Elements and Performance Criteria
- Source and use information on compliance requirements for supplying scheduled medicines.
- Obtain and interpret information on key legal requirements and industry guidelines for supply of Pharmacy Medicines (S2) and Pharmacist Only Medicines (S3) and products.
- Obtain and interpret organisational procedures for supplying Pharmacy Medicines (S2) and Pharmacist Only Medicines (S3) scheduled items.
- Establish requirements for product locations.
- Identify common medicine categories for Pharmacy Medicines (S2) and Pharmacist Only Medicines (S3).
- Identify storage requirements for scheduled pharmacy items according to the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons (SUSMP).
- Interpret requirements for product placement and advertising of Pharmacy Medicines (S2).
- Determine requirements for assessing customer needs.
- Interpret requirements for protecting and respecting customer privacy.
- Determine what questions must be asked to collect information about customer needs.
- Recognise requirement to refer all customer requests for Pharmacist Only Medicines (S3) to pharmacist.
- Identify other triggers for referral to pharmacist.
- Identify role in supply of scheduled medicines.
- Identify the importance of following organisational procedures for the supply of scheduled medicines.
- Recognise role boundaries in recommending Pharmacy Medicines (S2) and unscheduled medicines, products, equipment and aids appropriate to customer needs.
- Determine requirements for finalising supply of Pharmacist Only Medicines (S3) and other products after pharmacist provision of therapeutic advice.