Make a Difference Through Clinical Pharmacy! Take your pharmacy career to Mount Isa and experience the rewards of living and working in North West Queensland. Join the North West Hospital and Health Service Pharmacy team and contribute to safe, high-quality patient care while building your clinical capability across a diverse range of pharmacy services.

Job details

• Position status: Permanent
• Position type: Full-time
• Occupational group: Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support
• Classification: HP3
• Workplace Location: North West Qld
• Job ad reference: QLD/MI693537
• Closing date: 12-Oct-2026
• Job duration: Permanent
• Contact person: Neve Munro
• Contact details: Access the National Relay Service

About the role

As a Pharmacist, you'll provide professional, client-focused clinical pharmacy services within a multidisciplinary healthcare environment, with support and guidance aligned to your level of experience. You'll rotate through clinical and dispensary areas, contributing to medication reviews, medication histories, therapeutic drug monitoring, discharge planning and counselling, drug information services and collaborative prescribing activities.

You'll also have opportunities to contribute to quality improvement, professional development, staff training and supervision, and the ongoing development of pharmacy policies and practices.

Working with us

• Eligible health practitioners entitled to accrue an additional three days professional development leave per annum, resulting in a total of six days professional development leave per annum.
• Eligible health practitioners working in designated remote areas will be entitled to a professional development allowance of $3,512.00 per annum.
• Rural and Remote incentive: Category D allowance of $431.22 p.f.
• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
• Transfer and appointment expenses may be negotiated.

Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

Interested in Collaborative Pharmacist Medication Prescribing (CPMP)? HP3 level and above pharmacists are eligible for training and endorsement within the NWHHS, get in touch to find out more today!

Requirements

• Mandatory requirements are a relevant tertiary degree qualification and appropriate registration/licences.
• The successful applicant must have completed a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree Course, or equivalent, from a recognised tertiary institution, and possess current registration, or be eligible for registration, as a Pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency).
• This position participates in a Pharmacy Department roster plan, which may include an On Call Service and weekend work.
• C Class Motor Vehicle Licence.
• Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
• This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
• A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

• Unique locations
• Friendly communities
• Regional, rural and remote incentives

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

Contact: Neve Munro on .

Applications close: Monday, 12 October 2026.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community. We are an equal opportunity employer.