Team Leader Pharmacist - Medicine and Surgery
— Sydney, Australia== Advanced Pharmacy Australia ==
Role Seniority - senior
More about the Team Leader Pharmacist - Medicine and Surgery role at Advanced Pharmacy Australia
Description
Role title: Team Leader Pharmacist - Medicine and Surgery Role type: Permanent full time Role grade: Pharmacist Grade 3 Department and location: Pharmacy, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst Salary: $137,103 - $140,813 + Super + Salary Packaging
Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.
Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.
About The Role
Provide clinical leadership, supervision and training to pharmacists, interns and technicians to ensure safe, high quality and efficient pharmacy services. Lead and coordinate pharmacy services across the Medicine and Surgery streams supporting multiple specialties including geriatrics, neurology, infectious diseases, orthopaedics and vascular surgery. Work closely with the Deputy Director of Pharmacy to support operational goals, manage team communication and ensure safe medication supply and distribution. Maintain advanced clinical pharmacy practice while contributing directly to ward rounds, multidisciplinary meetings and frontline clinical services. Lead service improvement through research, quality improvement programs and development of clinical policies, procedures and guidelines. Participate in pharmacy leadership, clinical governance and patient safety initiatives while supporting hospital pharmacy services across operational hours including weekends and on call services.
About You
Registered as a practicing pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with no conditions on scope of practice and post registration clinical or management/leadership qualifications or equivalent skills/experience, and availability for on-call and weekend work as per roster requirements. Significant experience and a demonstrated high level of competence, expertise, skill and application of clinical judgment in the provision of clinical pharmacy services relevant to the defined practice area and a demonstrated ability in Pharmacy operational management and leadership Excellent written and oral communication skills, including demonstrated ability to develop high quality written guidelines, procedures, educational, research or business materials. Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, including communication, negotiation, team building, influencing, conflict resolution and the building of a positive workplace culture. Demonstrated skills and experience in managing a complex workload, problem solving and development and implementation of initiatives, and own professional development
Why work at St Vincent's?
Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community NSW Health Affiliated Organisation - your accrued leave entitlements can be transferred upon commencement. Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank Access to a government salary sacrifice program. Make a proportion of your salary tax-free Committed to financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave
About St Vincent's Hospital And Pharmacy
A busy inner-city hospital located in a beautiful location with easy access to cafes, galleries, and theatres. Dynamic and diverse Pharmacy team committed to excellence in patient-centred care and dedicated to your professional growth through education, training, and research. Centres of excellence in heart & lung transplantation, cancer care, mental health, and more. Close partnerships with universities and research institutes. A diverse workplace with a commitment to inclusion and equal opportunity.
Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.
Pre-employment checks
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.
Equal opportunity
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.
As part of our commitment to reconciliation we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.
How To Apply
The closing date for applications is 6 April 2026.
Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the 'About You' section of this job advert.
For more information contact Selina Leung (Deputy Director of Pharmacy) selina.m.leung@svha.org.au or Peter Samios (Director of Pharmacy) on peter.samios@svha.org.au
Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.
Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Advanced Pharmacy Australia team will be there to support your growth.
Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined
Key Responsibilities
- ⚕️ Providing clinical leadership
- Coordinating pharmacy services
- Participating in service improvement
Key Strengths
- Clinical leadership
- ️ Communication skills
- ⚙️ Operational management
- Research skills
- Team building
- Problem-solving
A Final Note: This is a role with Advanced Pharmacy Australia not with Hatch.
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