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Summary
This article describes the levels of ANZCAP Recognition available to practitioners from Australia and New Zealand, specialty areas of pharmacy practice and post-nominals (and how to use them).
Recognition descriptions
Resident (ANZCAP-Res.)
Resident pharmacists demonstrate a robust foundation of knowledge, skills and expertise that enables them to navigate various patient demographics and clinical environments with confidence and competence. They use their proficiency in medicines management to support the multi-disciplinary team while drawing on the expertise and knowledge of others where appropriate. Residents have developed self-leadership qualities and recognise opportunities for change and innovation within the pharmacy profession, seeking to promote these and improve the clinical practices of themselves and their team.
Registrar (ANZCAP-Reg.)
Registrar pharmacists possess the knowledge, skills, and expertise to independently provide care for individuals with complex healthcare requirements for a specialised practice area. They have developed skills in leadership, education, and research necessary to effectively shape practices within their broader team or organisation. Leveraging their expertise, they offer personalised patient care and tangibly enhance the outcomes of the services they manage or lead.
Consultant (FANZCAP)
Consultant pharmacists exemplify leadership within the profession, holding positions as senior experts collaborating across patient pathways to oversee complex clinical cases within a multidisciplinary framework. Their responsibilities extend to activities that harness their extensive expertise to advance individual and communal well-being. These professionals take the lead in generating and sharing evidence relevant to their practice, propelling enhancements in care and shaping practice standards.
View examples of practitioner roles and activities at different recogniton levels via the slide below:
ANZCAP offers various programs to achieve recognition allowing pharmacists working in a range of sectors across Australia and New Zealand to achieve recognition. ANZCAP recognition is currently available via the Foundation Program for recognition of Prior Professional Experience.
Post-nominals
Pharmacists who achieve ANZCAP recognition are awarded post-nominal letters corresponding with their level of achievement. Post-nominals allow pharmacists a new opportunity to share their ANZCAP recognition in a standardised way.
Resident | ANZCAP-Res. |
Registrar | ANZCAP-Reg. (specialty area/s) |
Consultant or Fellow of ANZCAP | FANZCAP (specialty area/s) |
Examples:
ANZCAP-Reg. (PainMgmt, PeriopMed)
FANZCAP (Generalist)
Sharing your achievement: Digital Badge
ANZCAP members who have received recognition as an ANZCAP Resident, Registrar or Consultant are entitled to use a digital badge to share achievement of their ANZCAP recognition.
From the Recognition portfolio page you can access your digital badge by selecting the “Actions” button in the bottom left hand corner of the recognition tile. Choose the “download digital badge” option. You may download a copy of the badge to share on social media platforms or share a link to the digital badge with individuals.
The digital badge is an excellent way to share your ANZCAP recognition on social platforms.
Sharing your achievement: Recognition Certificate
ANZCAP members who have received recognition as an ANZCAP Resident, Registrar or Consultant are entitled to use a certificate to share achievement of their ANZCAP recognition.
From the Recognition portfolio page you can access your certificate by selecting the “Actions” button in the bottom left hand corner of the recognition tile. Choose the “download certificate A4” option. You may download a copy of the certificate.
The ANZCAP certificate can be downloaded and printed to be displayed.
Sharing your achievement: Recognition Simple Summary
ANZCAP members who have received recognition as an ANZCAP Resident, Registrar or Consultant are able to share a summary of their recognition portfolio with professional peers. There are two types of summaries that can be shared:
Simple summary (pictured below)
Full summary; (feature available in future releases) contains details of the LX used to achieve recognition
From the Recognition portfolio page you can share your recognition portfolio summary by selecting the “Actions” button in the bottom left hand corner of the recognition tile. Choose the “Share simple summary” option. You may download a copy of the summary or share it will colleagues using the link.
Recognition portfolio summaries contain details of the LXs used to achieve recognition and are an excellent way to share more in depth details of ANZCAP recognition with peers e.g. for a job interview.
