Locum Pharmacist at Life Healthcare

• A vacancy exists for a Locum Pharmacist based at Life Beacon Bay Hospital, reporting to Stephen Acheampon, 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.

Operational duties:

• Dispensing of in-patient prescriptions.
• Dispensing of TTO medication to patients.
• Supervising junior pharmacy staff (i.e. pharmacist assistants) and check and sign off their work.
• Occasionally, assist in issuing surgical stock to wards, if required after-hours.
• Discuss pharmaceutical interventions with prescribers and communication with prescribers or other healthcare professionals on a suitable treatment plan for specific patients

Requirements

• B.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, SAP)
• Need to serve on pharmacy stand-by and call-out roster for emergency issue of medication from the Emergency Cupboard
• Weekday &/or after-hours shifts according to requirement/roster (day-time/evenings/weekends/public holidays)

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

Deadline:9th June,2026