Pharmacy Manager at Life Healthcare

• A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Manager based at Life Cosmos Hospital, Mpumalanga, reporting to Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading, managing, coordinating, monitoring, and driving improvement in the provision of a customer focused professional pharmacy service within the Hospital, in line with hospital and company strategic objectives.

Critical Outputs
Effective governance and medication risk management

• Implement Pharmacy best operating practice related to medication safety management;
• Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.

Effective quality management

• Drive enhanced performance in the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Pharmacy Programs in the hospital;
• Drive optimised implementation of and compliance to the LHC quality management system;
• Achieve required customer service levels, and drive continuous improvement.

Effective financial and asset management

• Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy;
• Actively manage the cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget;
• Implement LHC pharmaceutical product conversions and cost efficiency opportunities;
• Identify and implement initiatives to enhance cost effective care provision with optimal patient outcomes;
• Build effective working relationships with doctors and the multifunctional hospital team;
• Drive identified growth, sustainability and process efficiency initiatives;
• Achieve stock management targets.

Effective people management

• Demonstrate visible leadership aligned to the company values, operating model and strategy;
• Recruit, retain, motivate and develop pharmacy staff;
• Manage optimal performance of pharmacy staff to ensure delivery of critical outputs;
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in the team.

Requirements

• B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm, and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council
• Relevant private hospital experience
• Understanding of relevant legislation, operating structures and relationships within a hospital environment
• Proven leadership and people management experience
• Computer proficiency (MS office)

Competencies

• Strategic thinking
• Leading by example
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience, drive and energy
• Engaging diversity
• Influencing skills
• Business insight
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships and networking
• Customer responsiveness
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Assertiveness
• Motivating and developing people

Deadline:3rd July,2026