Technician

The New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA) strongly supports the extension of pharmacy technician roles beyond traditional functions. Pharmacy technicians are recognised pharmacy professionals who work alongside and in collaboration with pharmacists

What Megan Elliott loves most about being a pharmacy accuracy checking technician is the responsibility, problem-solving and variety of the role

New Zealand and Australian pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will soon have their career progression recognised through a new programme. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

Te Whatu Ora has agreed to fund 205 pharmacy accuracy checking technicians (PACTs) to be trained over two and a half years, starting in November.

HOSPITAL PHARMACISTS and technicians in New Zealand and Australia have teamed up to share practices, education and knowledge.

New Zealand and Australian pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will soon have their career progression recognised through a new programme. 

Hospital pharmacists and technicians in New Zealand and Australia have teamed up to share practices, education and knowledge 

There’s a renewed call for pharmacy technicians to be registered in New Zealand. Registration is mandatory in the Cook Islands and the UK, but not in this country. 

There’s a renewed call for pharmacy technicians to be registered in New Zealand. Registration is mandatory in the Cook Islands and the UK, but not in this country. 

Pharmacy accuracy checking technician Palki Kaur talks to Paulette Crowley about the business of pharmacy, her role as a mentor and her love of philosophy