Employment Type: Full Time or Part Time, Permanent
Classification: Pharmacist Level 2/3 (PN 23508, 29808)
Salary: $101,976 - $128,816 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: Remote
Section: Pharmacy
Closing Date: 31 August 2026

What can we offer you:

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 12.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:
Canberra Hospital is seeking experienced and adaptable AHPRA-registered pharmacists to join our remote pharmacy service, supporting safe and effective medication management outside standard business hours.

Through a time zone-enabled workforce model, pharmacists provide clinical pharmacy services to Canberra Hospital patients during evening, overnight and early morning periods while working standard daytime hours in their local location.

We welcome applications from pharmacists holding full AHPRA General Registration who reside, or intend to reside, in locations where local daytime hours align with Canberra Hospital's after-hours service requirements. Applicants must be available to work standard daytime hours in their local location, between 6:30am and 6:30pm local time, while supporting Canberra Hospital's after-hours service.

The department runs a successful AdPha accredited residency program, an excellent intern training program and is accredited for several Registrar Training Residency Programs. We are a progressive, forward-thinking department, having introduced credentialed accuracy checking technician roles, implemented Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting on the main Canberra Hospital site in Garran and implemented a remote clinical pharmacy service to enhance our on-site services.

What does the role involve?
Remote pharmacists play a critical role in maintaining medication safety and continuity of care when on-site resources are limited, while supporting the multidisciplinary team during the after-hours period. Depending on the business needs, your work may include:

• Primarily reviewing and verifying medication orders for supply.
• Providing clinical pharmacy services for patients where suitable information can be obtained remotely.
• Opportunities to participate in the surgical pre-admission clinic to support pre-operative medication reviews.
• Responding to medicines information queries from the multidisciplinary team.
• Acting as the first point of contact for pharmacy on call and medicines related queries in the during Canberra Hospital's after-hours period.

To work remotely, applicants must have suitable technical capabilities and equipment to fulfill the functions of the role, including consistent and reliable access to secure internet service capable of supporting videoconferencing. They must also comply with the ACT Government home-based work guidelines which can be provided on request. Applicants intending to apply for remote work whilst living overseas must comply with any visa restrictions, insurance and taxation rules to ensure they are compliant with any legal requirements in those countries before applying.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please see the full contact details and how to apply on the CHS Careers Page.