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Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Statewide – SA Pharmacy

• Salary: AHP3 - $104,180 - $111,746 p.a. (pro-rata) + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Adelaide SA, 5000
• Part Time, Contracted Role working 22.5 hours per week up to 29 Sep 2028

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity for a senior pharmacist to join the CALHN Integrated Care team. Integrated Care provides services uniquely at the interface of hospital and community, promoting ‘home first’ care, hospital avoidance and continuity of care.

Integrated Care encompasses a range of programs, including, but not limited to Urgent Care/Hospital avoidance hubs, Hospital in the Home and community geriatrics programs.

This role will have an initial focus supporting implementation of the CALHN Geriatric Outreach Service (GOS). GOS is a multidisciplinary team working with consumers experiencing significantly changed behaviours relating to dementia and/or cognitive decline, in the setting of residential aged care. The program supports transition from hospital to community and keeping older consumers in place within residential aged care (hospital avoidance) through timely intervention and support for the older person, their family and residential aged care facility (RACF) staff. The pharmacist will support medication history and identification of contributing factors and communication of medications changes for continuity of care. They will also support education for consumers, their families, RACF staff and CALHN staff.

This is predominantly a clinical pharmacy role, able to be shaped by the incumbent with opportunities for research and quality improvement. Applicants with experience in complex medication management in older persons, including those living with dementia, and those with experience undertaking community-based medication reviews, are encouraged to apply.

More broadly you will be part of CALHN Pharmacy with access to the full range of expertise available in our dispensing, electronic medication management, manufacturing, investigational drugs, clinical, and medication governance teams.

Some Integrated Care services operate across 7 days, with access to the multidisciplinary team critical to the success of the model. Applicants should expect to be rostered on weekends at a frequency of up to 1 weekend per fortnight, although the role will initially be rostered Monday to Friday.

About You

You are a motivated and detail-oriented Pharmacist with a strong foundation in clinical practice and a passion for improving patient outcomes. With excellent communication and leadership skills, you are confident in managing complex workloads, supporting colleagues, and driving service excellence in a hospital pharmacy environment.

• Registered (or eligible) with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, holding a Bachelor of Pharmacy (or equivalent), with extensive experience in hospital pharmacy and/or geriatric medicine practice.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships, educate staff, and work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proven organisational and problem-solving abilities, with the capability to research, analyse data, and implement strategies for improving pharmacy services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of pharmacy practice, codes of practice, and professional standards, with demonstrated leadership, supervisory, or management experience.

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

• Attractive salary packaging available
• Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
• Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites

Diversity and inclusion:

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. 

Application Information:

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position. 

Job ref: 915969

Enquiries to:

Josephine To

Telephone: 08 7074 0116

Email: Josephine.To@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 10^th October 2025

Attachments

 915969 SA Pharmacy AHP3 Role Description.pdf

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