Lead Pharmacy Technician

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About the Pharmacy Department

The Pharmacy Department sits within the Division of the Chief Medical Officer and provides comprehensive high-quality care to Austin Health patients and supports other members of the healthcare team in all aspects of medicines management. The department consists of a skilled team of pharmacists, technicians and support staff working across all three campuses of Austin Health to ensure patients receive excellent care

About the role 

We are seeking an experienced, motivated, and forward-thinking Lead Pharmacy Technician to help drive excellence in technician practice, support service expansion, and contribute to high quality patient care across our organisation.

This is a brand-new leadership opportunity within our pharmacy department which will play a pivotal role in guiding and developing our pharmacy technician team across Austin Health. This role is ideal for a technician who is passionate about leadership, workforce development, and advancing the scope and capability of the technician profession.

In this new role, you will:

• Provide day to day leadership, support, and supervision for the pharmacy technician and support staff workforce.
• Coordinate the provision of safe, efficient and innovative services
• Ensure workforce capability, capacity and credentials
• Support the development of strategic goals ensuring the delivery of safe, timely, evidence based care
• Act as a key point of contact for workforce planning and operational coordination.

About you 

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• A minimum of 6 years’ experience as a Pharmacy Technician and demonstrated experience in a leadership capacity.
• Managerial and leadership experience, including financial, human resource and workforce skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills including communication, negotiation, team building and conflict resolution skills.
• A commitment to patient safety and excellence
• Capacity to perform under pressure, to meet time constraints and determine work priorities.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of all relevant aspects of hospital pharmacy services.
• A commitment to continuing education and the ability to keep abreast of current knowledge and accepted practices

Our benefits 

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including: 

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation. 
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program. 
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options. 
• Mentoring and career development opportunities. 

Work with us! 

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures. 

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Tim Tran, Dep Director Pharmacy (Clinical Services) at Tim.Tran@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Tuesday 24 March 2026