Pharmacist: Night Shift -RB Gosforth Park at DHL

Role Outline

• To ensure compliance with the medicines and related substances Act, Act 101 of 1965. To carry out the duties of a Responsible Pharmacist in accordance with the Section 22 (4), 22 (5) and Regulation 28 of the Pharmacy Act (Act no 53 of 1974), acting responsibly in the practice of a Pharmacist in accordance also with the operational requirements of the Business.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure continuous Pharmacist Supervision during operating hours of the Wholesale Pharmacy.
• Manage the initial and continuous training programme for all personnel involved in distribution activities.
• Facilitate training for all personnel within their shift including GDP training.
• Ensure that they are appropriately registered with the South African Pharmacy Council as a person providing a service forming the scope of practice of a pharmacist.
• Take corrective measures in respect of the deficiencies with regard to inspection reports of council or in terms of the Medicines Control Act.
• Ensure that unauthorised persons do not obtain access to medicines or scheduled substances of the Wholesale Pharmacy premises outside of normal trading hours, or to take possession of the medicines without proper process.
• Ensure a Change Control programme is maintained under the guidance of the RP
• Ensure continuous monitoring of temperature within the warehouse.
• Ensure the safety and effective storage and keeping of medicines or scheduled substances in the Wholesale Pharmacy under his or her direct personal supervision.
• Ensure correct and effective record keeping of the purchase, ordering, picking, batch numbers, and dispatch or dispensing, possession and storage and safekeeping and return of medicines or scheduled substances.
• Ensure that all product complaints are investigated and identified as to the nature of the problem and dealt with effectively.
• Ensure that product complaints are handled in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.
• To be able to co-ordinate and perform promptly any product recalls.
• Ensure prompt liaison with the Principal's and Regulatory Authority for Recalls.
• Ensure that all batches of medicine distributed are batch traceable in the event of a recall and that all invoices and all pick tickets carry batch numbers where necessary. Manage the Recall process whether it is instructed by the Client, or whether it is.
• Ensure that goods returned to the wholesale pharmacy via the retailer are handled in a procedurally correct manner at the warehousing facility, determining reasons for return and any further actions that need to be taken, which must then also be recorded.
• To authorise the return to saleable stock of any returned medicines in accordance with local legislation.
• Ensure that rejected goods are handled appropriately and correctly, and to be responsible for the final decision, after.
• Ensure that all employees are conversant with the system laid down for using and following the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Ensure that disposal or destruction of medicines is correctly performed under proper control and according to SOP's so as to not be a health hazard.
• Ensure that self-inspection audits are performed according to the schedule set out by the RP and any deviations followed up and the necessary corrective measures are implemented.
• Ensure that goods on arrival at the distribution facility are placed in quarantine, and retained in quarantine until formally released.
• Manage the receiving and sampling of Unapproved Product received from the Client within SLA.
• Ensure RPs involvement in any decision to quarantine or dispose of returned, rejected or falsified products.
• Check all relevant documentation in order to formally release final product for distribution.
• Ensure effective management of CAPAs, deviations and change control.
• Ensure that the processes needed for the Quality Management System are established, implemented, and maintained.
• Reporting to Management on Quality Management System performance and any need for improvement.
• Ensure calibration and maintenance of critical equipment.
• Ensuring awareness of customer and quality requirements throughout the organisation.
• Functioning as liaison with internal and external parties on matters relating to the Quality Management System.
• Work in collaboration with the various relevant Acts and operational requirements.
• To ensure control over the Pharmaceutical Goods warehouse working together with the Responsible Pharmacist.
• To ensure that Directors are updated with the latest ethical rules of the SAPC and SAHPRA.

Qualifications & Experience

• Matric (Grade 12) – Essential
• Relevant Degree (B. Pharm Degree)
• Relevant experience (1-3 Years)