We need 'change agents' and effective leaders

摘要

The Advanced and Consultant Level Competency Framework and the Pharmacist with Special Interests Framework have been planned around several functions, one of which is professional leadership. The pharmacy profession will need to develop influential leaders who are able to grab opportunities so it can stay at the vanguard of patient care. The leadership skills called for are different from management skills (see Panel).Therefore, managers will still be required to sustain service delivery in pharmacy and senior pharmacists will need to evolve from being good managers to being effective leaders.