Lead Pharmacist Medicine and Continuing Care
Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350
Lead Pharmacist – Medicine and Continuing Care (Grade 4)
Location: Ballarat campus (with leadership responsibilities across all Grampians Health campuses)
Full-time, Fixed Term Parental leave cover until February 2027.
Applications for part time hours also welcome - please state this in your cover letter.
About the Role
Join Grampians Health Pharmacy senior leadership team and make a difference.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate clinical pharmacist to provide senior leadership, operational management and clinical pharmacy expertise to our Medicine and Continuing Care (MCC) clinical streams at Grampians Health. This is an exciting opportunity to step into a senior leadership role and contribute to high-quality, patient-centred care across our multi-campus health service.
Key Responsibilities:
As Lead Pharmacist, you will:
- Oversee clinical pharmacy services for General Medicine, Specialty Medicine, and Continuing Care streams across Grampians Health.
- Provide high quality consultative clinical pharmacy services to patients and multidisciplinary teams.
- Lead and mentor a team of pharmacists, technicians, interns and students.
- Drive innovation, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
- Represent Pharmacy Services in key forums and contribute to strategic planning.
Skills & Experience:
- Registered pharmacist with AHPRA.
- Advanced clinical pharmacy knowledge and leadership experience.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to manage complex workloads and lead a diverse team.
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Interested?
Click APPLY, or for a confidential discussion about the role, contact Renee Dimond on 03 5320 4356.
If you're currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through the Employee Login on the Careers Page or access it via the Intranet before applying.
We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Access to Fitness Passport membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
