![](/shared-assets/images/icon-communities.png)
Search Jobs
Senior Pharmacist (Medicine Information)
![Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato Careers Logo](/shared-assets/agency-logos/Te_whatu_ora_logo.jpg)
Where you’ll be working: Pharmacy Services, Waikato Hospital
The details: Permanent, full time – 40 hours per week
Salary details: Designated A (currently $108,000 to $114,000)
- Take this opportunity to be the medicine information pharmacist for Waikato District, this full-time role allowing for a focus on the provision and development of this service.
- Use your clinical knowledge, pharmacy experience and research skills to support health professionals with the safe use of medicines and patient care.
Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity
Key responsibilities of the role:
- Research, answer and document medicine information queries from a range of health professionals such as doctors, nurses and pharmacists.
- Build on and develop the medicine information service.
- Support and train other pharmacists.
- Develop relationships with other medicine information pharmacists in New Zealand and liaise with other medicine information centres regarding MI developments and resources.
- Explore the use of information technology and its application in MI.
- There may also be an opportunity to be involved with other medicine management support services such as medicine guidelines and medication safety related work.
Click here to view the position description.
(Please note position descriptions can only be viewed on the Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora - Waikato website.)
Ko o tatou painga | Our Benefits
- Develop your skills and knowledge in a busy tertiary hospital.
- Work closely with pharmacists in the Quality and Safe Use of Medicines Team, as well as being part of the wider pharmacy team.
- Interact with staff from a wide range of general and specialty services.
- Maintain your core pharmacy knowledge and skills through occasional work in the inpatient dispensary.
Mō tātou Ratonga | About our Service
Pharmacy Services at Waikato Hospital provides services to the hospital and to six smaller rural hospitals and care units across the Waikato region. The pharmacy service is divided into five services: Clinical Services, Dispensary and Supply, Oncology, Haematology and Compounding Service, Quality and Safe Use of Medicines (QSUM) and our onsite community pharmacy service (Pharmacy on Meade).
You will be a member of the QSUM team, but as part of the wider pharmacy team you will also interact and work with pharmacy staff in the other teams.
Mōu | About you
Skills and experience you’ll need to be considered for the role:
- A NZ registered pharmacist.
- At least 5 years previous experience in a hospital pharmacy or at least 3 years if coupled with relevant other pharmacy experience.
- Previous medicine information training and experience preferred.
- Excellent communication, writing and organisational skills.
- Confidence interacting with a range of health professionals.
- A post-graduate qualification in clinical pharmacy is desirable.
- Experience or interest in the use of information technology is desirable.
Ko ngaa hua o te noho ki roto o Waikato, te mahi hoki ki Te Whatu Ora, Waikato | The Benefits of living in Waikato and working for Te Whatu Ora, Waikato
Located in the heart of the mighty Waikato, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, Waikato operates over a number of sites, Hamilton City our main campus and smaller community-based hospitals across our region. Hamilton City has easy access to beaches and mountains, so if your interests range from a host of water sports, mountain biking to vineyard lunches, the area has something for you right on your doorstep. To discover more about our stunning area, please click here.
- As part of our Health NZ, Waikato family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- We offer flexible and agile working opportunities alongside our Health NZ, Waikato benefits and staff discount schemes.
- We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Tō mātou whakahaere ki te tika, te rerekētanga, me te whai wāhi mai | Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- We want to see the real you in your application and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter. We particularly welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply
Please apply online as applications are unable to be accepted via email. If you have any questions about the role please contact the Recruitment Team – Julie.Vickers@waiktodhb.health.nz
Closing date: 16th July 2024
Nau mai haere mai - Come join the team!
![Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waikato Careers Logo](/shared-assets/agency-logos/Te_whatu_ora_logo.jpg)
Job details
Job Reference: | WAI18109 | |
---|---|---|
Location: |
|
|
Job type: | Permanent Full time | |
Expertise: |
|
|
Closes: | 02-Aug-2024 | |
Attachments: | No File Attached |