Rotational Pharmacist, Auckland City Hospital

Are you a Hospital clinical pharmacist or a newly registered pharmacist and looking to kick start your career in one of New Zealand’s leading public hospitals? We have the right role for you
- **Rotate through different services and specialties to develop your skills and knowledge**:

- **Work alongside our experienced Pharmacists who will be there to support you**:

- **On the job training with continuous improvement and development opportunities**:

- **Competitive remuneration commensurate with your skills and experience**:

- **This position is a Green List tier 1 occupation - straight to Residence Visa**

**Te whiwhinga mahi | The Opportunity**

This is an exciting opportunity for you to gain experience in all areas of the department and contribute to the delivery of the pharmacy service by providing high quality pharmaceutical care to patients across Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We can provide the foundation to clinical pharmacy and stretch you into the speciality services offered at Te Toka Tumai including transplant services, Cardiothoracic, Neurosurgery, Cancer and Blood, and Paediatrics.

As a rotational pharmacist, you will participate in a structured rotational programme tailored to you in order to develop your core skills, and knowledge that are essential to be an experienced and well-rounded hospital pharmacist. During this time you will be supported to undertake relevant clinical postgraduate qualifications to further develop your clinical skills.

For further details, please refer to the position description **here**.

**Nga Pūkenga Motuhake | Important Skills**

You will be an enthusiastic clinical pharmacist, committed to furthering yourself and your peers with the ability to role model the Te Toka Tumai Auckland values.
- Qualified with a B.Pharm degree with NZ registration or applicable NZ recognised qualification from overseas, postgraduate clinical qualifications are desirable.
- Registered, or be eligible for registration, with the Pharmacy Council of New Zealand and hold a current Annual Practising Certificate. Please see below if you are an overseas registered pharmacist.

Information for overseas registered pharmacists: If you are an overseas registered pharmacist, please visit the links below. We welcome applicants from Australia, UK, Ireland, Canada and the United States of America. If you are registered in other countries, you may be required to undertake additional competency requirements - please ensure you are eligible for registration before applying.

**Additional skills you will have**:

- Drive, enthusiasm and initiative with excellent organisational and inter-personal skills are essential
- Ability to work in a bicultural environment and knowledge of the acute hospital environment
- Pro-active and can-do approach with the ability to be flexible, work under pressure and work autonomously as well as in a team
- Excellent communication and time management skills are essential, as well as the ability to develop close working relationships

**He aha ngā painga o tēnei mahi mōu | Why you will enjoy working here**

We recognise there is more to life than mahi | work, and we encourage and provide access to all our staff several services and benefits to support themselves whilst they are employed within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
- We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with your skill, experience and qualifications, as per the Auckland Regional Allied/Public Health and Technical MECA.
- Online learning and development portal available to ensure you are kept up to date with your skills and knowledge
- Discounts, benefits and memberships available

For more information on what we offer, please click here.

**Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to apply**

**Ko wai mātou | Our Organisation**

We are Te Whatu Ora Te Toka Tumai Auckland. We provide health and disability services to more than half a million people living in central Auckland, regional services for Northland and greater Auckland, and specialist national services for the whole of New Zealand. Our main sites are Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and Starship Children’s Hospital, located in central Auckland.

We are part of Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand, the overarching organisation for New Zealand’s national health service. Te Whatu Ora leads the day-to-day running of the health system, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels.

We are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe care. We value role modelling manaakitanga as demonstrated by Ngāti Whātua in the gifting of their whenua on which our hospitals stand. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Our Pharmacy department is an innovative and exciting place to work. We employ over 120 staff including those working within two retail pharmacies, and a flagship inpatient clinical service. We serve over 1200 inpatient beds.