The Team:

The Medicines Supply Team at the North West Regional Hospital and Mersey Community Hospital plays a vital role in ensuring the safe, timely, and

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative, respectful, and inclusive team environment where every member is valued for their contribution. Our pharmacy team collaborate closely with medical, nursing and allied health teams to deliver exceptional, patient-centred, medicine-related care. With patient safety and professional development at the heart of our ethos, we are committed to fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

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.

The Role:

The Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Supply is responsible for supervising staff working in the Medicines Supply area, including Pharmacy Stores Officers and Pharmacy Technicians, and ensuring an efficient and high-quality logistics service is provided.
The Senior Pharmacy Technician – Medicines Supply supports the Manager – Medicines Supply by overseeing the work of other pharmacy technicians and stores officers.

This position is based in North West Region.

You will need to:

• Coordinating and rostering pharmacy technicians and stores officers.
• Providing training to pharmacy staff.
• Undertaking purchasing and inventory management duties.
• Undertaking the operational duties of the Medicines Supply Manager in their absence.

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

Details of appointment:

Permanent full time, day worker position, working 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: $81,995 to $94,263 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:

• 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

Eligibility:

Successful applicants will be required to meet the essential criteria.

• Possess or be actively enrolled in Certificate III or IV in Health Services Assistance (Hospital and Community Health Pharmacy Assistance) from a recognised education institution; or
• Possess or be actively enrolled in Certificate III or IV in Hospital/Health Services Pharmacy Support from a recognised educational institution; or
• An Associate Diploma from a recognised educational institution, or an equivalent qualification, that is relevant to the work of a pharmacy technician.

*Registration/licences that are essential requirements of this role must remain current and valid at all times whilst employed in this role and the status of these may be checked at any time during employment. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure that registration/licences remain current and to advise the Employer if their circumstances change. This includes notifying the Employer if a registration/licence is revoked, cancelled or has its conditions altered.

Applicants should note the following criteria are desirable:

• Current Driver’s Licence.

Note: - Please refer to the Application Guide for more information of pre-employment check.

Position Features:

This is a Statewide Statement of Duties. Depending on the region in which the incumbent is based, the term ‘site’ refers specifically to:

• Southern Region – Royal Hobart Hospital
• Northern Region – Launceston General Hospital
• North West Region – Mersey Community Hospital and North West Regional Hospital.

Some occasional intrastate travel is required.
May be required to participate in an out-of-hours availability or on-call roster.
Required to work out-of-hours (overtime) for annual stocktake.

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:

• Senior Pharmacy Technician - Medicines Supply Band 4 (WORD)

Application Guide:

• Department of Health - Applicant Guide (WORD)

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the "Apply" button on this screen to ensure that important questions about you are answered.

You will be prompted to complete a 1-2 page application detailing your experience, skills and knowledge as they relate to the attached Statement of Duties. A separate statement addressing the selection criteria in the Statement of Duties is not required.

*Applications from Recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this role

For more information:

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

Name: Katie Ambrose
Position: Manager Medicines Supply NW
Phone number: (03) 6493 6283
Email address: [email protected]

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This position advertisement will close on 31 August at 11:55pm.