At a Glance
- Tasks: Support medication safety and provide clinical pharmacy services in aged care and community settings.
- Company: Bendigo UFS, a leading community pharmacy with a focus on professional services.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, full ACOP credentialing support, and ongoing professional development.
- Other info: Enjoy a rewarding career in beautiful Bendigo, Central Victoria.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your community while developing advanced clinical skills.
- Qualifications: Current AHPRA registration and strong clinical knowledge required.
The predicted salary is between 56700 - 69300 $ per year.
Are you a passionate pharmacist looking for a role that offers genuine variety, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a real difference in your community? Bendigo UFS is seeking motivated full and part-time Pharmacists to join our team in an exciting split role combining Aged Care On-Site Pharmacist (ACOP) services and community pharmacy practice at our Bendigo stores.
This unique position offers the best of both worlds. The ACOP role is a clinically focused position that places you at the heart of each facility's multidisciplinary care team. It's an ideal opportunity for a pharmacist who enjoys building meaningful relationships, working collaboratively with healthcare teams, and delivering measurable improvements in patient outcomes across diverse practice settings.
Bendigo UFS is a leading community pharmacy. We're a high-volume dispensing pharmacy with a strong and growing focus on professional services, including pharmacist prescribing, vaccinations, and health screening programs. If you're a pharmacist who wants to practice at the top of your scope in an innovative, forward-thinking environment, this is the place to do it.
Key Responsibilities
- Support medication safety and quality use of medicines (QUM)
- Identify and resolve medication-related problems in collaboration with residents, nursing staff, GPs, and families
- Assist with medication reviews and optimisation of medication therapy
- Support safe medication management during transitions of care
- Contribute to clinical governance activities and quality improvement initiatives in line with the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards
- Provide accessible, practical medicines advice to residents, carers, and aged care staff
- Deliver high-quality dispensing and medication counselling services
- Provide clinical pharmacy services and health advice to our community
- Support vaccination, prescribing, and professional service programs
- Work collaboratively within a progressive, patient-focused pharmacy team
About You
- Current registration as a Pharmacist with AHPRA (no conditions)
- Medication Management Review (HMR/RMMR) accreditation highly regarded
- Experience in aged care and/or community pharmacy desirable
- Strong clinical knowledge, excellent communication skills, and a patient-centred approach
- Self-motivated, organised, and confident working across multiple facilities and practice settings
What We Offer
- Permanent full and part-time positions
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience and qualifications)
- Full ACOP credentialing support provided - we'll back you through APC-accredited training
- Ongoing professional development and continuing education opportunities
- A supportive and experienced pharmacy team
- The opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills across both aged care and community pharmacy
- Meaningful work that improves the health and wellbeing of aged care residents and the wider Bendigo community
Why Bendigo?
Located in the heart of Central Victoria, Bendigo offers an enviable lifestyle with easy access to all that the region has to offer. Enjoy a rewarding career while living in one of Victoria's most beautiful regional areas.
Hybrid Community Pharmacist/ACOP in Bendigo employer: Bendigo UFS Pharmacies
Bendigo UFS Pharmacies is a community-focused organization that values a team-oriented and respectful work culture. Employees benefit from opportunities for professional growth, with roles that allow them to make a real difference in the community through high-quality healthcare services. The company provides comprehensive training and support, ensuring staff are well-equipped to deliver exceptional customer service and care.
