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Join a busy, supportive hospital pharmacy team as a Pharmacy Assistant, classification aligned to your current skills and experience at AHA1 or AHA2 level. This is a great opportunity to build a solid foundation in hospital pharmacy, with structured development, hands-on learning and clear progression pathways. You’ll play an important part in delivering safe, timely and patient-focused medication services for inpatients and outpatients across multiple sites.

In this role, you’ll support dispensing, distribution, imprest stock management and day-to-day dispensary operations, using pharmacy management systems to ensure accuracy, compliance and quality. Depending on your level, you’ll work under supervision or with increasing autonomy, contribute to manufacturing and inventory activities, assist pharmacists and clinical teams, respond to enquiries, and help maintain a safe, efficient pharmacy environment. At AHA2 level, you’ll also support workflow coordination, staff training and more complex technical and production tasks, making a meaningful impact on patient care and team performance.

About You

To succeed in this Pharmacy Assistant role (AHA1 or AHA2), you will bring a strong commitment to learning, accuracy and teamwork, with the capability to support safe, efficient and patient-centred pharmacy services within a hospital environment.

• Qualifications & eligibility: Eligible and willing to undertake Certificate III (or above) training (AHA1), or hold/undertake a relevant Certificate III or higher with demonstrated progression and eligibility as an AHA2.

• Skills & capabilities: Strong numeracy, written communication and technical skills, with excellent attention to detail, organisation and the ability to follow policies, procedures and safe work practices.

• Team & communication focus: Effective communicator who works well in a team environment, engaging respectfully with diverse patients and colleagues, and able to work under supervision or with increasing independence as appropriate.

• Experience & knowledge: Experience in a service or pharmacy setting, understanding of patient confidentiality and ethical practice, with AHA2 applicants also bringing proven hospital pharmacy experience, knowledge of PBS, pharmacy systems and medication processes.

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

• Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options, including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

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: 928249

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Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Sunday, 15^th February 2026

Attachments

 928249 SA Pharmacy AHA1 Role Description.pdf

 928249 SA Pharmacy AHA2 Role Description.pdf

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