Volunteer Opportunities
Join the world’s leading pharmacy association in the Commonwealth and develop your career through experience
What do we do at the CPA?
- We BUILD strong and diverse COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS between pharmacists and other health-related groups to provide support to members across the Commonwealth.
- We PARTNER with member organizations to IMPROVE the QUALITY of PHARMACY PRACTICE throughout the Commonwealth.
- We create platforms to SHARE KNOWLEDGE and EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES in order to continually develop the KNOWLEDGE and SKILLS of the pharmacy profession throughout the Commonwealth.
For more information about some of our programmes of work visit https://commonwealthpharmacy.org/our-work/
If you’re looking to expand your sphere of work and enable opportunities for further development, both for you and others (bidirectional learning), we are recruiting volunteer health care professionals with an interest in the following areas:
- Global Health
- Antimicrobial Stewardship and Resistance
- Education and training
- Quality Improvement
- Behaviour Change
- Medicines Safety
- Leadership development
- Research, monitoring and evaluation
We are a dynamic and forward-thinking team, with a passion for Global Health and a commitment to empowering pharmacists at all levels to improve health and wellbeing throughout the Commonwealth. Our volunteer opportunities are available on a flexible basis and can be undertaken around your interests and current work/ home commitments.
Joining our team as a volunteer is a great opportunity to gain experience in Global Health, join a new network of peers whilst developing knowledge and skills which will enhance your CV.
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