Senior Pharmacy Assistant — Clinical Services Lead

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

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.