Deputy Director - Pharmacy (Operations and Logistics)

Location:

Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350

Job Category: Pharmacy

Employment Type: Fixed Term Full Time

Standard Weekly Hours: 38

Requisition ID: 3640

$67.95 - $84.86 per hour + salary packaging & super | Deputy Director of Pharmacy (Operations and Logistics)
Full Time Fixed Term (9 months) | 80 hours per fortnight including a monthly ADO

About the Role

Step into a senior leadership role within Pharmacy Services and shape how care is delivered across multiple campuses. This opportunity offers broad operational oversight, strategic input and the chance to influence service improvement at scale. You will lead high-performing teams across Ballarat, Horsham and Stawell, overseeing dispensary and distribution services, compounding, procurement, clinical trials and formulary governance.

Working closely with the Director of Pharmacy – Operations & Logistics and the Pharmacy leadership team, you will drive safe, evidence-based and cost-effective services while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Pharmacy Services operations and strategy

• Deliver operational plan priorities
• Oversee dispensing, distribution and logistics
• Manage clinical trials and Drugs & Therapeutics portfolio
• Ensure clinical governance and compliance
• Deputise for Director Pharmacy Operations & Logistics

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor of Pharmacy

• Registered pharmacist with AHPRA
• Leadership in complex health services
• Knowledge of public sector legislation
• Strong communication and change leadership

Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities

• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Initial Accommodation

Candidates relocating to any Grampians Health location may be provided with up to six (6) weeks of initial accommodation. This may be extended based on availability and at the discretion of the Accommodation Team.

Relocation and Retention Allowance

To support relocation to Australia, Grampians Health offers a relocation and retention allowance in recognition of a minimum two-year employment commitment. A detailed overview of the benefits is available in the International Relocation Package.

Interested? if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Aaron Fitzpatrick, Director Pharmacy Operations and Logistics on 03 5320 4316 for a confidential discussion.

We’re actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close 13th of July 2026 at 11.59pm.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through the ‘Employee Login’ via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.