Locum Pharmacist

LIFE Healthcare Group; Gqeberha; On-site; ZAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A vacancy exists for a Locum Pharmacist at Life Mercantile Hospital, focusing on ensuring quality pharmaceutical services and compliance with legislative standards. The successful candidate will manage medication safety, financial objectives, and participate in clinical oversight. This role requires registration with the South African Pharmacy Council, and candidates will need relevant clinical experience and strong interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council required.
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience.
• SAPC registration as a tutor is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality pharmaceutical services and compliance.
• Participate in financial management and achieving budget objectives.
• Manage medication safety and effective product management.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Verbal & written communication skills

Customer responsiveness

Education

Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm

Tools

MS Office

Job description

A vacancy exists for Locum Pharmacist based at Life Mercantile Hospital, reporting to Cindy Miller, Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.

Function Pharmacy Facility Life Mercantile Hospital Position Locum Pharmacist Introduction

A vacancy exists for Locum Pharmacist based at Life Mercantile Hospital, reporting to Cindy Miller, Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.

Critical Outputs

Effective medication safety management

• Report 100% of medication incidents and develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate.
• Report 100% of pharmacy alerts and develop and implement remedial action and complete a trends analysis quarterly.

Effective quality management systems

• Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems.
• Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.
• Participate in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards.
• Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.

Effective financial management

• Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.

Effective product management

• Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.
• Build effective working relationships with doctors.

Effective asset management

• Participate in achieving stock targets.
• Achieve optimal system utilisation.

Effective people management

• Participate in Pharmacist Intern and Pharmacist Assistant programmes as appropriate.

Requirements

• Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
• Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
• SAPC registration as a tutor will be an advantage
• Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation and challenges
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
• Pharmaceutical product knowledge
• Computer proficiency (MS office)
• Need to serve on pharmacy stand-by and call-out roster

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Motivating and developing people
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Influencing skills
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Action orientation

Email [e-mail] Closing date Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager.External candidates will also be considered.

Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.