Pharmacycouncil.org.nz

About the Pharmacy Council

WEBThe Pharmacy Council is a Responsible Authority created by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCA Act) 2003 and protects the public by ensuring that pharmacists are competent and fit to practise. We set the standards required for pharmacist training. We authorise the registration of pharmacists so they can practise, and we

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What is pharmacist practice

WEBPharmacy is about the manufacture, supply, and effects of medicines. Pharmacists give patients access to appropriate medicines and advise how to use them. The pharmacy profession includes: pharmacist prescribers. pharmacists. intern pharmacists. pharmacy technicians. retail pharmacy assistants. By law, all practising pharmacists must be

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Decisions of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal

WEBSummaries of HPDT findings. The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT) holds disciplinary proceedings against health practitioners — including pharmacists — who are alleged to have breached standards of practice.

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Pharmacist scopes of practice

WEBThe pharmacy profession in New Zealand has three scopes of practice: pharmacist prescriber. These scopes describe the health services that an intern pharmacist, pharmacist, or pharmacist prescriber have the training and competence to provide. To practise within these scopes the practitioner must meet the requirements for registration …

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Returning to practice

WEBAs part of the return to practice requirements, a pharmacist may need to be supervised for a specified period. The supervisor must be a registered practising pharmacist who meets the Pharmacy Council requirements for supervising pharmacists. Supervision includes the monitoring and reporting on a pharmacist’s performance while under supervision.

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Online application FAQs

WEBTo complete your APC application, you will need to provide: your personal details including legal name, date of birth, and gender, your contact details including email, telephone, and postal address, details of the professional membership bodies you belong to who provide you with practice support and advice.

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What you can expect from your pharmacist

WEBCommunity pharmacies can offer a range of health services including: dispensing prescription medicines. giving advice on how to take medicines for best benefit. safely disposing of unneeded or expired medicines. assessing and treating minor health problems. giving some vaccinations.

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Going to work overseas

WEBNew Zealand Register of Pharmacists. If you are overseas and your annual practising certificate expires, your name will be transferred to the non practising register. You can remain on the non practising register if you renew your register retention by completing the application form that is sent out at the beginning of each year and by paying

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COMPETENCE STANDARDS FOR THE PHARMACY PROFESSION

WEB5 1.5 EIGHT STAR PHARMACIST To be effective healthcare team members, pharmacists need skills and abilities enabling them to assume many different functions. The concept of the “seven-star pharmacist” was introduced by WHO and adopted by FIP2 in 2000 in its policy statement on Good Pharmacy Education Practice to cover the roles of caregiver, …

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Make a complaint or raise a concern about a pharmacist

WEBRead the HDC’s Code of Rights on the HDC’s website. Read about how to make complaint to the Health and Disability Commissioner on the HDC’s website. Read your rights under the HDC’s Code of Consumer Rights on the HDC’s website. You can also email or phone the HDC: [email protected]. 0800 11 22 33.

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Requirement What is culture

WEB©PCNZ 2021 . Page 2 How does cultural safety relate to other similar concepts? 2 Cultural competence Cultural competence is the development of behaviours, attitudes and understandings related

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Workplace Pressures in Pharmacy

WEBWorkload Pressure. Pressure in the workplace is unavoidable due to the demands of the contemporary work environment. Pressure perceived as acceptable by an individual may even keep workers alert, motivated, able to work and learn, depending on the available resources and personal characteristics.

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Pharmacists qualified in other countries

WEBNZ $777.00*. Registration as an Intern Pharmacist. NB: Fee payable to Pharmacy Council (non-refundable) NZ $812.00*. As of September 2023, we estimated the cost of the registration process (including Council fees as above), and fees for KAPS exam, NZPL course and the EVOLVE Internship Programme) to be between 10 000 – 16 000 NZD.

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Pharmacy Council Complementary and Alternative Medicines …

WEBComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) generally refers to a broad set of health care and medical practices (e.g. acupuncture, herbal medicine) that are not currently an integral part of conventional medicine. CAM is also increasingly referred to as ‘integrative medicine’ or ‘integrative health’. CAM treatments are typically used

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Resources to support progress towards cultural safety

WEBTakatāpui: Part of the Whanau — Takatāpui | A Resource Hub (takatapui.nz) Ministry of Health. (2020, June 23). Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry.

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Code of Ethics 2018

WEBBack to contents Code of Ethics 2018 Pharmacists are health professionals who ensure safe and quality use of medicines and optimise health outcomes by contributing to

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Writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

WEBWhat to include. Write a title (with a descriptive verb) that defines the purpose of the SOP. Use document reference numbers if necessary to link SOPs and add revision dates on the title or cover page and the first page of text. Identify the specific points of activity for which the SOP has been written. State the purpose of the SOP.

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PURPOSE BIBLIOgRAPHY

WEBPURPOSE BIBLIOgRAPHY. SAFE EFFECTIVE PHARMACY PRACTICE. STATEMENT ON CULTURAL COMPETENCE. PURPOSE. The principal purpose of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (HPCAA) 2003 is to “protect the health and safety of members of the public by providing for mechanisms to ensure that health …

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Pharmacist Prescriber: Prescribing competency framework and …

WEBThis competence standard describes the ability of the pharmacist prescriber to understand a diagnosis, undertake patient assessments, generate treatment options for the patient and follow up effectiveness of agreed treatment options. Elements. PP 2.1 Undertake patient assessment. PP 2.2 Generate treatment options.

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