Senior Pharmacist - Medical Specialties

Bring your clinical pharmacy expertise to SA Pharmacy as a Senior Pharmacist in the Specialty Medicine clinical pharmacy team. You’ll work closely with pharmacists, medical, nursing and other health professionals to deliver a high-quality pharmacy service to the Endocrine, Rheumatology, Immunology and Palliative Care teams. As a Senior Pharmacist, you’ll lead the organisation and delivery of clinical pharmacy services, provide expert medicines information and therapeutic advice, and help patients get the best outcomes from their treatment. Use your clinical judgement to support safe, effective and cost-conscious medicine use. You’ll guide and mentor pharmacy colleagues, contribute to service improvements, and use research and quality initiatives to strengthen practice. This permanent part-time role offers the opportunity to make a lasting contribution to specialty medicine within CALHN.

You’ll use independent professional judgement to manage complex pharmaceutical care, working closely with patients, medical and nursing staff and the wider pharmacy team. Alongside daily service delivery, you’ll guide colleagues, support staff education and develop improvements that strengthen the quality use of medicines and outcomes for patients.

You’ll bring advanced hospital pharmacy knowledge and the confidence to lead clinical practice. To be successful, you will have:

•  A Bachelor of Pharmacy or equivalent and registration, or eligibility for registration, with the Pharmacy Board of Australia.

•  Extensive clinical experience and sound knowledge of professional standards and codes of practice.  Experience in endocrine, rheumatology, immunology, palliative care, renal or related specialties will be highly regarded.

•  Strong clinical judgement, communication and organisation skills, with the ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team.

•  Skills in research, data analysis, staff education and service improvement, supported by comprehensive knowledge of professional standards.

Appointment is subject to unconditional AHPRA registration as a pharmacist. Please refer to the role description for the full requirements.

Statewide Clinical Support Services (SCSS) provides specialist clinical services to the South Australian health system. SCSS encompasses BreastScreen SA, SA Dental, SA Medical Imaging, SA Pathology and SA Pharmacy. SA Pharmacy supports the safe and effective use of medicines across South Australia’s public health services. Join a team that works with clinical colleagues to improve medicine management and outcomes for patients.

We support a culture where employees feel they belong and feel safe at work, where their talents are valued and their contributions recognised. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

• Please refer to the attached role description for the full requirements. Appointment is subject to satisfactory criminal history checks and compliant immunisation screening.
• This is a Category B position.
• SA Health services implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease Occupational assessment screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted.

 954771 - RD for Senior Pharmacist - Medical Specialties.pdf

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Advertised: 11 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 25 Nov 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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