Stewardship Programs Pharmacist

$46.87 to $53.04 per hour + salary packaging | Stewardship Programs Pharmacist

Permanent Full Time | 40 hours per week including a monthly ADO | Part Time applications welcome (please specify preference)

About the Role

Join a growing Pharmacy Stewardship team supporting antimicrobial programs across a large regional health service. You will work closely with the Coordinator to strengthen and expand sustainable stewardship initiatives, while contributing to clinical care, program development and service improvement.

This role offers the opportunity to build advanced skills in antimicrobial stewardship and medicines optimisation while supporting high-quality patient care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day to day support to the antimicrobial stewardship programs throughout   

   Grampians health by promoting optimal use of antimicrobials

• Provide clinical advice and leadership support for continued implementation,

   embedding sustainable expansion and evaluation of future medicines stewardship    

   programs

• Assist with monitoring key performance indicators for stewardship programs through

   data collection, analysis and reporting

• Pharmacy and multidisciplinary team education programs

Skills & Experience

• AHPRA registration as a pharmacist
• Hospital pharmacy experience required
• Knowledge of NSQHS and care standards
• Strong planning and stakeholder skills
• Sound antimicrobial pharmacotherapy knowledge

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here

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

Interested?
Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact David Brownridge, Pharmacy Stewardship Programs Coordinator on (03) 5320 4356 for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

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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.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has 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+.