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.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- 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
- Must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australian visa that grants the necessary work rights
Skills
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) principles
- Clinical assessment
- Critical thinking
- Problem-solving
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Max term contract
- Part time (16hrs per week)
- Potential for extension
Experience Level
- Pharmacist Grade 1 (year 1-5)
- Pharmacist Grade 2 (Year 1-3)
- Minimum of three years' post-registration hospital pharmacy experience
Education Level
- Current registration as a Pharmacist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Salary/Compensations
- $83,734.08 - $123,940.80 pro-rata + Super + Salary Packaging
Benefits
- Competitive pay
- Not-for-profit salary packaging
- Seamless NSW Health Mobility
- Study leave
- Curran Foundation scholarships
- Fitness Passport
- Discounted private health
- Cultural recognitions and celebrations
About the Company
- 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.
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.
