Pharmacist

Life Healthcare; Brakpan; On-site; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider seeks an experienced Pharmacist to ensure quality pharmaceutical services at their Brakpan facility. Responsibilities include managing medication safety, financial objectives, and compliance with legal standards. Candidates must hold a relevant pharmacy degree and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills are essential. Competitive package offered.

Qualifications

• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs.
• Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation, and challenges.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the quality pharmaceutical services meet required standards.
• Manage medication safety and quality management systems.
• Achieve financial objectives and manage cost of sales.
• Build working relationships with doctors.

Skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Computer proficiency (MS Office)

Verbal & written communication skills

Motivating and developing people

Education

Pharm / Pharm

Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council

Job description

Function Pharmacy Facility Position Pharmacist Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Pharmacist based at Life Dalview Hospital, reporting to Jolandé Pienaar, 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 / / Pharm
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
• Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
• Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation and challenges
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
• Pharmaceutical product knowledge
• Computer proficiency (MS office)

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