Pharmacist - Clinical Trials at Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora Southern, Otago

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Pharmacist – Clinical Trials

Dunedin Hospital

• Part time 0.5 FTE (20 hrs per week) permanent opportunity
• Exciting opportunity!

Our Pharmacy Department at Dunedin Hospital is seeking a positive and enthusiastic Pharmacist to join our friendly and supportive team on a part time, permanent basis to work within our Clinical Trials unit.

About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to step into a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. You'll have the chance to build new skills while playing a key part in the operational delivery of clinical trials.

Your responsibilities will include dispensing trial medications (both sterile and non-sterile) and ensuring full compliance with relevant legislation, NZ Pharmacy Standards, clinical trial protocols, and International Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines.

Working closely with our Clinical Trials Pharmacist, you'll support a wide range of clinical trial activities. You'll also collaborate with international trial partners and local researchers to help establish new studies, ensuring all procedures and protocols are in place so patients receive their study medications safely and efficiently.

There is also the opportunity to take ownership of specific studies from initiation through to completion. This autonomy allows you to make a meaningful impact while delivering a high-quality service to research teams. Even in a part-time capacity, you'll be trusted with real responsibility—offering strong job satisfaction and valuable, hands-on experience in a specialised field.

About you

Hospital experience is preferred although not essential, and you will possess strong time management, planning, and organisational skills.  Naturally, you will be an excellent communicator, and a trusted and positive team player. It is also essential you can pick things up quickly, perform in an accurate and precise manner and work well within a diverse and ever-changing environment.

To succeed in this role, you will need to have:

• An Annual Practicing Certificate in the Scope of Pharmacist
• Demonstrated ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively with other professionals
• Excellent time management, interpersonal and organisational skills
• The ability to be adaptable, flexible and solution focused
• High levels of personal and professional integrity

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.  

Salary range

This role belongs to the APEX Pharmacy Workers Collective agreement and falls between the Step 2 ($84,927 p.a) and Step 10 ($119,300 p.a pro-rata)

How to Apply

To apply please click “apply now.”  All applications must be submitted through our online careers' portal by Sunday 5th July 2026. If you have any questions about the role, please contact james.boyd@tewhatuora.govt.nz

We will review applications as received and may proceed with the recruitment process, before the closing date of this advert.