Description

Role title: Lead Pharmacist- Quality Use of Medicines (QUM)

Role grade: Pharmacist, grade 3

Shift details: Monday to Friday role with weekend work and on call as per roster requirements

Department and location: Pharmacy department, St Vincent's Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $142,587.86 to $146,446.46 + Super + Salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About The Role

• Lead the Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) program across SVHS and affiliated services, providing clinical and professional leadership to support safe and sustainable medication practices, compliance with medication management standards, and alignment with SVHA and NSW Health priorities
• Oversee the hospital medication formulary, including Individual Patient Use (IPU) approvals, formulary requests and reporting, and liaison with the State Formulary Committee and that all regulatory and legislative requirements are met.
• Deliver Medication Use Evaluations and Quality Improvement activities, including monitoring and reporting on drug expenditure, and contribute to QUM research, education, promotional initiatives, bulletins and memos supporting safe and effective medication use
• Coordinate the SVHN Drug and Therapeutics Committee (DTC) secretariat, including communicating DTC decisions, preparing reports and maintaining the Pharmacy Intranet, while providing QUM advice to clinicians, pharmacists and external organisations including the Ministry of Health and CEC
• Be an active member of relevant committees and working parties and assist in the development and implementation of organisational policies and procedures to ensure optimal medication management

About You

• Registered pharmacist with AHPRA, with no conditions on scope of practice, and relevant post-registration clinical or management/leadership qualifications or equivalent skills and experience. Availability for on-call and weekend work as required
• Significant experience and demonstrated competence in clinical pharmacy services, with strong clinical judgement, expertise and commitment to ongoing professional development
• Demonstrated experience in formulary management and Drug and Therapeutics Committee processes, including implementation of committee decisions and development and implementation of medication-related policies and procedures
• Demonstrated experience delivering Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) initiatives and Medicines Use Evaluation (MUE/DUE) activities, with knowledge of applying relevant Healthcare Standards in practice
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to develop high-quality written materials, communicate effectively, negotiate and influence stakeholders, and contribute to a positive workplace culture
• Strong problem-solving, organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, work autonomously and deliver complex tasks with accuracy, attention to detail and accountability

What We Can Offer You

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations
• Coming from NSW Health?: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

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.

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.

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is seeking a Lead Pharmacist for Quality Use of Medicines (QUM). You will provide clinical leadership to ensure safe, cost-effective medication practices and regulatory compliance across SVHS and affiliated services.

The role oversees the hospital formulary, IPU approvals, and reporting, while delivering QUM initiatives, MUE/DUE activities, and policy development to support optimal patient care. On-call and weekend duties apply as rostered.

Job no: 948095
Work type: Full time, Part time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Medical

Central Adelaide Local Health Network - Senior Pharmacist (Emergency) Statewide - SA

• Salary: AHP3 $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. (pro-rata) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Location: various, Central Adelaide Local Health Network
• Temporary: part-time and full-time, multiple positions available

About the role

This is an opportunity to join CALHN Pharmacy working with an established team of pharmacists in the Emergency Departments at RAH and QEH. This is a seven-day, extended hours (8:45am to 9pm) service rostered across up to three shifts per day that supports patient and medication safety through extended scope of practice, patient-centred care and interdisciplinary collaboration. There may be an opportunity for Partnered Pharmacist Medication Prescribing and you will be supported to do this as part of the role if successful. You will apply critical thinking to the clinical decision making process and have a high level of attention to detail to independently chart safely with a commitment to your own professional development and learning. More broadly you will be part of CALHN Pharmacy with access to the full range of expertise available in our dispensing, electronic medication management, manufacturing, investigational drugs, clinical, and medication governance teams.

You will play an important role in achieving the best possible outcomes for patients by promoting the safe, effective and cost-conscious use of medicines. Working collaboratively with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, interns, students and multidisciplinary healthcare teams, you will help balance competing service priorities while contributing to departmental objectives and broader health outcomes. This is an opportunity to use your clinical expertise, professional judgement and collaborative approach to support quality use of medicines and deliver safe, high-quality pharmacy care.

About You

• Hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy or equivalent and be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
• Bring extensive hospital pharmacy experience across multiple clinical areas, strong technical knowledge of pharmacy practice and relevant professional standards, with demonstrated leadership, supervisory or management experience. Experience in Emergency Medicine is highly desirable.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands, analyse information and deliver accurate outcomes within tight timeframes
• Provide effective leadership, supervision, education and training while working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement strategies that improve pharmacy service delivery
• Postgraduate pharmacy qualifications, professional membership, relevant competency accreditation or completion of Advanced Pharmacy Australia Resident training will be highly regarded.

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

• Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options , including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

Diversity and inclusion

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Information

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.

Job ref:948095 Enquiries to:

Name: Josephine To, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, CALHN

Telephone:

Email:

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Wednesday 23rd September 2026.

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