Snr Pharmacist - Manuf & Specialis Meds

at  The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

JOB DESCRIPTION

Location: Melbourne
Job type: Full time
Organisation: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 16551
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital is a world class specialist hospital in eye and ear care providing services across Victoria. As Australia’s only specialist eye, ear, nose and throat hospital, the Eye and Ear has been providing care for the senses for 150 years. The Eye and Ear has almost 60 different outpatient clinics for the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of vision and hearing loss and provides a 24-hour emergency eye and ear, nose and throat service. Every year the Eye and Ear cares for over 220,000 patients, with over 160,000 outpatients, nearly 44,000 emergency patients and over 17,000 inpatients. The hospital is currently undergoing a major redevelopment to create a modern internal structure and to improve access for patients, visitors and staff.

FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITION (40 HOURS/WEEK WITH ROSTERED DAY OFF) AND TAX EFFECTIVE SALARY PACKAGING EAST MELBOURNE LOCATION, SHORT WALK TO THE CBD

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital has a unique opportunity for a dedicated pharmacist with excellent manufacturing and clinical knowledge to join our experienced pharmacy team as a full time Senior Pharmacist – Manufacturing and Specialised Medicines on a permanent ongoing contract. This position will offer you the opportunity to further develop manufacturing, clinical and leadership skills in a niche specialist public hospital setting. The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear hospital recently completed a major redevelopment which includes a brand new pharmacy department.
Reporting directly to the Director of Pharmacy, the Senior Pharmacist - Manufacturing and Specialised Medicines’s key responsibilities are coordination of the pharmacy department’s manufacturing service, maintenance of compounding facilities and equipment, training and compliance to regulations, OH&S requirements and professional standards relating to pharmaceutical compounding and manufacturing. In addition, the role oversees the administration of Special Access Scheme (SAS), clinical trials and compassionate medicines within hospital policies and legal requirements and contributes to dispensary operations to assist deliver a quality, safe and efficient pharmacy service. On-call roster participation is included to support patient care outside of standard operating hours. The role will provide leadership to support our existing team of 30 staff.

We are looking for someone to join our friendly team in making a difference to the lives of thousands of our patients and their loved ones who has:

• Registered with the Pharmacy Board of Australia as a practising pharmacist (no restrictions)
• Previous experience working as a pharmacist in a hospital pharmacy setting
• Previous aseptic compounding experience in a hospital pharmacy setting
• Established clinical pharmacy practice skills and experience in SAS medicines, compassionate stock and clinical trials
• Experience in responding to medicines information enquiries from other health professionals
• An interest in developing clinical skills in the key specialist fields of ophthalmology and audiology.
• Familiarity with Merlin® pharmacy software is desirable but not essential