Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: APharmC
Job description
Dispenses prescribed pharmaceuticals to the public, educates customers on health promotion, disease prevention and the proper use of medicines, and sells non-prescription medicines and related goods in a community pharmacy. Registration or licensing is required.
Tasks Include:
Highly relevant tasks include:
- receiving prescriptions, checking patients’ medicine histories, and ensuring optimal dosage and methods of administration and drug compatibility before dispensing
- preparing or supervising the preparation and labelling of liquid medicines, ointments, powders, tablets and other medications to fill prescriptions
- advising prescribers on drug incompatibility and contra-indications
- reviewing and monitoring the medicine therapy of individual patients, and assessing the effectiveness of the total medicine therapy
- maintaining prescription files and recording issue of narcotics, poisons and habit-forming drugs
- storing and preserving vaccines, serums and other drugs subject to deterioration
- supplying non-prescription medicines, and diagnostic and therapeutic aids
- supervising and coordinating the work of Pharmacy Technicians, pharmacy interns and Pharmacy Sales Assistants
- conducting research to develop and improve pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and related chemical products
- conferring with Chemists, Engineering Professionals and other professionals about manufacturing techniques and ingredients
- testing and analysing drugs to determine their identity, purity and strength in relation to specified standards
- developing standards for drugs used in pharmaceuticals
Qualification Requirements
Applicant must hold a pharmacy degree that is either an approved program or a substantially equivalent qualification from Australia or New Zealand.
Documents Requirements
Here is a summary of the list of documents you need in order to send in your application for the skills assessment. Please check APC for a complete list of all the document requirements. Documents written in a language other than English have to be translated by a professional translator first.
- Passport and passport photo
- Proof of identity, including a national ID or driver’s license
- Birth Certificate
- Qualification certificate and academic transcript
- Resume/CV
Application Fees
Payment must be made directly to the assessing authority Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) when the application is submitted.
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Type of Application |
Application Fees |
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Skills Assessment Application |
$1310 AUD |
Processing Times
According to Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) the current processing time for skill assessment is 12 weeks from the date of submission.
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Source from: APC
