The Department of Health aims to provide quality health services and ensure a caring climate for service users, implement best-practice health care strategies, create a positive work environment for staff, and provide appropriate and top-quality training for health workers. Our vision is to provide high-quality, efficient and accessible healthcare to transform people's lives. Our mission is to create an effective public healthcare system in Gauteng by ensuring we have the right people, skills, system and equipment to provide the care our patients need to live healthy and quality lives.
Grade 12 or equivalent qualification that allows registration as Post Basic Pharmacist. Good communication, interpersonal skills, conflict management, time management, punctual, flexibility and operational planning skills.
Ability to work independently, in groups and work under pressure. Basic computer skills and Rx Solution. Availability to work on weekends (Public Holidays) and also on Pharmacy extended service hours.
Duties :
A pharmacist assistant registered in the category of pharmacist assistant (post basic) will perform the following services or acts under the direct personal supervision of a pharmacist in the pharmacy.
Dispensing of schedule 1 and schedule 2 medicines or scheduled substances. Assist with the compounding manipulation or preparation of non-sterile or sterile schedule 1 to schedule 4 medicine or scheduled substance according to formula and standard operating procedures approved.
Assist with the manufacturing of non-sterile or sterile medicine or scheduled substance according to formula and standard operating procedures approved. The repacking of medicine, distribution and control of stock of schedule 1 to 6 medicines or scheduled substances.
Ordering of medicine and scheduled substances up to and including schedule 6 according to an instruction of a person authorized in terms of the Medicines Act to purchase or obtain such medicines or scheduled substances.
Reading and preparing of prescriptions, the selection, manipulation or compounding of the medicine. Labelling and supply of the medicine in an appropriate container following the interpretation and evaluation of the prescription by a pharmacist.
The provision of instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied. Provide information to individuals in order to promote health, general housekeeping and administrative tasks.
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