Voluntary Assisted Dying Pharmacy Service Manager
This position is a unique opportunity to work with the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service (NVSS) as the Service Manager of the VAD Pharmacy Service. This role is responsible for ensuring the VAD Pharmacy Service delivers compassionate, high quality safe services and overseeing the management of human, financial and material resources for VAD Pharmacy Service.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Pharmacist Grade 6
Remuneration: $3,024.48 - $3,098.21 per week
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ582859
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.
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 Campus
What you'll be doing
The Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Pharmacy Lead role manages the statewide Voluntary Assisted Dying Pharmacy Service (VAD-PS). NSLHD is responsible for hosting the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Support Service (NVSS), compromising three operational arms including VAD-PS which provide VAD services to eligible patients across NSW. This role includes being accountable for the service and client care provided and ensuring the VAD-PS delivers compassionate, high quality safe services and overseeing the management of human, financial and material resources for VAD-PS.
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 AHPRA with no conditions or restrictions on practice.
- Demonstrated experience of managing a pharmacy service, including human, financial and material resource management, compliance with legislative and policy requirements, performance monitoring, and quality improvement.
- Demonstrated experience in change management including cultural change leading to achievement of positive and sustained outcomes including consumer and/or clinician experience.
- Demonstrated high level capacity to set and manage competing priorities and to deliver high quality products within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Superior leadership and oral and written communication skills.
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Letts on Julie.Letts@health.nsw.gov.au or 0458 981 905.
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.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 25 June 2025
