Role details

The Pharmacy Team at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Senior Pharmacist (Specialist Palliative Care Services) to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

To deliver high level comprehensive Pharmacy clinical skills and leadership to provide effective and efficient treatment to patients and their families engaged with the Specialist Palliative Care Service (SPCS) multi- disciplinary team. Clinical service provision will to patients, their families/carers and other key stakeholders will be via home visits, outpatient appointments, inpatient appointments and telehealth.

About the Team

The MHHS Specialist Palliative Care Service (SPCS) aims to improve the quality of life for patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-limiting illness. This can be achieved through the prevention and relief of suffering by means of early identification and treatment of pain and other problems, in the physical, psychological and spiritual domains. The SPCS seeks to:

• provide holistic patient-centred care for patients with life-limiting illness across the care continuum.
• provide specialist palliative care for patients with life-limiting illness which are needs-based regardless of diagnosis or prognosis.
• address the specialist palliative care needs of patients and their families for the duration of their illness trajectory.
• provide multidisciplinary care in a reliable and efficient manner.

The MHHS SPCS provides palliative care support to inpatients at MHHS, outpatient clinics and a community program to assist patients and carers in their own home within a 45km radius of Mackay. Specialist palliative care support in the Isaac, Bowen and Whitsunday regions, are provided by the Specialist Palliative Care Rural Telehealth Service (SPaRTa) team based at the Townsville Hospital and Health Service. A multidisciplinary team working within specialist palliative care provides holistic, co-ordinated care to patients and their carers across the care continuum, with close collaboration with other health professionals. Specialist palliative care services are located at 475 Bridge Road Mackay, Mackay Hospital and Health Service.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport