PHARMACISTS who complete an Emergency Locum Service (ELS) assignment will receive a Certification of Appreciation authorised by the Department of Health and Aged Care.
Raven's Recruitment General Manager, Heidi Dariz, said the group, which is the contracted service provider for the Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement ELS, had worked with the Pharmacy Programs Administrator (PPA) to recognise pharmacists who provide emergency support to rural and remote pharmacies.
"The ELS provides important support to pharmacies in rural and remote Australia in circumstances where a pharmacist experiences a personal emergency and is unable to work," she said.
"We feel it's appropriate to recognise those that drop everything at short notice, take themselves out of their comfort zone and travel to outback areas to provide important locum support.
"While pharmacists offering their time to support the service are well remunerated, one of the biggest rewards is walking into a pharmacy that would otherwise close helping ensure it remains open so it can continue to serve its local community.
"Working in a different location, seeing smiles on the faces of customers who are able to continue to access pharmacy services is at the heart of the program."
Dariz added that the program offered pharmacists the opportunity to experience working in different parts of the country, noting it "can be highly rewarding".
"We feel that doing an ELS placement is something more pharmacists should consider, even just once in their career," she said.
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