Pharmacist In charge

About the role

Custom Compounding Chemist is looking for an experienced Pharmacist to join a friendly and growing team. The pharmacy has a strong focus on non sterile compounding & medicinal cannabis, personalised medicines . This is a specialised and focused working environment where your time is primarily focused on safe dispensing, medicinal cannabis, Schedule 8 compliance, patient counselling, prescription review and compounding-related pharmacy services.

The pharmacy does not operate many of the routine services commonly associated with busy community pharmacy, such as vaccination clinics, Dose Administration Aids (DAAs), PPA-style pharmacy programs, or large-scale traditional retail pharmacy operations.

Key responsibilities

• Dispensing and reviewing medicinal cannabis prescriptions
• Clinical and regulatory checking of prescriptions
• Patient counselling and medication education
• Schedule 8 and controlled-drug compliance
• Real-Time Prescription Monitoring requirements
• Liaising professionally with prescribers and clinics
• Maintaining accurate dispensing and controlled-drug records
• Supporting personalised and compounded medicines
• Maintaining high standards of clinical governance and patient safety

About you

• Current General Pharmacist Registration with AHPRA with no conditions.
• Australian pharmacy experience
• Strong clinical checking and dispensing skills
• Good understanding of Schedule 8 and regulatory requirements
• Excellent attention to detail
• A professional and patient-focused approach
• Good communication skills and a collaborative attitude
• Previous medicinal cannabis or compounding experience would be highly regarded, but is not essential for the right pharmacist with a genuine interest in developing expertise in this area

About us

Custom Compounding Chemist as part of CanMED Group is a small, family-owned and operated healthcare business, not a large corporate pharmacy group. The team is close-knit, cooperative and supportive, and people who become part of CanMed tend to stay and grow with the organisation. The workplace values good people and offers direct access to management, collaborative working relationships with doctors and other healthcare professionals, and long-term opportunity within a growing healthcare group. Also potential to become partner in of upcoming pharmacies for right candidates.

Benefits

• $45–$50 per hour + Annual Bonus depending on experience
• A specialised medicinal cannabis and non steril compounding environment
• A different workload from traditional high-volume community pharmacy
• No vaccination, DAA or multiple pharmacy-program workload at present
• Small and supportive team
• Direct access to management
• Collaborative working relationship with doctors and other healthcare professionals
• Opportunity to develop specialised knowledge in medicinal cannabis and compounding
• Long-term opportunity within a growing healthcare group