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Getting to know Queensland PATY winner Natanya McLenaghan

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Tell us about your PATY experience. PATY has been such a great experience. It has been such a pleasure meeting all the other finalists and having the opportunity to network with other Pharmacy Assistants throughout Queensland. I’m really looking forward to the Pharmacy Assistant Conference in October on the Gold Coast. I feel very grateful … Read more

Think Pharmacy First

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The Guild’s engaging and highly effective national consumer advertising campaign was launched in 2014, with the aim of strengthening community pharmacy’s position as a trusted source of health service and advice. In Chapter 1 of the campaign, the creative approach centred on a charming animation of a community pharmacy run by a husband and wife … Read more

Who let the dogs out!

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The Queensland branch recently held a ‘Bring Your Dog to Work Day’ to raise funds for the RSPCA and we don’t know who was more excited, our employees or the dogs who came to visit!   Animal welfare is an important cause and ‘Bring Your Dog to Work Day’ is a fun and meaningful way to raise awareness … Read more

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Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award

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The Pharmacy Assistant of the Year Award is the premier award for pharmacy assistants across Australia, recognising and celebrating the ‘best of the best’ in community pharmacy. Each year, we search Australia-wide to find the most skilled and knowledgeable pharmacy assistants to share their experiences and passion for the industry.This prestigious award recognises the important … Read more

Photos from the Road – Thursday Island

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Gesa Joseph completing his last unit in his Certificate II in Community Pharmacy
Gesa Joseph completing his last unit in his Certificate II in Community Pharmacy
Guild trainer/assessor Eloise Tombs completing a training session with Yalena Mosby who is currently undertaking her Certificate III in Community Pharmacy
Guild trainer/assessor Eloise Tombs completing a training session with Yalena Mosby who is currently undertaking her Certificate III in Community Pharmacy
Meet the Thursday Island Team. LEFT TO RIGHT: Japhar Bani-Ahwang, Shammah Mosby, Veronica Mosby, Yalena Mosby, Guild Trainer/Assessor Eloise Tombs, Richard Passi and Henry Joseph

 

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Whilst visiting Thursday Island, Joseph Passi completed his Certificate III in Community Pharmacy

Recently Guild Trainer Assessor Eloise Tombs and Guild Training Manager Deborah Scholz visited beautiful Thursday Island and spent 3 days at Thursday Island Pharmacy.  During the 3 days at the pharmacy Gesa Joseph and Joseph Passi completed their Certificate’s II and III in Community Pharmacy and plenty of training was undertaken with the other staff.   Thursday Island Pharmacy has also recently undergone a refit and the pharmacy looks amazing!  If you are ever luck enough to visit this little piece of heaven on earth (30c in winter) be sure to pop into the pharmacy and say hi!

Caitlin Davies and Carli Berrill are two of the four pharmacists that work at Thursday Island Pharmacy LEFT TO RIGHT: Caitlin Davies, Guild Training Manager Deborah Scholz, Guild Trainer/Assessor Eloise Tombs and Carli Berrill
Caitlin Davies and Carli Berrill are two of the four pharmacists that work at Thursday Island Pharmacy. LEFT TO RIGHT: Caitlin Davies, Guild Training Manager Deborah Scholz, Guild Trainer/Assessor Eloise Tombs and Carli Berrill

 

Thursday Island Pharmacy packs DAA’s for the local nursing home the outer Islands and the Thursday Island community. LEFT TO RIGHT:Elizabeth Mosby, Marcella Mosby, Shammah Mosby, Yalena Mosby, Caroline Mosby
Thursday Island Pharmacy packs DAA’s for the local nursing home the outer Islands and the Thursday Island community. LEFT TO RIGHT: Elizabeth Mosby, Marcella Mosby, Shammah Mosby, Yalena Mosby, Caroline Mosby

Boss of the month July

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The July Boss of the Month is Wally Maguire from LiveLife Pharmacy, Airlie Beach Day & Night – Wally has been nominated by his fellow colleague, Toni Townsend who had the following to say: Wally has gone above and beyond in supporting me throughout my Cert III in community pharmacy.  Wally has a patient, carefree … Read more

Student of the month July

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The July Student of the Month is Barbara Beaven from Chemist Outlet, Bundaberg. Barbara has been nominated by her Guild Trainer/Assessor, Linden Pirrone who had this to say…. At 58 years young and on her second time round working in pharmacy she is still finding pharmacy as rewarding as it was 40 years ago. Barbara has always … Read more

Can some supplements at the pharmacy help boost immunity? Written by Guild Trainer/Assessor Eloise Tombs

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This is a question I hear so commonly from customers during the winter months as they succumb to colds and flu.   Although there are some overseas studies into the efficacy of herbal supplements such as astalagus, andographis and echinacea show promising symptom relief, the Therapeutics Goods Administration of Australia have yet to  issue an … Read more

Five tips to get you to this year’s PA Conference

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Have you always wanted to attend the Pharmacy Assistant National Conference (PA Conference), but you’re not sure how to go about asking your boss for approval? We have developed five tips which you can take to your boss to help discuss your case: Develop a set of goals and objectives that you wish to achieve … Read more

What to expect at your next QCPP assessment?

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You may have heard that there’s been a change to Quality Care Pharmacy Program (QCPP) assessments. Before you get excited and think QCPP assessments are going to start happening every 10 years or be conducted on a beach somewhere in the Bahamas, we want to tell you about a new collaborative partner. After successfully completing … Read more