Pharmacy Technician (Grade 2)

Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH); City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging with SmartSalary

Hybrid work model

Discounted Private Health Insurance

Staff counselling via EAP

Job summary

The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne is seeking a Pharmacy Technician for a fixed-term, full-time position to cover parental leave until March 2028, 80 hours per fortnight in the Pharmacy Department.

You will support high-quality pharmacy services through dispensing, stock management, impresting, sterile and non-sterile manufacturing of medications. Working in a multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure safe, efficient and patient-focused care.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Pharmacy Technician.
• Familiar with Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
• Completed or working towards Certificate III or IV in Hospital Pharmacy.
• Certification or experience in manufacturing intravenous solutions and other sterile pharmaceutical products.

Responsibilities

• Processing prescriptions under the direct supervision of a pharmacist.
• Preparing and manufacturing non-sterile pharmaceutical products under supervision.
• Imprestscanning and delivering medications to clinical areas.
• Work as part of the roster for weekends and public holidays.

Skills

Experience as a Pharmacy Technician

Education

Hospital Pharmacy Technician cert (Certificate III/IV)

Certificate III/IV in Hospital Pharmacy

Tools

Imprestscanning

Job description

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The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here .

About the Role:

This is a Fixed Term, full-time position to cover Parental Leave until March 2028, at 80 hours per fortnight within the Pharmacy Department.

You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality pharmacy services through medication dispensing, stock management, impresting, sterile and non-sterile manufacturing of medications. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in ensuring safe, efficient, and patient-focused care.

Internally, this position may otherwise be known and/or referred to as: Rotational Pharmacy Technician (Grade 2).

Classification for this position is in accordance with Award 04 - Health and Allied Services.

This will be classified at TH6 (Pharmacy Technician Grade 2), $65,042.12 per annum, plus superannuation.

What you'll achieve:

Processing prescriptions, including computer entry and assembling items - under the direct supervision of a pharmacist

Preparing and manufacturing non-sterile pharmaceutical products, under the guidance of a supervising pharmacist

Imprestscanning and delivering of medications to clinical areas

Work as part of the roster for weekends and public holidays

Your skills and experience:

Experience as a Pharmacy Technician

• Suitable Hospital Pharmacy Technician course (Certificate III or IV), or working towards a qualification

Experience working in a busy environment especially those involving working directly with the public

Familiar with Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

Completed or working towards Certificate III or IV in Hospital Pharmacy

Certification or experience in manufacturing intravenous solutions and other sterile pharmaceutical products

About the Department:

We are a team of around 70 staff including Pharmacists, Technicians and Administrators. Our supportive and collaborative team includes Outpatients, Children's Cancer Centre, Clinical Pharmacy, Clinical Trials, Medicines Information, Sterile Services and Pharmacy Business Unit.

What we offer:

• Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary – Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum (and other additional salary-enhancing options!)
• Workplace culture of continuous improvement, growth, support and training
• Clinical Education Hub on-site to support continued training and professional development

Monthly Accrued Day Off (ADO) – 12 additional leave days per year, if FTE

• Hybrid work model, if applicable to role
• Convenient location & close to public transport
• Special events
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Support for working mothers including two on-site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities
• Help when you need it most! Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services, and more through our EAP partner, Converge
• Unlimitedaccess to select fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport
• Enjoy the convenience of an on-site retail precinct, featuring a range of shops, cafés, and food outlets (retail discounts & more)

Other requirements:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offerthe opportunity towork in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.

For more information about this position please contact Edwina Lai, Lead Pharmacy Technician, via ph: 9345 5644 OR email: [e-mail]