The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers. Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Hospital Pharmacy Technician

Fulltime – Procurement, Inventory and Automation

Are you an experienced hospital pharmacy technician looking to join our amazing team at RMH?

or

Are you a community pharmacy technician wanting to make the move into the hospital sector?

or

Are you from another industry but looking to start your journey in hospital pharmacy?

We are looking for enthusiastic workers to join our Pharmacy Procurement and Inventory team.

• Offering full training, and opportunities for study, certification, upskilling and career progression
• Central CBD location, salary packaging, great team!
• Pathways to progress via our dedicated technician development program

Pharmacy at Melbourne Health plays a key role in the safe and efficient delivery of medications across our 600-bed hospital service. We are looking for motivated individuals who are excited to learn and develop their skills in hospital pharmacy. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with other healthcare professionals to provide high-quality pharmaceutical care to our patients.

Your new team

We have expanded and evolved our pharmacy services into exciting areas for our rotating technician workforce over our city and Royal Park campuses including:

Procurement

• Work with the Pharmacy Procurement Manager to purchase and manage the supply chain of the hospital’s medicines.

Technician-led ward inventory services

• Work alongside clinical pharmacists to provide medicine supply services to clinical areas.

Technician managed medication automation

• Work with market-leading technological automated medicine supply systems – full training provided
• We are a dynamic and supportive pharmacy team working together to deliver safe, high-quality patient care and medicines management
• We enjoy a collaborative working environment and you will work as part of the operational team to support the provision of medications
• We will provide full training and support you to develop your skills in hospital operational pharmacy

About the role

• Work in partnership with the Pharmacy Procurement and Inventory Team  (Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacists) to provide high-quality medicine inventory services.
• Train and develop new skills and technologies as we expand our services and equipment into new and exciting roles
• Participate in meetings and committees

About you

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Well-developed oral & written communication skills
• Current working rights in Australia or Citizens/Permanent Residents
• Experience in community or hospital pharmacy an advantage

Benefits:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging (up to $12,000 tax-free per year), onsite car parking, and, close to public transport.
• Up to 5 weeks of annual leave per year and 13 ADOs (full-time positions only)

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion, and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included, and supported so they can be at their best every day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below.

To view a copy of the position description, please click here. 

Don't delay, apply now! - recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received.

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.