OVERSEAS-TRAINED pharmacists seeking to move to Australia can access a free skills assessment through the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC), as part of the Federal Government's Migrant Skills Incentive Program.
APC CEO, Bronwyn Clarke, said the program would help improve the employability of migrants who are in Australia and ready to work, while also meeting the needs of the profession's workforce needs.
"Many of our pharmacists have been on the front line whilst grasping at straws to fill gaps in their workplaces, and interns have been thrown into the deep-end into fairly unconventional environments due to staff shortages," she said.
"The incentive also provides individuals an opportunity to apply when they may not have been able to otherwise.
"We hope it helps."
Under the program migrants who have "unrecognised or under-recognised skills" in pharmacy will be able to gain the necessary approval to join the workforce and contribute to Australia's post-COVID-19 economic recovery.
To be eligible for a free skills assessment with APC, individuals must: have not previously submitted a skills assessment application with APC, be living in Australia when they submit their application, and be on a permanent family, partner, humanitarian or refugee visa that was granted on or after 01 Jan 2019.
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