Pharmacist - Operations | Full-time Permanent

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Salary packaging

Flexible hours

12.5% Superannuation

Employee assistance

Onsite physiotherapists

Onsite cafes

Job summary

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking an early-career pharmacist to build a foundation in hospital pharmacy at The Canberra Hospital. You will rotate across dispensary, manufacturing, and distribution services, gaining hands-on experience with automation and patient-centred care.

This full-time permanent role offers competitive pay, salary packaging, flexible working conditions, 12.5% superannuation, and access to staff benefits.

Qualifications

• Early-career pharmacist ready to build foundation in hospital pharmacy.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across dispensary, manufacturing, and distribution services.
• Gain hands-on experience with automation and patient-centred medication management.

Job description

Pharmacist - Operations
Full-time Permanent

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• 12.5% Superannuation.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role: Are you an early-career pharmacist ready to build your foundation in hospital pharmacy?

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking motivated and adaptable pharmacists to join our Operations Pharmacy team at The Canberra Hospital.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop broad operational skills in a large, progressive tertiary health service while contributing to safe, efficient, and patient-centred medication management. You will rotate across key operational areas including dispensary, manufacturing, and distribution services—building the essential skills that underpin high-quality hospital pharmacy practice.

Whether you’re a recently registered pharmacist or looking to transition into hospital practice, this role offers a supportive environment to grow your confidence, competence, and career.

Why Join Us?

Expanded Cutting-edge Facilities:
The Canberra Hospital continues to grow, supported by major ACT Government investment in expanded emergency, surgical and critical care services. Pharmacy operations play a central role in ensuring timely and safe access to medicines across this complex health service.

Comprehensive Operational Experience:
Gain hands‑on experience across a wide range of services, including inpatient and outpatient dispensing, aseptic and non‑sterile compounding, and distribution systems. Work with automation and robotics to support medicine supply across hospital and community settings.

Supportive Learning Environment:
Be part of a department committed to education, training and professional development. You’ll work closely with experienced pharmacists, technicians, and educators, with opportunities to contribute to teaching, quality improvement, and research activities.

Collaborative Team Culture:
Join a multidisciplinary team that values teamwork, safety, and continuous improvement. You’ll collaborate closely with pharmacy technicians, interns, and clinical teams to ensure safe and efficient medicine use across the organisation.

What You’ll Gain

• A strong foundation in hospital pharmacy operations and systems.
• Experience across dispensing, compounding (including aseptic and cytotoxic), and outpatient services.
• Exposure to advanced technologies including automation and medication distribution systems.
• Opportunities to develop supervision skills with interns, students, and support staff.
• A supportive environment focused on learning, development, and career progression.
• Genuine job satisfaction through contributing to safe and effective patient care.

The position is offered to work on site at The Canberra Hospital and includes participation in shift work, including evenings, weekends and public holidays across CHS sites. Applicants must be able to work these shifts. Flexible working arrangements, including part‑time options, may be considered in line with the ACT Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement (please outline any requirements in your application).

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‑based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website .

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .