Pharmacy Store Person
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- Fixed term, full-time or part-time job share position
- Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options available to Austin Hospital
- Make an impact supporting patients, their families and carers
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 campuses and 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 customers and the individual 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 customers. This is a conscious effort to develop and effectively market the pharmacy services, and to target the services offered by achieving a better understanding of the needs of each customer group.
About the role
The Pharmacy Storeperson, under the guidance and supervision of the Pharmacy Store Manager, will participate in all activities of the pharmacy store. The major responsibilities of this position include:
- Receiving pharmaceuticals from suppliers
- Processing requisitions
- Distributing pharmaceuticals and intravenous fluids
- Performing expiry date checking
- Assisting in inventory and logistics management.
About you
As the Pharmacy Storeperson, 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:
- Customer focus approach to work and service quality
- Warehousing experience
- Effective communication skills
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 benefits, 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, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Tim Tran, Dep Director Pharmacy, Tim.TRAN@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Monday 7 April 2025
