ACT Health
Clinical Pharmacist (On Site) – Women, Youth & Children
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Employment Type: Full Time or Part Time, Permanent
Classification: Pharmacist Level 2/3 (PN 26233)
Salary: $101,976 - $128,816 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran ACT
Section: Pharmacy
Closing Date: 31 August 2026
What can we offer you:
- Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
- Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
- Flexible working conditions.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
- Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates. (subject to review and approval)
About the Role:
Are you a hospital pharmacist with experience in paediatrics, neonatology, obstetrics or women's health looking for a rewarding role? Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated pharmacist to join our Women, Youth & Children pharmacy team on a permanent basis. Applications are welcomed from pharmacists seeking either full-time or part-time employment.
This position offers the opportunity to work across a diverse and rewarding specialty area in hospital pharmacy, supporting the care of women, newborns, children, adolescents and their families at Canberra Hospital and the Centenary Hospital for Women, Youth & Children.
Working alongside experienced pharmacists and multidisciplinary teams, you will provide specialist clinical pharmacy services across obstetrics, gynaecology, neonatology, paediatric medicine, paediatric surgery and adolescent health, helping optimise medicines use and improve patient outcomes.
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Why Join Us?
- Specialist Practice: Develop advanced clinical skills across a broad range of services including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Special Care Nursery, paediatric inpatient services, paediatric surgery, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology.
- Tertiary Referral Service: Canberra Hospital is the only tertiary paediatric teaching hospital for the ACT and surrounding NSW region. The Centenary Hospital for Women & Children provides more than 3,700 births each year and includes a tertiary Level 6 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
- Professional Development: The CHS Pharmacy Department operates a successful AdPha Accredited Residency Program, an excellent intern program and several Registrar Training Residency Programs. You will have access to ongoing professional development, mentoring, teaching and research opportunities.
- Innovative Practice: Be part of an innovative pharmacy department that continues to expand scope of practice and implement new models of care, including Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting, credentialed accuracy checking technicians and remote clinical pharmacy services.
What You’ll Gain
- Specialist clinical experience across paediatrics, neonatology and women's health.
- Experience providing complex medication management, therapeutic drug monitoring and patient-centred medicines education.
- Opportunities to contribute to education, quality improvement, medication safety and research activities.
- A highly engaged, specialist clinical environment with strong interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Professional fulfilment through meaningful work caring for women, children and young people.
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The position is offered on a permanent part-time or full-time basis on site and includes participation in weekend, after-hours and on-call rosters. Applicants must be able to work these shifts. Flexible working arrangements may be considered in line with the ACT Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement and operational requirements.
For more information regarding the position duties, click here for the Position Description.
To Apply:
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page response to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description. Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position
Canberra Health Services (CHS)
CHS is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision:
creating exceptional health care together
Our Role:
to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values:
Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
Further Information
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Hameda Lane, Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Clinical), on (02) 5124 2203 or at Hameda.Lane@act.gov.au
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