Pharmacists – Umtshezi Private Hospital at Africa Health Care

Description

• Employment opportunity is available for Pharmacists, 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
• Influencing
• Customer responsiveness
• Excellence and quality orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Technical and professional knowledge

Closing: 2025-10-28