Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline(PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About us: 

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.

About you:

In your new role you will…

• Demonstrate high level of knowledge, expertise and skill in clinical pharmacy practice.
• Demonstrate high level interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to consult, negotiate and maintain relationships with senior health professionals and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrate ability to supervise and manage staff in line with quality human resource management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety and ethical behaviour.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will deliver high level clinical pharmacy services within LGCC as a member of a multidisciplinary team to stakeholders / customers of Queensland Health. Providing leadership and high-level pharmacy services to patients residing within LGCC: with a complex and varied workload; with a high degree of independence and initiative; to develop services and promote and maintain best practice care to patients.

About your role:

• Deliver high level clinical pharmacy services within a multidisciplinary team within the Lotus Glen Health Service based on advanced knowledge. This may require contact and interaction with offenders at Lotus Glen Correctional Centre.
• Perform tasks and duties with a high degree of independence and provide independent clinical services of a complex and varied nature including specialist clinical review of patients and services surrounding Hepatitis, HIV, ODT, mental health and complex chronic diseases beyond that of day-to day practice relevant to pharmacy.
• Develop effective professional relationships within Qld Health, Corrections, external providers and stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of services to improve clinical outcomes and encourage positive behavioural change.
• Monitor and report on clinical practices and outcomes within the clinical service area and actively participate in initiating, developing and implementing quality and service improvement activities that enhance the delivery of clinical pharmacy services.

Mandatory inclusion:

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )