Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Service Coordinator

SA Health - Statewide Clinical Support Services; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 82,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Meal & entertainment allowance

Annual leave with loading

Fitness Passport

Employee Assistance Program

Professional development

Job summary

SA Health in Adelaide seeks a Senior Pharmacy Assistant – Clinical Service Coordinator to lead and mentor the Pharmacy team at Flinders Medical Centre. You will coordinate daily activity, support rosters, and mentor staff while ensuring safe, accurate patient-focused care.

With extensive hospital pharmacy experience, you will drive service improvements, training tools, and audits, supporting dispensing, distribution, and stock management in line with policy and delegated responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV or higher in a relevant field (e.g., Project Management Practice, Leadership and Management, or Business Administration).
• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience with supervisory/leadership skills.
• Strong organisation, communication and numerical skills; ability to prioritise in a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of clinical pharmacy procedures, medication management, dispensing or production methods, PBS, and proficiency in pharmacy software and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily activity and support the team to deliver timely, accurate and patient-focused pharmacy care.
• Lead, teach and mentor pharmacy assistants and technicians; guide rosters and workload prioritisation.
• Develop training tools and assess competence; conduct audits to improve service quality.

Skills

Certificate IV

Leadership

Project Management

Pharmacy software

Microsoft Office

Supervisory

Coaching & mentoring

Numerical skills

Education

Certificate IV or higher in related field

Tools

Pharmacy software

Job description

Senior Pharmacy Assistant - Clinical Service Coordinator

$82,410 to $85,983 pa + super + salary packaging

• Southern Adelaide Local Health Network | Senior Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Service Coordinator (AHA4)

• SA Pharmacy, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park SA 5042

• AHA4 $82,410 to $85,983 p.a. + superannuation + salary packaging

• Temporary full time,Seven-day roster

About the Role

Bring your hospital pharmacy experience to a role where you can lead, teach and improve services. As Senior Pharmacy Assistant Clinical Coordinator at Flinders Medical Centre, you’ll coordinate daily activity and support the team to deliver timely, accurate and patient-focused pharmacy care. Working closely with the responsible pharmacist and pharmacy managers, you’ll prioritise workloads, support departmental rosters and guide pharmacy assistants and technicians. You’ll develop training tools, assess competence and mentor colleagues, while using practice reviews and audits to improve service quality. Your advanced technical skills will also support dispensing, distribution and stock management in line with pharmacy policies and delegated responsibilities.

About You

You’ll bring practical pharmacy expertise and a supportive approach to leadership. To be successful, you will have:

• A relevant Certificate IV or higher, such as Project Management Practice, Leadership and Management or Business Administration.
• Extensive hospital pharmacy experience, with supervisory and leadership experience and skills in coaching, mentoring and developing training tools.
• Strong organisation, communication and numerical skills, with attention to detail and the ability to prioritise work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of clinical pharmacy procedures, medication management, dispensing or production methods, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, plus proficiency in pharmacy software and Microsoft Office.

You’ll also use policies, procedures, report writing and gap analysis to support safe practice and service improvement. Please refer to the role description for the full requirements.

About Us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) provides specialist clinical services to the South Australian health system. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology and SA Pharmacy. SA Pharmacy supports the safe and effective use of medicines across South Australia’s public health services. Join a team that works with clinical colleagues to improve medicine management and outcomes for patients.

What We Offer

• Salary benefits – flexible salary packaging up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses, plus $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Professional development – opportunities to apply for reimbursement of eligible learning activities and access dedicated development leave.
• Annual leave – paid recreation leave with leave loading.
• Health and fitness – access to Fitness Passport for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination.
• Employee Assistance Program – confidential counselling and support for you and your family.

Diversity and Inclusion

We support a culture where employees feel they belong and feel safe at work, where their talents are valued and their contributions recognised. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Information

• Please refer to the attached role description for the full requirements. Appointment is subject to satisfactory criminal history checks and compliant immunisation screening.
• This is a Category B position.
• SA Health services implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease Occupational assessment screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted.

Enquiries

Vinod Thomas, Deputy Director Pharmacy Services (SALHN)
Telephone: [phone]

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A health career with SA Health is all about ensuring healthier, longer and better lives for all South Australians.

SA Health works to achieve these aims by strengthening primary health care, enhancing hospital care, reforming mental health care and improving the health of Aboriginal people.

When people think of SA Health, they probably think of doctors and nurses. However we employ IT staff, scientists, finance and allied health professionals and administrative staff just to name a few.

Pursuing a career in health is one of the most effective ways any of us can contribute to general wellbeing in our community. Every day over 30,000 individuals work together in our hospitals and health services to improve the wellbeing of South Australians.

We warmly invite you to join the dedicated, inspirational, and professional people in SA Health who are using their individual skills and strengths to contribute to the wellbeing of South Australians everyday.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website

A health career with SA Health is all about ensuring healthier, longer and better lives for all South Australians.

SA Health works to achieve these aims by strengthening primary health care, enhancing hospital care, reforming mental health care and improving the health of Aboriginal people.

When people think of SA Health, they probably think of doctors and nurses. However we employ IT staff, scientists, finance and allied health professionals and administrative staff just to name a few.

Pursuing a career in health is one of the most effective ways any of us can contribute to general wellbeing in our community. Every day over 30,000 individuals work together in our hospitals and health services to improve the wellbeing of South Australians.

We warmly invite you to join the dedicated, inspirational, and professional people in SA Health who are using their individual skills and strengths to contribute to the wellbeing of South Australians everyday.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website

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