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Peninsula Health
Reference Number 25115
Position Title Associate Director of Pharmacy - Frankston Operations
Employment Status Permanent Full Time
Location Frankston Hospital
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About Peninsula Health
Peninsula Health provides public healthcare services to residents of the Mornington Peninsula.

Our hospitals and emergency departments are located at Frankston and Rosebud, and we provide a wide range of community health, dental, rehabilitation, mental health, palliative care ad aged care services from campuses at Frankston, Hastings, Mornington and Rosebud.

Person centred care is at the heart of everything we do, guided by our values of Services, Integrity, Compassion, Respect and Excellence.

For more information on Peninsula health please feel welcome to visit our website http://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/

Position Summary
The Associate Director of Pharmacy – Frankston Operations, provides leadership within the pharmacy to ensure a positive culture and high quality service delivery.

You will be responsible for services delivered from the Frankston Hospital Pharmacy Department including dispensing and distribution, manufacturing (including aseptic compounding) and oncology services.
In addition, you’ll hold ‘service wide’ portfolio responsibilities for Information Technology (and the pharmacy IT strategy), medication procurement policy and contract management.

Key Responsibilities
• To effectively lead a team to ensure services are Safe, Personal, Effective and Connected
• Overseeing dispensing and distribution, manufacturing, compounding and prepacking
• Overseeing procurement, effective stock management, stock holding
• Ensure best practice people management
• Demonstrate compliance with relevant national and practice standards
• Oversee Frankston Pharmacy facilities and equipment
• Participate in strategic and operational planning and lead change


Essential Criteria
• Registered (or eligible to be registered) as a pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Authority.
• Establishes positive effective relationships in the work environment
• Demonstrated effective leadership skills
• Proven ability to manage in a hospital pharmacy environment
• Excellent communicator at all organisational levels
• Proven ability to implement change in a complex environment
• Demonstrated experience in the governance of information systems and technology in the health environment
• Proven ability to maximise the efficient use of allocated budget and to operate within that budget
• Demonstrated understanding of internal and external customer needs and how to respond in a useful professional manner
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and improvements in quality in a cost constrained environment.
• Demonstrated time management capabilities and the ability to work to a deadline
• Proven ability to maximise business and professional opportunities
• Current driver’s license
• Computer literate

Benefits
• This is a unique opportunity to lead change as part of a new structure and dynamic pharmacy team.

How to apply
To apply for this position via Seek, please click on 'Apply for this Position' which will re-direct you to our careers page. From our Careers page, to apply or to continue with your application from Seek please click on 'Apply Now' and follow the below steps to finalise your application:

Existing Account Users:
1. Click 'Sign in' and follow the prompts to upload your Resume and Cover letter

New Account Users:
1. Click 'Register' to create an account
2. Once registered, click 'Sign in' in the top right hand corner
3. Type in the reference number (located at the top of the ad)
4. Re click 'Apply Now’ and follow the prompts to upload your Resume and Cover letter

If you experience any issues signing in or registering to our careers page, please feel welcome to contact our HR Hotline on 03 9784 2700.

If you have any questions specific to the positon you are applying for, please feel welcome to contact the hiring manager via the contact details below.


Other Information
• Ensuring the health and safety of our patients, visitors and staff is at the heart of everything we do. As part of this commitment, all new members of our team must complete a National Criminal History Records Check, meet the immunisation requirements of their role and demonstrate evidence of current work rights to work in Australia prior to commencement. You may also be required to provide a Working With Children Check card. To find out more about our quality employment standards and to prepare your application to join our team please visit: https://www.peninsulahealth.org.au/careers/working-preparing-employment/
• Peninsula Health is committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• Peninsula Health believes in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce where each person’s uniqueness is valued. Peninsula Health believes that by embracing the diverse life experiences and perspectives of our people, we will provide high-quality health care to all members of our community – regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, cultural background, disability, religion or sexual orientation.
• Peninsula Health ensures the safety and wellbeing of Victorians living with a disability and will conduct an additional pre-employment check prior to making an offer of employment to a potential employee. This safeguard strengthens existing pre-employment screening processes to better protect people with disability who access disability services.

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Selection Criteria
Contact Person Nick Jones
Contact Number 0417599299
Closing Date 28/07/2019
Position Description ADP - Frankston Operations v1.pdf