ACT Health
Pharmacist - Operations
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Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Pharmacist Level 3 (PN 38816)
Salary: $85,664 – $97,932 (Plus 12.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Pharmacy
Closing Date: 11 September 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.
- 12.5% Superannuation.
- Access to Employee Assistance Program.
- Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
- Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About the Role:
Are you an early-career pharmacist ready to build your foundation in hospital pharmacy?
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking motivated and adaptable pharmacists to join our Operations Pharmacy team at The Canberra Hospital.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop broad operational skills in a large, progressive tertiary health service while contributing to safe, efficient, and patient-centred medication management. You will rotate across key operational areas including dispensary, manufacturing, and distribution services—building the essential skills that underpin high-quality hospital pharmacy practice.
Whether you’re a recently registered pharmacist or looking to transition into hospital practice, this role offers a supportive environment to grow your confidence, competence, and career.
Why Join Us?
Expanded Cutting-edge Facilities:
The Canberra Hospital continues to grow, supported by major ACT Government investment in expanded emergency, surgical and critical care services. Pharmacy operations play a central role in ensuring timely and safe access to medicines across this complex health service.
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Comprehensive Operational Experience:
Gain hands-on experience across a wide range of services, including inpatient and outpatient dispensing, aseptic and non-sterile compounding, and distribution systems. Work with automation and robotics to support medicine supply across hospital and community settings.
Supportive Learning Environment:
Be part of a department committed to education, training and professional development. You’ll work closely with experienced pharmacists, technicians, and educators, with opportunities to contribute to teaching, quality improvement, and research activities.
Collaborative Team Culture:
Join a multidisciplinary team that values teamwork, safety, and continuous improvement. You’ll collaborate closely with pharmacy technicians, interns, and clinical teams to ensure safe and efficient medicine use across the organisation.
What You’ll Gain
- A strong foundation in hospital pharmacy operations and systems.
- Experience across dispensing, compounding (including aseptic and cytotoxic), and outpatient services.
- Exposure to advanced technologies including automation and medication distribution systems.
- Opportunities to develop supervision skills with interns, students, and support staff.
- A supportive environment focused on learning, development, and career progression.
- Genuine job satisfaction through contributing to safe and effective patient care.
The position is offered to work on site at The Canberra Hospital and includes participation in shift work, including evenings, weekends and public holidays across CHS sites. Applicants must be able to work these shifts. Flexible working arrangements, including part time options, may be considered in line with the ACT Health Professionals Enterprise Agreement (please outline any requirements in your application).
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For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
- Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
- Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy, (Category A)
- Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
To Apply:
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page pitch, responding 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) 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.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Kevin Chan at (02) 5124 2121 or at Kevin.Chan@act.gov.au.
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