Deputy Chief Pharmacist (Virtual Services)

About the role

WA Country Health Services (WACHS) is recruiting a Deputy Chief Pharmacist for its Virtual Pharmacy Services. The role provides professional and operational leadership in medicines management, acting as the primary pharmacy contact for virtual pharmacy services across WACHS and working closely with the Chief Pharmacist, Regional Chief Pharmacists and Senior Pharmacy Leads, as well as with nursing, medical and allied health staff.

This is a permanent full-time appointment. WACHS is the largest country health system in Australia, serving about half a million people across seven regions in rural and remote Western Australia.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualification in Pharmacy and eligibility for registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia, meeting the position's registration, identity, licensing and travel requirements.
• Capacity to complete pre-employment checks: Criminal Record Screening, Pre-Employment Health Assessment, WA Health Integrity Check and Working with Children Check.
• Advanced hospital pharmacy experience, including professional leadership, operational and workforce management, policy development, medicines governance, quality improvement and safe, evidence-based pharmacy services, especially in rural, remote and virtual settings.
• Ability to communicate, consult, negotiate and influence in complex multidisciplinary environments, build stakeholder relationships and lead professionally and ethically.
• Ability to support WACHS priorities through innovation, research, technology-enabled service delivery and continuous improvement in medicines management and patient care.
• Valid Australian work rights; permanent appointments may be made to citizens, permanent residents or visa holders.

What we offer

• 12% employer-contributed superannuation into a fund of your choice.
• Salary packaging arrangements.
• Professional development opportunities and study leave or assistance.
• Flexible working and leave arrangements, plus location-based allowances.

To apply, submit an online application with a suitability statement (maximum 3 pages), a detailed CV and the names and contact details of two referees. The application is conditional on a satisfactory pre-employment health assessment.