ANZCAP

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• What is ANZCAP?
• Recognition and specialities
• Pathways to recognition
• Benefits beyond recognition

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What is ANZCAP?

A joint initiative of Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) and the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA), ANZCAP is a leap forward for Australian and New Zealand health care, many years in the making.

Designed to elevate professional visibility, ANZCAP recognition clearly communicates your capabilities to employers, peers, and the broader healthcare community—strengthening your standing and unlocking career potential.

Beyond recognition, ANZCAP is with you for what’s next, providing structure to guide career planning, while annual benefits ensure you are connected, supported and inspired every step of the way.

Whether you’re just starting out or making your next move, ANZCAP helps you work smarter — not harder — as you grow in your profession.

Recognition and specialities

ANZCAP recognition confers the use of professional post-nominals, through recognition portfolios at Pharmacist Resident (ANZCAP-Res.), Pharmacist Registrar (ANZCAP-Reg.) and Pharmacist Consultant (FANZCAP) level mapped to one or two of 46 areas of specialty pharmacy practice.

Upon recognition and after annual recognition renewal, ANZCAP provides downloadable assets to showcase your achievements through certificate, post-nominals, email signature and social media tiles which can be shared with colleagues or used in CVs, professional profiles and for job applications.

ANZCAP credentials showcase your commitment to pharmacy excellence, prove your skills are nationally transferable, and opens new doors for career advancement.

Pathways to recognition

You’re already driving, ANZCAP gives you a new map.

ANZCAP provides structured pathways toward recognition and new opportunities no matter where you work.

The building blocks of ANZCAP are Learning Experiences (LXs), bite-sized activities that are either completed alone, with a collaborator or via an endorsed third party, to record evidence of your professional practice.

The Independent Pathway is available to Australian pharmacists across all practice settings to accumulate Learning Experiences (LXs) into a personal recognition portfolio, meeting requirements mapped to the National Competency Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (2016). In 2025, the Independent Pathway will be available to New Zealand registered pharmacists, alongside recognition for Pharmacy Technicians.

Training programs are formalised two-year workplace-based experiential programs available at AdPha accredited sites providing a 'fast-track' to recognition at Pharmacist Resident and Pharmacist Registrar level.

View more on ANZCAP's key concepts or learn more via detailed articles in the ANZCAP Info Hub.

Benefits beyond recognition

From recognition to real impact, rise higher with ANZCAP Elevate.

ANZCAP provides more than a map and markers on your individual pharmacy pathway, it also connects you to like-minded pharmacists and technicians through ANZCAP Elevate, the annual benefits program.

ANZCAP Elevate provides exclusive access to five benefits, which amplify with active membership of AdPha or the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacy Association (NZHPA): scholarships, online learning communities, collective action, an exclusive annual oration and personalised support toward next ANZCAP recognition.

Access to ANZCAP Elevate renews each year, supporting the importance of annually renewed and active recognition.

In addition to maintaining your ANZCAP recognition, you can create custom portfolios to share a portfolio of professional achievements – any combination of LXs you choose – with external parties.