Registered Migration Australia

RETAIL PHARMACIST

ANZSCO 251513 - Registered Migration Australia




Description
A Retail Pharmacist 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. In Australia Retail Pharmacist is as Skill Level 1 occupation.

 

 

Retail Pharmacist Alternative Titles

 

  • Community Pharmacist

 

 

Occupation Lists
Retail Pharmacist is on the following skill lists:

 

 

This occupation is not on the following skills list:

 

 

 

Group: 2515 Pharmacists

 

 

 

Retail Pharmacist job description - Registered Migration Australia


The job of a Retail Pharmacist in Australia is to ensure safe and quality use of medicines, and optimise health outcomes by contributing to selecting, prescribing, monitoring and evaluating medicine therapy, and researching, testing and developing pharmaceuticals and medical products.

 

Tasks

  • 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

 

Skill Level

Occupations in the Retail Pharmacist unit group (Group 2515) have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification and a one year traineeship (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

 

Occupations within the Retail Pharmacist Group

 

 

Note: Whilst a similar occupation may appear in the same retail pharmacist group, if not specifically listed in the STSOL or MLTSSL, the ANZSCO description should be used for reference purposes only.

 

English Requirement

 

  • IELTS result with a minimum score of 6 (L, R, W), 7 in speaking and 7 overall;
  • OET result with a minimum grade B in all sections;
  • TOEFL iBT with a minimum score (L:12 R:13 W:21 S:23 overall L93);
  • PTE Academic with a minimum score of 50 (L, R, W), 65 in speaking and 65 overall

Exceptions

  • Australian Graduate exceptions apply in some states/territories
  • Priority Skilled Lists may apply a specific requirement in some states/territories
  • Countries exempt from submitting IELTS or OET include the UK; Canada; New Zealand; US; and Ireland

 

Where mandatory licensing or registration is required you must demonstrate a level of English either sufficient to meet licensing / registration or a minimum IELTS, or equivalent, whichever is higher.

 

 

Assessment Authority

 

  • Retail Pharmacist is currently assessed with APharmC - (Australian Pharmacy Council); more info regarding assessment bodies.

 

Average Income

The average salary for a Retail Pharmacist in Australia is $ 64,450 for male employees and $ 68,718 for female employees per year. Average Age: Males: 40.2 Females: 34.9 Persons: 36.8

Source: www.abs.gov.au (Group 2515) Pharmacists - Employee Earnings and Hours, Australia, May 2016

 

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