Pharmacist (6 Months FTC) – Medicare Private Hospital needed at Africa Health Care

Description

• Employment opportunity is available for a Pharmacist reporting to the Pharmacy Manager.
• The successful candidate will ensure 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

• Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH 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

• B.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

• Collaboration/ Relationship Building
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation skills
• Customer responsiveness
• Excellence and quality orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Technical and professional knowledge
• Adaptability
• Attention to detail

Closing: 2025-08-14