Hospital Pharmacist

Pharmacy Melbourne Casual Slade Pharmacy

Key Points

• Employment Type: Casual
• Location: Primarily based at Slade Pharmacy Box Hill (Epworth Eastern Private Hospital), with opportunities to work across Slade Pharmacy Adeney (Adeney Private Hospital)
• Roster: Shifts may be available across both Box Hill and Adeney pharmacy sites.
• Experience: Minimum 1-year experience as a registered Pharmacist. No hospital experience required.
• Availability: Flexibility to work a variety of weekday and weekend shifts across the operating hours of both pharmacy sites is highly regarded

Are you ready to step beyond community pharmacy and explore a more clinically focused, patient-centred environment?

This casual position offers the opportunity to work across two established hospital pharmacy sites in Melbourne's east, supporting patients and healthcare teams at both Epworth Eastern Private Hospital and Adeney Private Hospital.

As a casual team member, you'll have the opportunity to pick up shifts across a range of operating hours, including weekdays and weekends, providing valuable flexibility and variety in your work.

• Flexible employment: Perfect for Pharmacists wanting to dip their toes into hospital pharmacy or complement their current role
• Fast-track your career with us: Gain hands-on hospital experience and build a strong foundation for future opportunities across our national network

At Slade Pharmacy we understand that what we do matters to more people every day. Every role here holds a strong contribution to the care provided and when you choose a career with Icon, you help change lives for the better.

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What You’ll Do

Joining us as a Hospital Pharmacist is a career move that’s not just a step forward - it’s a leap into a more professional, specialised, and impactful future, where your decisions will have a direct impact on the treatment outcomes of patients.

Working across Slade Pharmacy Box Hill and Slade Pharmacy Adeney, you'll collaborate closely with clinicians, nurses, and technicians, manage specialised medications, and contribute meaningfully across the patient journey from diagnosis through to treatment and recovery. This role provides exposure to two supportive hospital pharmacy environments and a diverse range of patients and clinical services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting medication chart reviews and medication reconciliation
• Dispensing and supplying medication and pharmacy products
• Coordinating patient medication requirements for inpatient stay, day infusions and discharge
• Developing and maintaining professional relationships with key stakeholders to ensure excellent customer service to clients and patients
• Supporting patients, carers, hospital staff and associated employees
• Educating and advising staff and customers on health promotion, disease prevention, drug selection and the quality use of medicines

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for a pharmacist who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative clinical environment and brings a high level of professionalism, attention to detail, and a patient-centred mindset. In this specialised setting, high-pressure situations are not uncommon, so strong communication skills and the ability to prioritise effectively are essential.

An ability to work flexibly across both pharmacy locations and varying rostered shifts will be highly regarded. Prior hospital experience is not a mandatory requirement for this role, as full training and mentorship will be provided by our experienced pharmacy teams.

Essential Requirements:

• General registration with AHPRA, with no restrictions on practice.
• Minimum 1-year Australian Pharmacist experience.
• Australian working rights, valid for at least 12-month from start of employment.
• Personal Indemnity insurance.

Desirable Skills \& Experience:

• Background in hospital pharmacy.

About Us

Slade Pharmacy has more than 30 years’ experience in hospital pharmacy and oncology services and is committed to delivering exceptional and quality pharmacy care for hospital patients. Slade Pharmacy delivers pharmacy management and best practice clinical services through a hospital and oncology pharmacy governance framework. Slade has multiple pharmacy locations across Australia.

For more information visit https://www.sladepharmacy.com.au/

Here’s why our people choose us:

• Purpose, at Pace: We remain focused on continually expanding our cancer treatment services and making them accessible to more people across Australia and internationally.
• Impact, at Scale: We’re Australia’s largest dedicated provider of cancer care, with our global reach growing every day. Here you’ll know your work is making a difference.
• Connection, at Heart: Our work isn’t easy but it’s extremely important. Our secret ingredient is our incredible, connected, and talented people. And their secret ingredient is each other.
• Opportunity, at Hand: We’re continually innovating. We deliver over 2.5 million patient interactions, in over 120 places, across 5 countries. Every week brings changes, growth and new opportunities.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Our care is truly end-to-end. Our growth is fast. Our technology is cutting edge. And our social impact is global.

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Here are just a few of our benefits:

• Develop your pharmacy career with us in hospital pharmacy
• Competitive remuneration and structured professional development through our National Career Pathway
• Incredible discounts and cashback on hundreds of brands through our internal Ignite! application
• Access to novated lease options via our partner RemServ
• Access to paid parental leave for permanent employees
• Resources and tools to help support and balance psychological and physical health
• Exciting internal opportunities as part of Icon’s expansion

Excited to join us?

At Slade Pharmacy, we are so proud of our passionate, dedicated people and the amazing work they do. Apply Now to join us and belong with a true team.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We encourage applications from all diverse backgrounds.

We are committed to managing the risk of transmission of specified vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs). Certain roles may require the successful candidate to show evidence that they have been vaccinated against or are not susceptible to specified VPDs.