Job Description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Primary and Public Health Care
Job title Clinical Pharmacist Prison Health Designation Professional 3
Job type Part time (18 hrs and 23 mins per week) Duration Fixed for 12 months
Salary $110,873 - $124,173 Location Alice Springs
Position number 70242888 RTF 311709 Closing 16/12/2024
Contact officer Siang Cheah on 08 8958 2684 or Siang.Cheah@nt.gov.au
About the agency https://health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=311709
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
Ensure delivery of high-quality, culturally appropriate and effective Pharmacy services whilst providing clinical leadership and supervision
to Allied Health Professionals within NT Health.
Context statement
NT Health provides integrated allied health services in a variety of service settings including acute and sub-acute care, primary health care,
aged care and mental health. Currently seeking applicants in the following areas: Pharmacy. This position will require the applicant to work
within an extended hours service model, which may include weekends (as applicable).
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide timely, clinically and culturally appropriate Pharmacy services within a multidisciplinary framework.
2. Provide expert advice on program and clinical issues within Alice Springs Correctional Centre.
3. Provide leadership, supervision, mentorship and education to staff and students.
4. Independently organise and manage a high-volume complex workload within a dynamic and evolving work environment to ensure
timelines and health outcomes are met.
5. Initiate, implement and complete research, continuous quality improvement and service development activities at a local or regional
level to ensure delivery of contemporary pharmacy services.
6. Lead and/or monitor the achievement of work unit goals and key performance indicators.
7. 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.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Relevant qualifications in Bachelor/Master of Pharmacy that meets membership eligibility requirements of the Pharmaceutical Society
of Australia (PSA) or Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) or similar professional body, and registration for practice
with the Pharmacy Board of Australia (AHPRA).
2. Extensive post graduate experience in providing contemporary, high level clinical pharmacy services to patients and families/carers.
3. Demonstrated awareness and understanding of Aboriginal culture and proven experience in working effectively with patients and
families/carers of diverse cultural and social backgrounds.
4. Proven high-level communication and interpersonal skills, including well developed negotiation and conflict management skills, with
significant experience working in a team environment to achieve positive health outcomes.
5. Extensive experience in clinical supervision of students and staff and a commitment to professional development.
6. Proven ability to initiate, implement and complete continuous quality improvement and service development activities.
7. Proven ability to efficiently and effectively organise and manage a high-volume complex workload.
8. Demonstrated high-level leadership skills with capacity to provide leadership in a team environment.
Desirable
1. Post-graduate qualifications in clinical education, leadership / management, speciality practice area or other relevant field.
Further information
The preferred or recommended applicant will be required to hold a current Working With Children clearance notice and undergo a criminal
history check. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is relevant to the position. This role carries specific
immunisation requirements. For immunisation requirements - Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances).
Approved: August 2024 Renae Moore, Chief Allied Health Officer
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