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What this job is
A Hospital Pharmacy Technician prepares, dispenses, and manages pharmaceutical products within a hospital or health service setting under the supervision of a registered pharmacist. They operate pharmacy systems, maintain medication inventory, compound sterile and non-sterile preparations, and ensure compliance with therapeutic goods and infection control regulations. They work in fast-paced clinical environments where accuracy and attention to detail are critical to patient safety.
Pay
A$1,539 a week
This is the median for full-time employees who are not managers and are paid at the adult rate, before tax and salary sacrifice. It is a guide to what the work pays, not a wage rate.
Source: ABS Survey of Employee Earnings and Hours, May 2025, customised report.
What this role asks for
- Accept own accountabilitycore
- Active Listeningcore
- Advise on healthcare users' informed consentcore
- Attention to Detailcore
- Check for medication expiry termscore
- Check information on prescriptionscore
- Clinical reportscore
- Clinical sciencecore
- Confidentiality and Privacy Compliancecore
- Data Entry and Accuracycore
- Health Record Administrationcore
- Health Terminology Literacycore
- Incident Reportingcore
- Inventory Trackingcore
- Multitaskingcore
- Policy and Procedure Adherencecore
- Quality Assurance and Checkingcore
- Regulatory and Legislative Awarenesscore
- Team Collaborationcore
- Time Management and Prioritisationcore
- Verbal Communicationcore
- Adhere to organisational guidelines
- Basic Arithmetic and Numerical Accuracy
- Clinical coding
- Continuous Learning and Upskilling
- Digital Literacy
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligence
- Record Management
- Risk Identification
- Stock Counting and Stocktake
- Workflow Prioritisation