Pharmacy Administration Assistant
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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 state-wide. 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 Mission Statement is: “Working together to provide optimum pharmaceutical care”. Comprehensive pharmacy services are provided at the two main sites of Austin and Repatriation hospitals and also to Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. Pharmacy staff participate in a coordinated work team via a roster system, and they work at different sites (as needed) in order to provide an integrated, high quality service to all pharmacy department customers.
Our philosophy is to foster a learning environment and to promote teamwork as the best method to deliver day to day services, for both our consumers and staff members. A priority for all pharmacy staff members must be to use every available opportunity to demonstrate the value of the pharmacy services to our consumers.
About the role
This position is to perform administrative duties which include data entry, appointment bookings and management, providing data and reports for the Pharmacy department. The position may be located at either the Austin Hospital or the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre. This is a fixed term role working up to 19 hours per week.
A regular day will see you:
- Provide administrative support to the pharmacy department
- Manage and enter outpatient appointment bookings into Trakcare
- Assist with data entry and administrative duties as required
About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to you work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
You’ll further have:
- Experience in administrative tasks
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team as well as independently
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Highly proficient in MS Office software
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 discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
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. 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 or have questions about this opportunity, 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: Sunday 4 May 2025
