Your opportunity:

You might think you already know a lot about Bupa. You’ll know we provide health insurance and aged care services across Australia and you’ve probably also seen our dental and optical clinics in your local shopping centres. But what you might not realise is that Bupa supports health services to 85,000 Defence Force members and their families across more than 50 locations in Australia.

About the Role:

As a Senior Pharmacist Locum Relief with Bupa ADF Health Services you will provide backfill support to the health centres across Australia in order to maintain Health Centre operations during periods of planned leave.

This is a fantastic opportunity for Pharmacists with leadership skills to stretch into a Senior Pharmacist role, growing your skillset with experience across a variety of Health centres and clinics as well as developing your expertise with changing patient cohorts and clinical environments.

You will balance regular travel (around block assignments) with time based in your home location either supporting local health centres with short-term leave requirements or the ADF Health Services more broadly with clinical support in quality and governance.

While based in one of our Health Centres as a Senior Phramcist you will:

• Provide clinical supervision and leadership to pharmacy personnel;
• Provide pharmaceutical advice to health practitioners, and Base and Unit commanders through chain of command
• Manage the delivery of services against benchmark standards and other clinical governance Key Performance Indicators;
• Collect, collate, analyse and report relevant data as required in a timely manner;

About you:

To thrive in this role, you will be an inherently collaborative worker who enjoys working with people of all backgrounds to achieve common goals. You will also enjoy the fast paced and problem-solving elements this role will bring.

You will:

• has excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• works well with both people and details – this role involves interactions with both clinical and non-clinical team members as well as working with lots of legislative frameworks, nuanced processes and compliance activity - so you’ll need to be great at both
• has strong management skills including leadership, coaching and conflict resolution
• is comfortable in a heavily administrative role
• Has a genuine commitment to mentor, lead and grow internal talent and champion a meaningful career pathway for our people

You will also:

• Be an Australian Citizen
• Have full unrestricted AHPRA registration
• Minimum of 2 years post study experience in the last 5 years (or part time equivalent)

Be at the heart of it with Bupa:

This isn’t your average nurse leadership role. This new role offers an incredible opportunity to not only extend you clinical and leadership skillset, but also make a real impact on our services to help shape the health outcomes of the men and women serving in Australian Defence Forces.

We also offer:

• Fully funded travel (airfares, accommodation, travel allowances)
• Tangible employee benefits, performance incentives and discounts on Bupa products
• A supportive team where your contribution is truly valued
• Opportunity to build your career with a Global leader in healthcare

A career at Bupa is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our customers and communities. Our purpose, helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives, is what inspires us. It's a promise to our customers to change lives for the better. Our people are at the heart of this. It's their passion, ideas and commitment that will shape a brighter future for both Bupa and our customers.

To learn more about working at Bupa please visit our website: www.bupa.com.au/careers

Bupa is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring equality in recruitment, development, retention and promotion of staff and that no-one is disadvantaged based on their gender, cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or identity, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.