Shane Jackson
National President, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
BPharm PhD MPS AACPA AdvPracPharm
Shane Jackson is currently the National President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. He has a broad background as a pharmacist. He has significant academic experience, with an appointment at the University of Tasmania, as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Division of Pharmacy, School of Medicine. His involvement in research has focused on providing evidence of pharmacist services in areas such as aged care, clinical interventions, academic detailing, and the role of pharmacists in improving medication management at transitions of care.
Shane was a Clinical Governance Advisor with the National eHealth Transition Authority until 2016, and then was appointed as a Clinical Reference Lead (CRL) with the Australian Digital Health Agency from 2016. He has significant digital health experience, and has been actively involved in working to increase the utilization of the My Health Record within Community Pharmacy including his work with the Agency as well as leadership provided within the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.
He is also the owner of two rural community pharmacies in Tasmania. Shane is a board member of the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) & Chair of the Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee, which recently oversaw the development of the Competency Standards for Pharmacists, released in 2017. He has been credentialed as one of the first Advanced Practice Pharmacists in Australia.