Blacktown Hospital - Pharmacist Grade 1/2

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Pharmacy
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Western Sydney Local Health District
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REQ651322 Requisition #

💊 Deliver safe, high quality patient centred pharmacy care
🏥 Rotations across Blacktown & Mount Druitt Hospitals
📈 Grow your clinical skills in a supportive team environment

 

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Pharmacist Grade 1/ Grade 2
Remuneration: $42.23 - $62.50 per hour
Hours Per Week: 16
Location: Blacktown Hospital

 

Where you'll be working
Blacktown Hospital is a major teaching and referral hospital within Western Sydney Local Health District, providing comprehensive services to a diverse and growing community. You will also support services at Mount Druitt Hospital, gaining broad clinical exposure across sites.

  • Collaborative, multidisciplinary team culture

  • Commitment to education, training and professional growth

  • Exposure to varied clinical specialties and patient populations

  • Strong focus on medication safety and quality use of medicines

  • Supportive environment for early career and developing pharmacists

 

What you'll be doing 
You will deliver high quality clinical and operational pharmacy services to optimise safe and effective medication use for patients.

  • Provide medication reconciliation, reviews and patient counselling

  • Collaborate with medical and nursing teams on ward rounds

  • Monitor patient outcomes including labs and high risk medicines

  • Contribute to quality improvement, audits and medication safety initiatives

  • Participate in rostered services including weekends, public holidays and on call. This role will likely require regular weekend work, with specific hours to be determined. Applicants must have capacity to work weekends before applying

 

How to Apply 
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date.   

 

Essential Criteria

  • Qualification: Pharmacy qualifications conferred by tertiary education institutions e.g. Bachelor of Pharmacy.

  • Registration: Current full and unrestricted Pharmacist registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) 

 

Selection Criteria

  1. Full AHPRA registration without restrictions. Grade 2 placements will be made in accordance with award criteria only

  2. Must demonstrate good knowledge of therapeutics and clinical pharmacy practice

  3. Must be able to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills

  4. Must be able to work independently or as part of a team and have the skills to build and maintain cooperative relationships

  5. Must have a demonstrated understanding of how pharmacists promote and contribute to the quality use of medicines

  6. Must be able to participate in on call, weekend and public holiday work as required

 

Requisition ID: REQ651322 
Applications Close: 27th April 2026

 
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People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard. 

 

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.  For more information, please visit https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ .

 

Blacktown hospital car parking allocation model is changing. There is a managed waitlist for parking for new staff commencing at Blacktown Hospital. This does not apply to staff with a disability parking permit. 

 

Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. 

 

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