Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Allied Health Services - Atherton

Description:

Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme. For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline.
About us:
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About you:
You are a qualified Pharmacist with knowledge, expertise, and skill in hospital and community-based services. This includes an understanding of all forms of pharmaceutical care according to the principles of evidence-based practice, as well as knowledge of acts, regulations, and standards. You have demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with, provide leadership to a multi-disciplinary team and to implement the APAC guidelines in a team environment, so as to provide quality services, support research activity and promote a model of best practice for the benefit of patients and staff and you are competent to supervise and manage staff in line with quality human resource management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety, and ethical behaviour.
Your opportunity:
Deliver clinical pharmacy services to patients within the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service.
Your role:
* Deliver clinical pharmacy services in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
* As experience builds, apply increasingly independent clinical judgement to more complex clinical decision making under the clinical practice supervision or professional guidance senior clinicians.
* Provide input in the development of clinical practices, procedures, and protocols within the work area.
* Participate in quality and service improvement activities to continually improve patient / client care.
* Participate in the identification, development and implementation of quality and service improvement activities that enhance the delivery of pharmacy services within the local service area.
* Provide clinical education pertaining to routine tasks for interns, students, and less experienced staff with the support of senior clinical staff.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
* Generous superannuation
* Salary packaging
* Annual incremental increases
* Career training and development
* Flexible work arrangements
* Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Why choose Cairns?
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland