Pharmacist

Job Description:

Role title: Pharmacist (Grade 1-2)

Role type: Max term contract, part time (16hrs per week until July 2027) with the potential for extension

Role grade: Pharmacist Grade 1 (year 1-5) to Pharmacist Grade 2 (Year 1-3)

Department and location: Hospital in the Home, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney

Salary: $83,734.08 - $123,940.80 pro-rata + Super + Salary Packaging

Welcome to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent’s Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney’s premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth.

Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep.

Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Hospital in the Home (HITH) provides hospital-level care outside the traditional hospital setting, delivering short-term, high-intensity treatment through a multidisciplinary team to support patient recovery, improve outcomes, and reduce avoidable hospital admissions

• This is a part-time position of 16 hours per week, worked across Thursdays and Fridays, with the opportunity to work additional hours to assist with sick leave and operational coverage when required

• Provide comprehensive pharmacy assessment, clinical interventions and medication management for Hospital in the Home (HITH) patients, including the facilitation of ongoing intravenous medication management where required

• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and with external healthcare providers, including GPs, community pharmacists, community services and hospital providers, to ensure coordinated, high-quality patient care

• Provide education and expert advice to patients, staff and the community on medication management, promoting the Quality Use of Medicines, appropriate use of medication compliance aids, and client independence

• Contribute to service improvement through quality improvement activities, clinical education, effective caseload management, and participation in team meetings and policy development

About you

• Current unrestricted NSW Drivers License

• Current registration as a Pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), with no conditions on scope of practice, and a minimum of three years' post-registration hospital pharmacy experience

• Demonstrated clinical knowledge of medicines, including antimicrobial stewardship and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) principles

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role, preferably within a community-based or community health setting

• Demonstrated high-level clinical assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred care

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income

• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements

• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes

• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives

• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre

• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care

• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships

• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is 24th August 2026. Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with each of the things listed in the About You section of this job advert. 

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at [email protected]

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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