Specialty areas of practice
Pharmacists who achieve ANZCAP recognition at the Registrar and Consultant level may nominate one or two of 40 areas of specialty pharmacy practice to indicate the area/s in which they have attained their skills and experience. The specialty areas of practice and post-nominal abbreviations are described in the table below.
The specialty areas of practice will be reviewed regularly. If you can’t find the area you wish to attribute to your portfolio, consider your current role and what it involves – are there specialty areas that are listed that could fit what you do? Are you a generalist rather than practising in one specific area?
Please email anzcap@shpa.org.au if you would like us to consider adding a particular specialty in the future.
Specialty area | Abbreviation | Description |
Addiction Medicine | AddMed. | Pharmacy services aimed at the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and recovery of consumers diagnosed with addiction in a range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care settings. |
Cancer Medicine | OncHaem | Pharmacy services for oncology and haematology patients in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care settings for patients of any age. |
Cardiology | Cardiol. | Pharmacy services in coronary care, cardiac units, emergency medicine, critical care, cardiac rehabilitation, cardiac surgery across a range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care. |
Clinical Trials | ClinTrials | The provision of a clinical trial or investigational drugs pharmacy service to clinical trial participants in hospitals and Phase 1 clinical trial units, and pharmacy services provided to research departments. |
Community Pharmacy | CommPharm | Pharmacy services in any community pharmacy setting, including primary healthcare, educating consumers on health promotion, disease prevention and the proper use of medicines, safe and legal supply of medications and advice on drug selection and usage to other health professionals. |
Compounding | Compound. | Pharmacy services related to the sterile or non-sterile compounding of medicines, nutrition, chemotherapy and other products. |
Dermatology | Derm. | Pharmacy services for people affected by dermatological conditions of the skin, hair, and nails in a range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care. |
Critical Care | CritCare | Pharmacy services in critical care or related areas such as high dependency units and emergency medicine. |
Education | Edu. | The supervision, education, professional development or training of learners in academic pharmacy or pharmacy healthcare organisations. |
Emergency Medicine | EmergMed | Pharmacy services in emergency medicine or related areas such as toxicology, pre-hospital care, disaster and retrieval medicine. |
Endocrinology | Endo. | Pharmacy services to people diagnosed with conditions including diabetes, thyroid disfunction and osteoporosis in a range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care . |
Gastroenterology | Gastro. | Pharmacy services for people diagnosed with gastrointestinal issues – including Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD); liver, gall bladder and bile duct diseases; Pancreatic, Coeliac and Oesophageal diseases – in a range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care or primary care. |
Generalist | Generalist | The broad experience of providing pharmacy care to a wide range of people in a variety of medical and/or surgical specialties across diverse healthcare settings. |
General Medicine | GenMed | Pharmacy services for people receiving care in inpatient general medical units, general medicine outpatient clinics or for people otherwise receiving General Medicine pharmacy services in ambulatory or primary care settings. |
Geriatric Medicine | GeriMed | Pharmacy services for older people in a range of settings including acute medical and surgical units, subacute aged care, rehabilitation, residential aged care and other inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care settings. |
Infectious Diseases | InfDis | Pharmacy services for people with infectious diseases, including critical care, tropical medicine, antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial therapeutic drug monitoring, surgical prophylaxis and HIV and sexual health medicine. |
Leadership and Management | Lead&Mgmt | Pharmacy leadership and management undertaken by pharmacy owners, pharmacists-in-charge, directors of pharmacy, associate/deputy directors, team leaders or senior pharmacists in community pharmacy or public or private hospitals. Includes other influential roles in health departments and government,, universities, advisory bodies or QUM organisations. |
Medication Safety | MedSafety | Pharmacy services dedicated to the provision of safe medication use and patient care at an organisational level, health service level or state/national level e.g. DUE and MUE. |
Medication Supply | MedSupply | Pharmacy services related to dispensing or distributing in a primary care, inpatient or outpatient setting, medicine procurement, formulary management or robotics and automation. |
Medicines Information | MedInfo | Evidence-based advice services ensuring healthcare professionals and patients have access to accurate and safe resources and information about medicines; roles span a variety of healthcare setting or advisory bodies. |
