Pharmacist – Centurion Mall Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited Centurion, Gauteng
Dis-Chem Pharmacies require the services of a reputable Pharmacist for their Centurion Mall store. Your portfolio will cover the provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for patients’ medicine-related needs, and being accountable for meeting these needs.
Minimum Requirements:
- Grade 12 / Matric
- Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC)
- Min 2-3 years experience in Pharmaceutical
- 2-3 years retail pharmacy experience (Student/Intern)
Advantageous:
- Third additional language
- SAP experience
- E-scripting experience
- Registered tutor
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Evaluation of a patient’s medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety and effectiveness of the therapy
- Dispensing of any medicine or scheduled substance on the prescription of a person authorised to prescribe medicine
- Signing off and checking of all prescriptions prepared by an assistant or an intern and accepting accountability for the correctness thereof
- Furnishing of information and advice to any person with regard to the use of medicine
- Determining patient compliance with the therapy, and follow-up to ensure that the patient’s medicine-related needs are being met
- The provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy
- The compounding, manipulation, preparation or packaging of any medicine or scheduled substance, or the supervision thereof
- The manufacturing of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
- The purchasing, acquiring, importing, keeping, possessing, using, releasing, storage, packaging, re-packaging, supplying or selling of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
- The application for the registration of a medicine in accordance with the Medicines Act and Pharmacy Act
- The acts specially pertaining to the profession of a pharmacist as prescribed above
- The formulation of any medicine for the purposes of registration as a medicine
- The distribution of any medicine or scheduled substance
- The re-packaging of medicines
- The initiation and conducting of pharmaceutical research and development
- The promotion of public health
- Accurately interpret scripts and act in a professional and responsible manner and within the legal requirements
- Capture script details accurately and verify patient’s details on the system
- Ensure accurate picking / packing / labelling and checking of medication
- Provide accurate instructions to the patients regarding the correct use of medicine supplied
- Keep abreast of changes in medical aid procedures and requirements for claims and dispensing
- Advise and assist patients at the dispensary, self-medication counter and front-shop
- Follow up with patients regarding script tracking report as requested by the dispensary manager and follow up appointments
- Explain all medical aid costs to patients
- Follow through on promises made to customers
- Evaluation of disease conditions and referral to in-store health facilities when necessary
- Process all paperwork necessary for the accurate submission of claims to medical aids
- Correct errors on scripts rejected by medical aid
- Ensure authorization of chronic, HIV and AIDS and oncology medication
- Maintain customer profiles on the system
- Merge profiles locally and notify to merge profiles centrally
- Take note of any messages on the customer profile and take suitable action
- Assist the Dispensary Manager to ensure that all administration functions are carried out correctly and timeously
- Report on low – / out of stock levels and stock errors to the dispensary manager
- Exercise stock, cash and asset control
- Assist the Dispensary Manager to ensure that all stock control processes and are adhered to and that all registers are kept up to date in accordance with legislation
- Housekeeping must be in accordance to Dis-Chem standards
- Adhere to Dis-Chem Policies and Procedures and Standard Operating Procedures
- Adhere to Health and Safety rules and regulations
- Adhere to Dis-Chem Uniform and personal appearance policy
- Strong command of the English language and a second language– Read, write and speak
- Basic dosing and important drug interaction
- Supervisor experience, and able to lead by example
- Ability to train other staff members
- Conflict management
- Strong attention to detail
- Sound numerical skills
- Problem-solving
- Team player
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Able to deal with pressure
Special conditions of employment:
- Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council
- Willing and able to work retail hours
- Controlled room temperature, security, limited space, health and safety, risk stock
- Physically fit and able to stand for long periods
- Valid driver’s license and own reliable transport
- South African citizen
- MIE Clear credit and criminal records
Remuneration and benefits:
- Market-related salary
- Monthly and annual performance pay
- Medical aid
- Provident fund
- Staff account
ONLY SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED. IF YOU HAVEN’T BEEN CONTACTED WITHIN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE, CONSIDER YOUR APPLICATION AS UNSUCCESSFUL.
Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chem’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chem’s Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
