Pharmahack Podcast featuring Bianca Piljic




๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. In addition to dispensing medicines, pharmacists provide vaccination services and health checks, yet their wages and conditions do not reflect this. โฃ
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New data confirms that pharmacy graduates are the lowest-paid graduates in Australia, prompting a warning to the pharmacy sector!
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค. Therefore, itโ€™s important we make pharmacy an attractive industry for the next generation of candidates so we can continue to provide the community with the important services they rely on. โฃ
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In this episode, Pharmahack speaks with Bianca Piljic accredited pharmacist, National Committee member for Professional Pharmacist Australia Queensland and Vice President of Professionals Australia where she works to improve the conditions of employee pharmacists in Australia. They dive into Biancaโ€™s Career Hack role as vice president of Professionals Australia and discuss the current state of pharmacy, remuneration and working conditions. โฃ

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