Senior Pharmacy Assistant
SA Health
Job reference: 937741 Location: 5042 - BEDFORD PARK Job status: Long Term Contract Eligibility: Open to Everyone Central Adelaide Local Health Network Statewide – SA Pharmacy
This is role attracts a fixed allowance that ensures a minimum salary equivalent to AHA2 (third increment) pro-rated, based on the Undertaking as within the Allied Health Professionals, Assistants and Psychologists Enterprise Agreement 2025.
About the Role As a Senior Pharmacy Assistant, you will play a key role in delivering a comprehensive and patient-centred pharmacy service. Supporting pharmacists and the broader healthcare team, you will oversee the accurate dispensing and distribution of medications, including controlled drugs and Drugs of Dependence, while ensuring compliance with the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Special Access Scheme, South Australian Formulary and Clinical Trials requirements. You will use pharmacy management and hospital software systems to process prescriptions, maintain ward imprest levels, manage stock transfers and conduct stocktakes, ensuring no expired or recalled stock remains in circulation. Your strong attention to detail will support clear labelling, accurate record keeping and the safe handling, manufacture, repacking and distribution of sterile (including cytotoxic) and non-sterile pharmaceuticals in line with Good Manufacturing Practice and Society of Hospital Pharmacists guidelines. Our pharmacy assistants are based across our three sites at Flinders Medical Centre, Noarlunga Hospital and the Repat Health Precinct at Daw Park. A rotation is in operation offering staff the opportunity to work in all areas of our service including dispensary, clinical services and production. In this senior capacity, you will assist with organising daily workflows, allocating tasks and supporting rosters for pharmacy assistants, graduates and students, providing technical guidance and skill development across the team. You will contribute to inventory control, procurement processes and audit practices, assist with PBS claiming and billing, respond to enquiries with professionalism and confidentiality, and help maintain a safe, clean and well-resourced dispensary environment. With opportunities to participate in quality assurance, environmental monitoring, courier and medication delivery duties, and cross-site collaboration via teleconferencing, this role offers variety, responsibility and the chance to make a meaningful contribution to safe and effective patient care. About You To be successful in this role, you will bring the technical capability, initiative and professionalism required to support a high-performing hospital pharmacy service.
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
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 note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position. Job ref: 937741 Enquiries to: Samantha Higham, Office Manager Phone: 8204 6980 E-mail: Samantha.higham@sa.gov.au Application Closing Date 11:55 pm Friday, 22nd May 2026 Attachments
Australian applicant guidelines International applicant guidelines Applications close: 22/05/2026 11:55 PM Flexibility Statement
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