About Monash Health
Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 24,000 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards.
At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our guiding principles and our five iCare values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence.
Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.
About the Role
We’re looking for enthusiastic and motivated pharmacy students to join the team as a casual pharmacy technician.
Our pharmacy team will provide a supportive learning environment, enabling you the opportunity to broaden your understanding of the dynamic hospital pharmacy environment, allowing you to determine if you would like to pursue a hospital pharmacy internship.
You will be able to build your experience working in Victoria’s biggest public hospital pharmacy department, to develop your pharmacy skills and practice.
A Day in the Life
You’ll be primarily responsible for providing pharmacy technician services safely and professionally in a number of practice areas under the supervision of a pharmacist. Your accountabilities may include:
Dispensary – assist with dispensing prescriptions, maintain stock levels within the dispensary, interact with patients, process patient payments
Pharmaceutical ward supply – work closely with the clinical pharmacy teams to manage and distribute appropriate levels of medicines (non-imprest and imprest medicines) and other products supplied by the pharmacy department
Work is mostly available on (shift times may vary from 3 hours to 8 hours):
Weekdays between 8:30am and 5:15pm, 5pm and 8pm
Weekends and public holidays between 8:30am and 4:30pm OR 12pm and 8pm
Available to work casual hours during weekdays, weekends and public holidays, with availability to work at least one shift per week.
About Us
More than 500 of us work in our Pharmacy Team, providing Clinical, Operational and Quality pharmacy services to patients in our hospitals and community settings. We are a diverse group of professionals, focused on achieving the best outcomes and experiences for our community.
About You
You are an undergraduate pharmacy student, ideally with experience working in a community pharmacy, looking to develop an understanding of the supporting roles in a hospital pharmacy. You can see yourself working as a hospital pharmacist in the future, would like to make connections that could benefit your career in this field and gain experience working in a large team. You can demonstrate:
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to work well with peers in a team environment and show flexibility and adaptability
Able to work with supervisors and take direction as required
Proven ability to perform community or hospital pharmacy assistant or technician duties to a high standard
Committed to continued professional development and training
What you need:
Evidence of your current enrolment into a pharmacy degree in Australia
Ideally, demonstrated experience as a community or hospital pharmacy student or technician in Australia
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia membership (desirable)
Australian working rights
In Return
You will have access to benefits including access to in-house learning portals to further expand your acute skills and knowledge base, salary packaging options, a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing Program, private health insurance benefits, employee imaging service, travel clinic, strong support from industry superannuation funds and a reward and recognition program.
For a confidential discussion about your suitability for this role please contact Maggie Wu, Pharmacy team leader on 0417 584 229.
Please click here for the position description!
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’.
In your cover letter, please ensure you address the following:
- Your motivation for becoming a pharmacist
- What you hope to gain from this role
As part of our selection process, you may be invited by email to participate in an on-camera video interview. Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Successful applicants will be required to attend the Monash Health Pharmacy department half-day face to face seminar to learn about working in a hospital environment. Topics include:
- Introduction to hospital pharmacy services
- Dispensary services
The seminar will consist of presentations and workshops and will run for a half day (8:30am to 1:00pm) on Tuesday 19th November 2024. Applicants must be available to attend the seminar day.
Successful applicants will be expected to commence November 2024 and to facilitate on the job training you will be required to work at least five weekdays between the hours of 9am to 5pm.
Applications close September 5th, 2025.
