The Department of Health is looking for a Pharmacy Technician to join the Tasmanian Health Services Team in Launceston.

The Team:

The Launceston General Hospital is Tasmania’s second largest hospital providing inpatient and ambulatory services to Launceston and surrounding areas. The hospital is a clinical teaching and research centre. As part of the pharmacy team, you will work closely with other healthcare professionals to focus on delivering excellence in healthcare to achieve improved outcomes for our consumers, our workforce, and the Tasmanian community.

The Role:

Pharmacy Technicians in Statewide Hospital Pharmacy work in a rotational capacity and participate in activities such as medication dispensing, ward-based medication supply, medication compounding, PBS claiming, inventory management and drug distribution.

We are committed to the ongoing development of our pharmacy technician workforce and have been working to establish long term career pathways for everyone in our organisation. We strive to make the pharmacy workplace a positive environment for colleagues, and we want to bring people into our team who demonstrate care, compassion and respect.

You will need to:

Dispense medications:

• Prepare medication orders for authorisation by a pharmacist.
• Dispense the full range of medications to inpatients and outpatients of the hospital, in accordance with all legislative and policy requirements, and where applicable the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) requirements.
• Enter and maintain patient information in computer systems, for example allergies.

Compound a range of pharmacy products:

• Work in accordance with applicable standards for good compounding practice.
• Coordinate the ordering and receipt of products from external suppliers.
• Undertake batch manufacturing and prepacking.

Compile the PBS claim:

• Compile prescriptions into the required format for claiming.
• Check prescriptions for compliance with PBS requirements and rectify where possible non-compliant prescriptions.
• Review rejected prescriptions and take steps to rectify the problem.

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

Details of appointment: General Stream, Band 3

Multiple positions available. Permanent full time and part time, day worker positions, working up to 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $73,811 to $79,779 per annum. Our Employer 12% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accordance with Public Sector Unions Wages Agreement 2022.

Salary Packaging:

You’ll have access to salary package a range of benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year + other benefits if eligible.

Benefits available to eligible candidates:

• Professional development
• A range of leave entitlements.
• Fitness Passport – You, and your family can access 40+ fitness facilities across Tasmania for just $13.95 per week per person, or $25.95 for a family.

More information about our Employee Benefits can be found here

Download the Statement of Duties and any Associated Documents

We encourage you to review the Statement of Duties, Applicant Guide, prior to applying for an overview of the duties, program, selection process and application guidance.

Statement of Duties:

• Generic Pharmacy Technician (Statewide) Band 3 (Oct 2023) CSU.docx

Application Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide Sep 2024.docx

For more information:

Applicants who require further information are encouraged to contact the Contact person for detailed information about the vacancy.

Name: Tina Hodgetts
Position: Pharmacy Support Officer
Phone number: (03) 6777 6733
Email address: [email protected]

*Closing Date 27 July 11:55pm.