Medicines Management | MedsMgmt | The broad experience of providing indirect consumer pharmacy care, which may include service delivery, governance support, planning, education, leadership, and/or systems improvements and projects. |
Mental Health | MentalHlth | Pharmacy care provided in mental health units, and in any inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care setting to patients of any age with mental health conditions. |
Neonatology | Neonatol. | Pharmacy services in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care settings where newborns require care, including neonatal intensive care, special care nurseries, dedicated children’s health services and maternity health services. Can be combined with another specialty area (e.g. Neonatalogy and Surgery to describe neonatal surgery). |
Nephrology | Neph. | Pharmacy services in nephrology units, kidney transplant units, critical care, dialysis units and any other inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care settings where patients of any age with renal impairment require care. |
Neurology | Neuro. | Pharmacy services for neurological conditions and their treatment and management within dedicated neurology units or any other inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care setting. |
Ophthalmology | Ophthal. | Pharmacy services for people with ophthalmology conditions including treatment and management in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory and primary care settings. |
Paediatrics | Paeds | Pharmacy services provided in inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory and primary care settings where children require care, including paediatric intensive care, dedicated children’s health services and maternity health services. Can be selected with another specialty area (e.g. Paediatrics and Cancer Services to describe paediatric cancer services). |
Pain Management | PainMgmt | The management of acute or persistent pain through pharmacy services in a range of settings, including acute surgical or critical care units, persistent pain clinics and other inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care settings. |
Palliative Care | PallCare | Pharmacy care provided to people with progressive life-limiting illnesses with a focus on quality of life, including improving symptom management, in a range of settings including consultative services, inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care settings in specialist palliative care services. |
Perioperative Medicine | PeriopMed | Pharmacy services in pre-anaesthetic assessment clinics, operating theatres and/or anaesthetics departments, in general wards where surgical patients are treated, and for people before and after surgery. |
Pharmacy Informatics | Informtcs | Pharmacy services dedicated to deploying, building, analysing and improving data and digital systems such as electronic medication records, e-prescribing, dispensing software, automated dispensing systems, smart pumps and pharmacy robots. |
Primary Care | PrimCare | Pharmacy services in a General Practitioner (GP) clinics and residential aged care facilities including the provision of Medication Management Review (MMR) and/or Residential Medication Management Review (RMMR). |
Research | Research | Pharmacy services of academic researcher (i.e. university research positions) or combined research and healthcare in a range of settings including hospitals, primary healthcare, research organisations and universities. |
Respiratory | Resp. | Pharmacy services related to the treatment and/or management of respiratory conditions either in dedicated respiratory units or any other inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory or primary care setting. |
Surgery | Surg. | Pharmacy services in surgical units, operating theatres and/or anaesthetics departments and pharmacy services provided in general wards where surgical patients are treated, and for people before, during and after surgery. |
Stewardship | Steward | Pharmacy roles focused on the careful and responsible management of medication to achieve the best possible health outcomes. May incorporate monitoring of medication use, promoting sustainable use of medications and/or minimising adverse outcomes. Can be selected along with another specialty area (i.e. Stewardship and Infectious Diseases to describe antimicrobial stewardship). |
Transitions of Care | ToC | Pharmacy services that support continuity of care between healthcare services, particularly hospital and primary care e.g. Transition Care Program (TCP), Hospital Admission Risk Programs (HARP), Hospital in the Home (HITH) and Hospital Outreach Medication Reviews (HOMR). |
Transplant | Transplant | Pharmacy services for transplant recipients. Can be selected along with another specialty (i.e. Nephrology and Transplant to describe renal transplant). |
Voluntary Assisted Dying | VAD | Pharmacy services related to the provision of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) services. |
Women’s Health | ObsGynae | Pharmacy services across all aspects of women’s health – from menarche to menopause and medicine use in pregnancy and breastfeeding. |
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