Job Description
Job Title:  Senior Project Pharmacist
Req ID:  1611
Posting Start Date:  11/11/2025
Posting End Date:  26/11/2025

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  • Fixed Term, Part-time Grade 3 Project Pharmacist (0.2 FTE until June 2026) 
  • Parkville location, with multiple public transport options available
  • $108,820.40 - $123,905.60 per annum (pro rata for part time) + super + salary packaging + 5 weeks annual leave

 

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care. Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

 

About the Pharmacy Department

 

Our department provides a comprehensive pharmacy service to all patients of the hospital. A high degree of specialised service is provided in clinical areas, medicines information, antimicrobial stewardship, quality use of medicine, research and clinical trials. We are a passionate, supportive and driven team who works cohesively together to focus on quality patient centred care.

We seek a keen and enthusiatic pharmacist to support the medication safety project. The successful applicant will participate in a wide range of pharmacy services in all areas of the department.

 

About the role

 

As a project pharmacist at the Women’s you will provide comprehensive support for the provision of pharmacy services within your remit. 

 

A regular day will see you:

  • Co-lead, develop and contribute to medication safety initiatives, quality improvement projects, policy and procedure review and service review.
  • Contribute to the learning/training program for all staff.
  • Participate in clinical service provision.

 

About you

 

You will be someone with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who enjoys working as part of a team committed to excellence in patient care.

 

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

  • Expereince in medication safety, education/training and wide range of clinical areas.
  • Demonstrate commitment to continuous quality improvement and person-centred approach to service provision.
  • Attention to detail, well-developed time management and organisational skills
  • A positive attitude and professional manner in keeping with our philosophy of a strong customer/patient focus

 

Our benefits

 

At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning.  We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day.  We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

  • Up to $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
  • A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
  • Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
  • Onsite breastfeeding rooms
  • Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

 

Inclusion and belonging

 

The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community.  We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.  We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, physically, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters.  We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.

 

Join us!

If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application.  All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC) and a valid Working with Children Check.  Clinical staff are required to be vaccinated against, or demonstrate immunity to, COVID-19, influenza, and a range of other diseases. 

Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, or if you require an accessible copy of the position description, you are most welcome to reach out to the contact person listed.  We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.

For more information, please view the Position Description for this role.  

For a confidential discussion, please contact Huda Ismail on (03) 8345 3194 or Huda.Ismail@thewomens.org.au.

Application closing date: 26 November 2025