State/Territory Eligibility Summary Table

State/Territory Eligibility Details

251513: Retail Pharmacist

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.

Skill Level 1

Occupations at Skill Level 1 have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.

• Assessing Authority

  APharmC: Australian Pharmacy Council
  	https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/
  	[email protected]

Alternative Titles

• Community Pharmacist

Alternative titles are any commonly used alternative title (or titles) for the occupation. These alternative titles have the same meaning as the principal title but may be less commonly used.

Unit Group 2515: Pharmacists

Description

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.

Indicative Skill Level

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

Registration or licensing is required.

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

Other occupations in this Unit Group

• 251511: Hospital Pharmacist  
• 251512: Industrial Pharmacist  

• Occupation ceilings program year 2019-2020
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• Average Weekly / Annual Earnings 2018
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Explanatory Notes - Information

Eligibility

The term “may be eligible” relates to general eligibility and should not be misinterpreted as your individual eligibility to apply for a visa. Note that additional specific requirements and criteria also apply to visa eligibility (e.g. higher English requirements, evidences of a job offer, etc).

Definitions

• Occupation List refers to the register of professional occupations which might qualify for an Australian Visa. There are 7 skilled occupation lists in total.
• MLTSSL is the acronym for 'Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List'.
• STSOL is the acronym for 'Short-term Skilled Occupation List'.
• ROL is the acronym for 'Regional Occupation List'.
• LIN 19/051, LIN 19/048, LIN 19/049, LIN 19/047, LIN 19/050 refer to current Legislative Instruments which list the table of occupations appropriate for the respective visa programmes.
• Caveats / Conditions refer to current caveats applying for a particular occupation under specific visa programmes.

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