Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist
Make a lasting impact on patient safety and antimicrobial use across a leading tertiary health service. As the Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, you will work at the forefront of clinical pharmacy practice, partnering with Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and multidisciplinary teams to optimise antimicrobial therapy, improve patient outcomes, and drive stewardship, education, research and quality improvement initiatives across the organisation.
Why join NSLHD:
- Access generous staff benefits including salary packaging, fitness passport and more.
- A challenging, inspiring and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a difference.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 3 October 2027 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Pharmacist Grade 3
Remuneration: $2,732.69 - $2,806.64 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ687562
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives
- Innovation is at our core, with opportunities for research driven evidence based practice, ensuring our work remains engaging and fulfilling.
- Clear pathways for career progression, supported by training secondments, recognition and mentorship, empower employee and leaders alike to reach their professional goals.
- Join us on a journey to a place where every achievement is celebrated and every opportunity is embraced.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Royal North Shore Hospital
What you'll be doing
The Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist is responsible for leading and coordinating antimicrobial stewardship services to support the safe, effective and appropriate use of antimicrobials across the organisation. The position provides expert clinical advice, drives stewardship governance and quality improvement activities, contributes to education, research and policy development, and works collaboratively with key stakeholders to improve patient outcomes and support compliance with the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Current registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia (or eligible for immediate registration) with no conditions or restrictions on practice and evidence of extensive and relevant hospital experience.
- Demonstrated proficiency in ability to work autonomously with limited supervision. Have the ability to prioritise work, manage a demanding workload, apply high level reasoning skills and have independent professional judgement.
- Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement activities or service evaluation process. Experience in clinical teaching and supervision of students, interns, Pharmacist, and/or Pharmacy Technicians/Assistants.
- Demonstrated extensive experience in the provision of advance clinical pharmacy services including advance level practice in Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship in a hospital setting.
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For role related queries or questions contact Suzanne Olding on Suzanne.Olding@health.nsw.gov.au
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
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Applications Close: Sunday 30 August 2026 at 11.59pm
