About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated pharmacists to join the Pharmacy Department as Grade 2 Registrar Training Pharmacist - Infectious Diseases

About Northern Health:
Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne’s rapidly growing outer north.
Services are provided through our five main campuses:
Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About the Pharmacy Department:
The Pharmacy Department operates across five campuses and has a strong vision to deliver exceptional, evidenced-based care to our patients – with a clear focus on research, medication safety and clinical excellence. Meeting the immediate and longer-term health care needs of our community requires a transformation in how we provide health care services, and Northern Health has embarked on the journey to transform into a High Reliability Healthcare Organisation.

The department comprises over 100 pharmacists and 30 technicians to provide clinical, operational, quality and informatics services with a strong focus on workforce culture and commitment to professional development.
We are currently undergoing a period of expansion which provides unique opportunities for specialisation appealing to those applicants wishing to challenge themselves and advance practice including pharmacist and technician advanced-scope roles, collaborative multidisciplinary programs and services, medicine stewardship programs (e.g. analgesics, anticoagulants and antimicrobials) and virtual care (including Heart Failure Virtual Ward and Victorian Virtual Emergency Department).

About the Role:
An opportunity exists for a Grade 2 Registrar Training Pharmacist - Infectious Diseases to join the team at Northern Health. This role will require work over 10 days (80 hours) per fortnight - Monday to Friday at the Northern Hospital with potential to work at other sites of Northern Health as required.

The Registrar Training Pharmacist will be supported to advance their practice in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases through an Ad Pha-accredited two-year program. The pharmacist’s work plan will include 0.6EFT in Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infectious Diseases and 0.4EFT in a relevant specialty area (e.g. General Medicine, Haematology & Oncology or Respiratory Medicine), under the mentorship of the Senior Pharmacist – Antimicrobial Stewardship & Infectious Diseases. They will continue as a rotational clinical pharmacist within the Pharmacy Department following completion of the program.

The Northern Health Antimicrobial Stewardship service is a multidisciplinary team committed to ensuring safe and appropriate use of antimicrobial medicines, across all Northern Health campuses. The program consists of a diverse quality portfolio that incorporates all core elements, recommendations and principles from the current NSQHS Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard. In addition, the team works closely with Northern Health’s Infectious Disease Department to provide both inpatient and outpatient care to patients with a wide range of conditions, including HIV, sexual health, TB, travel medicine, orthopaedic infections and general infectious diseases.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A minimum of 3-7 years full time experience as a hospital pharmacist
• A demonstrated passion for Antimicrobial Stewardship & Infectious Diseases
• Experience and good working knowledge of hospital pharmacy operations.
• Demonstrated good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Well-developed self-management skills including the ability to meet timelines and prioritise competing demands

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.
For further details, please refer to the Position Description.
Alternatively, you can contact Jeff Khoshaba, Lead Pharmacist – Education, Development & Research on jeff.khoshaba@nh.org.au or (03) 8405 2664 or David Nguyen, Deputy Director of Pharmacy – Quality & Informatics on david.nguyen@nh.org.au on (03) 9485 9305.

Applications close 29 November 2024

Why work at the Northern Health?


We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.