Pharmacy Assistant - Advanced Scope - Cairns

About this role

About us:

The Pharmacy Service at Cairns Hospital provides a pharmacy service to the clinical areas of the hospital. Current services provided include: outpatient pharmacy services, clinical pharmacy services to inpatient areas of Cairns Hospital, clinical trials, and educational services. The Pharmacy at Cairns Hospital also provides operational management to the pharmacy teams at Innisfail, Atherton, Mareeba and Mossman.

Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About your role:

In this position you will…..

• Provide a defined range of pharmacy services for patients with complex conditions under the delegation and guidance of a pharmacist.

• Provide advanced pharmacy clinical assistant expertise to the Pharmacy Department to meet organisational demands as required, including the dispensary and imprest.

• Liaise with patients and their families, other health professionals, supervisors, students and researchers, as required to ensure continuum of care.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits . Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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