The August Student of the Month is Natalie Spina from Cantatore Pharmacy Ingham, in Queenslands north. Guild Trainer/Assessor, Sharyn McErlean who nominated Natalie, had this to say: “Natalie is currently completing her Certificate III in Community Pharmacy and she always completes her workbooks to a high standard. She’s very enthusiastic in her verbal assessments, and … Read more
The July Student of the Month is Sarah Milligan from Terry White Chemist West End in Brisbane’s South. Guild Trainer/Assessor, Linden Pirrone who nominated Sarah, had this to say: “Every month I am blown away with Sarah’s organisational, efficiency and articulate skills. She never misses a beat and always has such a positive disposition. No … Read more
The July Boss of the Month is Nguyen Duong, Owner / Pharmacists from Mirani pharmacy in Mirani, Central Queensland. Nguyen has been nominated by his Pharmacy Assistants, Natasha Rethus, who had the following to say: “Mirani Pharmacy is only a very small community based pharmacy and Nguyen is an incredible pharmacists and boss! He is … Read more
This year we had an outstanding number of candidates for the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award! Congratulations to all our Queensland finalists! Melissa Mckeown from Brighton Pharmacy Christina Spampinato from Sadleirs Pharmacy Kristie Williams from Balgal Beach Pharmacy Tamara Thomson from Priceline Pharmacy Caboolture North Melanie Norman from … Read more
Guild Trainer/Assessor Eloise Tombs hit the road to present her student, Teharna Windle with her certificate III in Community Pharmacy! Eloise Tombs travelled to Plainland in April to present her student Teharana with her Certificate III. Teharana works at Plainland Pharmacy, Plainland, which is a town situated in the Lockyer Valley of South East Queensland … Read more
Danielle is our S2/S3 & Education Events Administrator and resident baker-extraordinaire! Each month Danielle will share one of her delicious recipes! This month is Danielle’s Chocolate Chip Cookies! Ingredients 250g butter ½ cup caster sugar 1 ½ cups brown sugar 2 eggs 2tps vanilla essence 2 ¾ cups plain flour ¾ tsp sea salt 1 … Read more
After being ravaged by cyclone Debbie, the Whitsundays are open for business! Guild Trainer / Assessor, Lisa Point recently visited her students in the Mackay region and whilst on her visits to Proserpine and Airlie Beach, she came across some of the damage that was caused by cyclone Debbie. Lisa mentioned that she was absolutely … Read more
The June Boss of the Month is Paul Scholz, Owner / Pharmacists from Albany Creek Day & Night Chemist in Brisbane. Paul has been nominated by his Pharmacy Assistants, Teneya, Norma, Bec, Carmel and Aislinn, who had the following to say: “Paul is a wonderful boss, very loving and fun to work with! His contagious … Read more
The June Student of the Month is Natalie McQueen from Gold Coast Uni Hospital Chempro Chemist on the Gold Coast. “Natalie shows much dedication and enthusiasm every day, she does not shy away from hard work” Guild Trainer/Assessor, Lisa Point who nominated Natalie, had this to say: “Natalie is completing her certificate IV in Community … Read more
Nominations for the 2017 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award have now closed. This year, more nominations were received than ever before – with 575 third-party nominations, 256 responses to nominations and 58 self-nominations, totalling 633 nominations – breaking last year’s record of 568 nominations! The Pharmacy Guild of Australia … Read more