Senior Pharmacist - Perioperative Services

Agency Department of Health Work unit Pharmacy Department – Alice Springs Hospital

Job title Senior Pharmacist - Perioperative Services Designation Professional 3

Job type Full time Duration Ongoing

Salary $114,199 - $127,898 Location Alice Springs

Position number 41914 RTF 349177 Closing 11/06/2026

Contact officer Stephanie Giles on 0435 951 725 or ***email_hidden***

About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/

Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=349177

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go

to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Manage, deliver, and lead comprehensive clinical pharmacy services across surgical and perioperative services at Alice Springs

Hospital, including inpatient wards, operating theatres, and pre-anaesthetic clinics.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Assess, plan, and implement clinical pharmacy services across surgical and perioperative services at Alice Springs Hospital, with

a focus on patients at high risk of medication misadventure.

2. Line manage and coordinate the clinical pharmacist team in surgical services and provide professional leadership and specialist

clinical advice to medical, nursing, and other clinical staff as appropriate.

3. Lead quality improvement activities related to medication management within surgical services.

4. Provide a specialist clinical pharmacy service to surgical patients and identify and co-ordinate educational activities to staff

within surgical services and the pharmacy department.

5. Develop, implement and maintain clinical guidelines to support best practice and take an active role in the senior pharmacy

team through attendance at meetings and other activities as required.

6. Maintain contemporary pharmacy practice knowledge through structured professional development activities.

7. Contribute toward cover, weekend and on-call roster as required and be available for relevant emergency duties after hours.

8. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken

in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

9. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. A degree or equivalent in Pharmacy and registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

2. Extensive contemporary clinical pharmacy experience (preferably in a tertiary hospital setting) and demonstrated ability to

maintain currency of clinical knowledge.

3. Demonstrated ability to manage complex clinical scenarios, problem solve and assist less experienced staff.

4. Excellent negotiation and communication skills (both written and oral) and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

5. High level planning and time management skills including the demonstrated ability to prioritise and complete tasks within

expected timeframes.

6. Extensive experience in the supervision, mentoring, and continuing education of professional staff.

7. Knowledge and understanding of the principles of quality improvement and medication safety standards and how they relate

to hospital pharmacy practice.

8. An understanding of Indigenous culture and an ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures.

Desirable

1. Postgraduate qualifications or research experience in clinical pharmacy or public health.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice

and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B (indirect contact with

blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.