Mental Health Graduate pharmacist

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Austin Health Pharmacy Department:

The Pharmacy Department provides comprehensive high-quality care to Austin Health patients and supports other members of the healthcare team in all aspects of medicines management.

About the role:

This is a unique opportunity for a Grade 1 pharmacist in their first year of registration to work in Mental Health at Austin Health. This is a full-time fixed-term position for 12-months. This objective of this role is to support a graduate pharmacist to develop their clinical skills and knowledge to provide comprehensive, high-quality care to mental health patients.

This includes:

- Rotations to various mental health units including the acute psychiatric unit and community mental health areas

- Facilitated learning from Senior Mental Health and clinical pharmacists.

- Professional development and protected learning time.

- Monthly group peer supervision sessions with graduates from other disciplines.

- Support developing learning plans and portfolios.

- An authentic commitment to supporting graduate wellbeing throughout your time at Austin Health.

About you: 

You will be someone with good communication and interpersonal skills, who is comfortable working in a team environment and have:

• Registration as a Pharmacist with AHPRA with no restrictions

• In your first year of registration

• Accuracy and efficiency in medication management processes

• A consumer-focused approach to work and service quality

Inclusion at Austin:

We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age.

Work with us! If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working with Children Check.