Pharmacist

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Mpumalanga is looking for a qualified Pharmacist to ensure quality pharmaceutical services and manage financial objectives. Responsibilities include implementing medication safety and quality management systems, achieving stock targets, and supporting the training of interns and assistants. Candidates must have relevant qualifications and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council. This role offers an opportunity to build relationships with healthcare professionals and contribute to patient care.

Qualifications

• Registration with South African Pharmacy Council is required.
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience related to pharmacy.
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation and products.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality pharmaceutical services are met.
• Manage financial objectives for the pharmacy.
• Develop medication safety and quality management systems.

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 a Pharmacist based at Life Midmed Hospital, Mpumalanga, reporting to Hannes Clapton, 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
• 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

Email: [e-mail]
Closing date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026

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.