St Vincent`s Hospital

St Vincent’s
Pharmacy Services
‘We foster the skills and expertise of our staff by
connecting them with opportunities to grow and
excel’.
A b it ab o u t St Vin cen t ’s
St Vincent’s Hospital
St Vincent’s Hospital provides a wide range of medical, surgical,
allied health and mental health services, including community,
outreach, drug and alcohol and correctional health services. As a
major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre, we are
committed to providing the best possible patient care, servicing
both our local and regional communities. The hospital is situated
in Fitzroy on the fringe of Melbourne’s central business district,
bounded by Victoria Parade, Nicholson Street, Fitzroy Street and
Gertrude Street.
Facts & Figures @ StVs
Number of FTE staff
3,993
Number of beds
959
Number of ED presentations 41,719
St George’s Health Service
Acute Inpatients
48,234
St George’s Health Service in Kew provides a comprehensive
rehabilitation and aged care service, including inpatient care,
evaluation and management, transition care and day respite,
residential aged care, acute aged psychiatry, as well as a broad
range of community-based assessment and treatment services.
Elective surgery
6,471
Total bed days
261,271
Operating Budget
$ 622 M
Caritas Christi Hospice
Caritas Christi Hospice provides palliative care services across
two campuses. There are 26 beds at the Kew campus, along with
a day hospice and community day care centre. At the Fitzroy
campus there are eight beds co-located with the acute services
of St Vincent’s.
Ph ar m acy Ser vices
The St Vincent’s Pharmacy Service consists of over 55 team members including pharmacists,
pharmacy technicians and support staff. We pride our self on a culture of working collaboratively to
aspire, achieve and innovate. Pharmacy services are decentralised taking a contemporary approach
to patient-centred care. We provide pharmacy services from nine pharmacy locations spread across
the campus servicing medical, surgical and speciality patient treatment areas. Clinical pharmacists
play a significant role as a member of the multidisciplinary health care team at St Vincent’s, which
delivers care in a patient-focused manner. In addition, outpatient / ambulatory pharmacy services,
aseptic manufacturing, oncology production, drug information, Quality Use of Medicines (QUM),
Drug Use Evaluation (DUE), medication safety, antimicrobial stewardship, clinical trials and practice
research are but some of the additional services provided by pharmacy here at St Vincent’s. We
work toward providing a benchmark standard for patient care underpinned by a strong focus on
evidence-based practice and medication safety.
The hospital has many specialist units including;
Cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery,
General surgery,
Dermatology,
Endocrinology,
Gastroenterology,
Microsurgery,
Oncology,
Haematology
Psychiatry,
Stroke, Renal,
Respiratory medicine,
Rehabilitation,
Immunology,
Biliary-lithotripsy,
Community medicine and
Neurosciences.
In t er n p r o g r am
St. Vincents has funding for 2016 to employ 7 intern pharmacists.
The pre-registrant program at St.Vincents aims to provide a good foundation and transition to
practice as a skilled clinical pharmacist.
Our interns are rotated to all areas of the pharmacy department including antimicrobial
stewardship, medication safety, research, outreach medication review, sterile manufacturing and
clinical ward areas (wards include emergency, psychiatry, cardiology, haematology,
gastroenterology, neurosurgery, renal, general medicine and Intensive care), to gain a wide
experience in pharmacy practice. Also included in the program are weekly tutorials and practice
exams (oral and written throughout the year) to help prepare the intern for their registration exam.
Wan t m o r e in f o r m at io n t o h elp kick
st ar t yo u r car eer o n t h e r ig h t p at h ?
St Vincent’s is a valued-based organisation that takes pride in being an inventive and efficient health
service that readily adapts to the changing demands of the health system.
If you would like to join a team that seeks to drive innovative change in the pharmacy profession
whilst raising your career to new heights, take the first step by contacting us for more information.
Contact : Erini Mathiopoulos (Intern Co-ordinator on 9231 2040) or Andrew Cording (Chief
Pharmacist - 92314175) or Helen Dixon (Deputy – 92314172)