Pharmacist Team Leader

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

Diversity and inclusion

Private health insurance discounts

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health is seeking an experienced Pharmacist Team Leader to lead the Toowoomba Hospital pharmacy team and help shape safe, contemporary medication services across Darling Downs Health.

In this leadership role, you’ll combine advanced clinical expertise with people leadership, mentoring and service improvement, making a meaningful difference to patient outcomes while supporting the growth of pharmacy professionals.

Qualifications

• Registered Pharmacist with AHPRA and relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Advanced clinical pharmacy experience with knowledge of contemporary medication management practices.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop teams while fostering a positive culture.
• Strong communication, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing pharmacy team delivering safe, evidence-based care.
• Provide expert medication management advice and partner with clinicians on complex cases.
• Drive service improvements, quality initiatives and practice enhancements.
• Coach, mentor and develop pharmacists, assistants and learners.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Medication management

Stakeholder engagement

Team mentorship

Education

Bachelor of Pharmacy

Job description

Lead a high-performing pharmacy team at Toowoomba Hospital and help shape safe, contemporary medication services across Darling Downs Health. In this influential leadership role, you'll combine advanced clinical expertise with people leadership, mentoring and service improvement, making a meaningful difference to patient outcomes while supporting the growth of pharmacy professionals.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As Pharmacist Team Leader, you'll play a key role in delivering safe, evidence-based care that improves patient outcomes across the health service. From guiding complex clinical decisions to supporting the development of pharmacy staff, you'll work closely with multidisciplinary teams to strengthen services and make a lasting impact on the community.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Leading a team to deliver high-quality clinical pharmacy services that support safe and effective patient care.
• Providing expert medication management advice and partnering with clinicians to solve complex patient care challenges.
• Driving service improvements, quality initiatives and practice enhancements that strengthen outcomes and efficiency.
• Coaching, mentoring and developing pharmacists, assistants and learners to build capability across the service.

Let's Talk About You

You're a capable and approachable leader who brings clinical expertise, sound judgement and a genuine commitment to helping others succeed. You thrive in fast-paced healthcare environments, build trusted relationships and use your experience to guide teams through complex challenges. You'll take pride in improving services, supporting safer care and creating opportunities for others to grow. Most importantly, you'll embody the Darling Downs Health values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage in everything you do.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Registration as a Pharmacist with AHPRA and relevant tertiary qualifications.
• Advanced clinical pharmacy experience with strong knowledge of contemporary medication management practices.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop teams while fostering a positive and collaborative culture.
• Highly developed communication, consultation and stakeholder engagement skills.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field and/or experience leading service improvement, research or quality-use-of-medicines initiatives.

Make a meaningful impact through clinical leadership that advances patient care, supports your team and reflects the values of Darling Downs Health.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:

www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

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