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Came across this posting from our immigration adviser (we migrated to New Zealand for a hospital pharmacy job in July 2022) If anyone has questions about working as a pharmacist in New Zealand, please reach out. These are retail jobs, but in addition to this we have 2.1 fte at our ED pharmacy...

It's true. The US doesn't recognize healthcare qualifications nearly as really as many other countries. UK/Aus/NZ especially seem to have a pretty fluid acceptance of each other's qualifications. But in the US, as I understand, you can't sit for the naplex exam unless you have a degree from a...

Unless you have specific questions, I pretty much outlined all my best practices in an earlier post.

We paid for this site to prep for study for the CAOP exam, which qualifies US pharmacists to work in New Zealand or Australia. They advertise access to mentors and study guide material. They provide no mentors and most of the info is outdates and impossible to study from. This is the scam...

Ok I just did a reverse image search on the team that supposedly built the scam caop site: https://apecexam.com/mod/page/view.php?id=15&forceview=1 They're not even Australian pharmacists, as they claim. They are Americans based out of Baltimore...

Yes of course, although it may be good to share with the forum since there isnt any good, reliable source of info on the caop (at least that we were able to find). We paid for this online study guide which advertised access to mentors and questions, but nobody ever responded to our inquiries...

A few clarifications Technically you have to both hold a resident visa and have been living the country for 12 months before you're eligible to buy real estate. (You don't have to have held the resident visa for twelve months.) However, my understanding is you can apply for a waiver of this...

When you make a big move like this, you have to learn a whole lot all at once :)

There is a tax treaty in place between the US and NZ which prevents double taxation on all income over a certain high threshold, I think 250k USD for couples. However that doesn't mean you won't run into pitfalls. The US does not recognize the kiwisaver (government sponsored 401(k) style plan)...

CAOP is an open book test and you should definitely have at least the AMH (Australia Medicines Handbook) available to study from and familiarize yourself with before the exam. You have to order these books from Australia. There are no good online resources to study for this exam...we paid for...

Yes it's INZ's "tier 1 green list" that you'll both likely qualify for, which allows you immediate residency with a qualifying job offer. I've heard these have been processing extremely quickly. Traditionally people would apply for the work visa because you could begin working for your...

Accent health (Prudence) is good but they don't place pharmacists. Nurses won't be a problem. Also if you use them, don't do any applications on your own or they will be barred from finding you work at that employer. NZ Shores are licensed immigration advisors. This is a highly regulated...

It's really a personal decision as to whether you should be "Team Burn" or "Team Ship". We ended up doing our things for several reasons. 1. I have carefully been curating my kitchen equipment for a decade. I have a specific purpose for everything in my kitchen, nothing was purchased...

https://www.kiwihealthjobs.com/jobs/Taranaki/TAR04004

Look at page 20 of 135 for an example of a current union contract that covers several employers in New Zealand, but not all. I believe some employers still might not be covered by a union contract. You would be an advanced practitioner so your pay range on this contract would be somewhere...