Technical Implementation Lead
At a glance
Senior Solutions & Sales Engineering role at The Royal Children's Hospital. 48 Flemington Rd, AU · A$127,535–A$148,309 base.
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What you'll do
- Build pharmacy and laboratory capability for gene, cell, precision and personalised therapies
- Create governance, quality and workforce systems that support safe advanced-therapy delivery
- Lead implementation requirements across pharmacy, laboratory, clinical, research and operational teams
- Work with the Program Manager and discipline leaders to prepare services for future therapies
What you bring
- A pharmacy qualification and registration with the Pharmacy Board of Australia
- Advanced pharmacy expertise paired with experience in operational delivery
- The ability to lead strategic service development and implementation across pharmacy and laboratory functions
Who this fits
This role suits a senior pharmacist who can lead broad capability building rather than run a traditional operational pharmacy service. It is a fixed-term position through September 2029, working at zero point eight to one point zero EFT, with job sharing considered. Employment requires influenza vaccination for Category A and B roles, compliance with other applicable vaccination or immunity directions, and successful background checks.
From the employer
The Hospital:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.
RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
For further Information on RCH is available here.
The Technical Implementation Lead, Advanced Therapies Program is a senior professional leadership role responsible for building the pharmacy and laboratory capability and capacity required to safely, effectively and sustainably deliver advanced therapies at RCH. The successful applicant must hold a pharmacy qualification and registration as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of Australia. Importantly, this is a broad strategic leadership and implementation role spanning both pharmacy and laboratory services, rather than a traditional operational pharmacy position.
Working in partnership with the Program Manager, professional discipline leaders and clinical, research and operational stakeholders, you will lead the development of systems, governance frameworks, workforce capability, quality systems and operational requirements needed to implement gene therapies, cell therapies, precision medicines, personalised therapeutics and other emerging therapies.
You will bring advanced pharmacy expertise and a strong understanding of operational delivery, while focusing primarily on strategic service development, capability building and implementation leadership. You will help ensure pharmacy and laboratory services are ready not only for the advanced therapies being delivered today, but also for the rapidly evolving treatments of the future.
This is a fixed term position for three years until September 2029, working 0.8 to 1.0 EFT within the Advanced Therapies Program. Job share opportunities will be considered. The classification for this role is Grade 4 TA20 - TA22 ($127,535.20 - $148,309.20 per annum plus super)
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Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close 5 October 2026
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