Senior Pharmacist – Heart & Lung/Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience

Senior Pharmacist – Heart & Lung/Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience

Job no: ******
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide CBD
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Medical

Central Adelaide Local Health Network - Senior Pharmacist – Heart & Lung/Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience

Statewide – SA

• Salary: AHP3  - $112,139 - $120,284 p.a. + Superannuation & Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Location:  various, Central Adelaide Local Health Network
• Full Time – ongoing 

About the role

Senior Pharmacist – Heart & Lung (0.6FTE)

This is an opportunity to join CALHN Pharmacy working in the Heart & Lung specialty. You will play an important role in achieving the best possible outcomes for patients by promoting the safe, effective and cost-conscious use of medicines. Working collaboratively with pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and assistants, interns, students and multidisciplinary healthcare teams, you will help balance competing service priorities while contributing to departmental objectives and broader health outcomes. This is an opportunity to use your clinical expertise, professional judgement and collaborative approach to support quality use of medicines and deliver safe, high-quality pharmacy care.

Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience (0.4FTE)

Join CALHN Pharmacy as Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience and lead a skilled team to deliver safe, high-quality and patient-centred pharmacy services. You’ll guide pharmacists, technicians, assistants and support staff, build capability through mentoring and development, and ensure medication management standards, policies and procedures are embedded in everyday practice.

Working closely with pharmacy leaders, clinicians and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll shape service delivery, oversee staff performance and competence, and contribute specialist expertise across the broader pharmacy service. This is an opportunity to influence practice, strengthen quality use of medicines and lead a highly effective team focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for patients.

About You

Senior Pharmacist – Heart & Lung (0.6FTE)

You are an experienced and highly skilled pharmacist who brings strong clinical expertise, leadership capability and a collaborative approach to delivering high-quality pharmacy services. You will thrive in a complex hospital environment and be confident working both autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy and registration or eligibility

• Bring extensive experience in hospital clinical pharmacy. Experience in Heart & Lung specialties is highly desirable.

• Demonstrate excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands, analyse information and deliver accurate outcomes within tight timeframes
• Lead, supervise, and educate pharmacy assistants, pharmacy students, interns and pharmacists

Postgraduate qualifications, professional accreditation, Advanced Pharmacy Australia Resident training or accredited teaching experience will be highly regarded.

Senior Pharmacist Team Leader – Heart & Lung and Neuroscience (0.4FTE)

You are an experienced pharmacist and confident leader who combines strong clinical expertise with sound judgement, adaptability and a genuine commitment to developing people and improving pharmacy services.

In addition to the above, to be successful in this role you will:

• Bring extensive leadership experience
• Lead, supervise, educate and develop multidisciplinary teams
• Drive change, solve complex problems and improve service delivery

About us

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) is a unique public healthcare organisation that serves health consumers and provides specialist clinical services to the health system in South Australia. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology, and SA Pharmacy. Come and work with us to improve the health and well-being of South Australians, across all age groups and at any time of their life or health need.

What we offer

• Salary Benefits: Enjoy flexible salary packaging options, including up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (such as mortgage, rent, utilities and groceries) plus an additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses.
• Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
• Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program for you and your family, plus an annual voluntary flu vaccination to support your wellbeing.
• Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.

Diversity and inclusion:

Statewide supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. 

Application Information:

• Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position. 

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Enquiries to:

Name: Josephine To, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, CALHN

Telephone: ************

Email: **********************

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Wednesday 23 September 2026

Attachments

 SA+Pharmacy+AHP3+Role+Description+May2025 (3).pdf

 SA+Pharmacy+AHP3+Team+Leader+July+2025 (1).pdf

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Advertised: 09 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 23 Sep 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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