We guarantee you will learn a lot and probably underestimate the value you can contribute. Our friendly, supportive team are ready to welcome you into our incredible community.
Please contact Tara Hay, A/Director of Pharmacy on 08 89517571 or email tara.hay@nt.gov.au
Benefits
Refer to attached job description for further details.
* Base Salary $90,204 - $107,554/annum including SIX weeks of paid annual recreation leave, plus leave loading
* Hours of work 8am to 4.21pm Monday to Friday (1 hour lunch), with overtime penalties for contributing to reduced hour shifts on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and on-call service
* Opportunity to fly with the Royal Flying Doctor Service to be the sole Pharmacist at Tennant Creek Hospital for a week, with additional allowances
* Up to $2000 reimbursement for economy flight to Alice Springs
* Salary sacrifice approximately an additional $9 000
* Professional Development Allowance up to $660 per full year of service as at 1 Jan
* On-site accommodation may be available for a nominal rent, subject to availability
* Paid study leave days available after 6 months of service for salaried employees
* 6 month clinical rotations
* Pharmacists working in Alice Springs are eligible for the 8CPA funding to support costs associated with travel and accommodation to attend professional development activities
Promotional information We take life-work balance seriously. Our small, welcoming town means you can maximise your quality of life activities both before and after work, and on weekends. Camping, hiking, mountain bike riding, crossfit, karaoke and painting/drawing are just a few of the hobbies some of our team members love. The pharmacy is a modern and progressive department which employs 20 pharmacists, 1 intern pharmacist and 10 pharmacy technicians. Services provided include ward based clinical and drug information services to Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Hospitals, as well as in-patient and out-patient dispensing, and non-sterile manufacturing as well as providing medicines and advice to remote health clinics in the NT, WA, SA and QLD border. ASH Pharmacy is an accredited SHPA Foundation Residency Program site and currently supports 3 Resident positions and a rotation with Alfred Health Melbourne. The hospital has links with multiple Australian Pharmacy Schools and is a teaching centre for Flinders Medical School. Areas of speciality include Indigenous health, Nephrology, Intensive Care, Infectious Diseases, Emergency, Maternity and Obstetrics, Rehabilitation, Hospital in the Home, Palliative Care, Day Oncology, Mental Health, and General Medical, Surgical and Paediatric areas. Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) is the major referral hospital for Central Australia, serving a population of more than 42,000 people in an area exceeding a million square kilometers, covering more than 60 per cent of the Northern Territory and extending into the bordering areas of South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia. The hospital has more than 65,000 admissions annually, caring for some of the nation's most vulnerable people, with high levels of morbidity and mortality and many with conditions rarely seen elsewhere in the country. The medicine is diverse and complex with a prevalence of rheumatic heart disease, bronchiectasis, chronic liver, and renal disease, along with diabetes in a young population with a median age of just 34. Alice Springs Hospital is a 207-bed facility providing a general range of secondary, and some tertiary, inpatient, outpatient and specialist services, including a renal dialysis centre catering for more than 400 patients.
Read on for more information on living and working in Central Australia AND if you want to know more about what your summer could look like, click here! The Central Australian climate is desert, with hot summers and cool winters and supports a relaxed, outdoor lifestyle. Spectacular natural attractions such as the MacDonnell ranges and the Larapinta Trail are on your back doorstep. Alice Springs is the closest town to Uluru, Kata Tjuta (The Olgas) and Watarrka (Kings Canyon). To keep you entertained, Alice Springs has state-of-the-art sporting facilities, cinemas, a strong emphasis on community arts, and a great social atmosphere. The Territory is building on its strengths to make the future even brighter and is filled with opportunity – for individuals and for families.