When you join the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC), you're a part of something much bigger. You'll help advance pharmacy education when you:
Advancing and assuring quality in pharmacy education
I am grateful to be part of a team that not only supports me and my development, but also genuinely cares about the health of our community. Our team is passionate about improving pharmacy education. We have leaders that go the extra mile in everything that they do to ensure it. - Anna, Events and Communications Officer
We are proud of our strong team, supportive environment and innovative leaders.
While we're developing the future of pharmacy education, we also invest in developing our people.
We're a small team, so we work extremely closely together. We love nothing more than to celebrate our successes, both on the frontline and behind the scenes.
We stay busy year-round, but as part of our commitment to a holistically safe and healthy workplace, staff benefits include:
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Every individual person at APC is nurtured, respected and provided with a safe and equitable workplace. We embrace diversity and individuality. I have never worked for an organisation that live and breathe their values the way that APC does. It is a pleasure to work in such a respectable and caring workplace. - Deb, Business Coordinator
Bring your best every day at the APC. We believe that our values help to create our future. Can you see yourself living these values?
We treat all people with courtesy, compassion and tolerance, and all situations are handled in a timely manner.
We treat everyone in an impartial, equitable, ethical, sensitive and just manner.
We are open, honest and trustworthy in all we do. We take responsibility for our actions.
We encourage originality, enquiry, risk-taking, critical thinking and diversity. We are constantly striving for excellence.
We care about our fellow team members and stakeholders. We own and learn from our mistakes, build resilience and celebrate success.
We encourage intellectual curiosity and ongoing personal and professional development.
At the APC, we have many staff members from diverse cultural backgrounds. We develop positive working relationships through sensitive and professional communication. This means that we consider different ideas and views, then tailor our communication skills to match. We live our values on a daily basis and want to pass them along to everyone who is associated with us. - Kamal, National Manager International Skills
We're always finding ways to contribute back to our community – big and small. Causes close to our heart include:
We list open opportunities to join our Corporate Services, Professional Services and Administrations teams.
We currently have no career opportunities available.
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Interested in advancing pharmacy education? We have exciting opportunities available to collaborate with us! We’re seeking pharmacy academics and practising pharmacists to apply for the following roles:
Decide and monitor the accreditation of pharmacy programs and CPD accrediting organisations. You’ll review pharmacy degree programs, intern training programs (ITPs) and CPD accrediting organisations that have been assessed against our accreditation standards.
To apply, download the Accreditation Committee Member application form (PDF 5 pages).
Learn more about our Accreditation Committee.
Applications close: Monday 6 June 2022
Help our accreditation team assess pharmacy degree programs, intern training programs (ITPs) and CPD accrediting organisations against our accreditation standards. Undertake accreditation site visits of pharmacy programs. We select people from our Assessor Register to join an Accreditation Assessment Team.
To apply to be on our Assessor Register, download the Assessor Register Expression of Interest form (PDF 3 pages).
The number of program assessments we conduct each year varies depending on the number of programs seeking accreditation. Therefore, not all individuals on the Assessor Register will be invited to join a team each year.
Learn more about our Accreditation Assessment Teams.Applications close: Monday 6 June 2022
Contribute to our exam content development activities for our 3 exams. Content development activities include question writing, reviewing and validation, defining the pass standards for our exams and testing of new exam development activities in workshops or take home assignments.
To apply, download the Exams Subject Matter Expert Expression of Interest form (PDF 3 pages).
Applications close: Monday 6 June 2022
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Our work ensures that pharmacists in Australia are work-ready. Learn more about skills assessment.
More detailsWe develop and maintain the standards to accredit pharmacy education programs and CPD accrediting organisations in Australia and New Zealand.
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