37 Pharmacist jobs in Pretoria

The WIC Pharmacist exists in Medipost Pharmacy at Gezina reporting to the Pharmacy Manager.

1. Evaluation of patients' medicine-related needs determining the indication, safety, and effectiveness of the therapy.
2. Prepares medication by reviewing and interpreting Rx, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities (when applicable).
3. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals or the supervision thereof.
4. Accurately interpret Rx and act in a professional and responsible manner, within legal requirements in accordance with GPP and SAPC.
5. Correct errors on Rx rejected by medical aid as per SOPs.
6. Accurately capture and dispense medicine as prescribed on a valid Rx as per SOPs.
7. Provide pharmacist-initiated therapy when required.
8. Explain all medical costs to patients as per SOPs.
9. Replenish shelves, process inventory, and sell products to customers.
10. Ensure stock is checked for damages and expiry dates.
11. Ensure any stock discrepancies are recorded on the documents provided as per SOPs.
12. Participate in regular cycle counts and annual/bi-annual stock take.
13. Process all paperwork for accurate submission of claims to medical aids as per SOPs.
14. Ensure accurate and timely authorization of patient medicine at medical aid as per SOPs.
15. Maintain patient profiles on the system (also includes merging) as per SOPs.
16. Take note of any messages on the patient profile and take suitable action (if required). Create accurate and relevant action diaries on the MedipostApp system as per SOPs.

1. Furnishing of information and advice to patients regarding medicine usage.
2. Determine patient compliance to the therapy, and follow-up to ensure the patients’ medicine-related needs are met as per SOPs.
3. Professionally interact with patients and health care professionals.
4. Execute customer service initiatives in the dispensary to ensure great customer experience, driving customer loyalty.
5. Meet and exceed customer expectations.

1. Efficiently execute all operational activities of the dispensary, including safe and responsible stock management, shrinkage, general housekeeping, and administration in line with GPP and SAPC Regulations and company standards.
2. Constant communication with colleagues and management to address expectations, requirements, and compliance.
3. Ensure integration and partnership with the clinic, over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare aisle resulting in a full offering to patients regarding their healthcare needs.
4. Keep abreast of changes in medical aid procedures and requirements for claims and dispensing.
5. Ensure operational viability of the dispensary through focusing on the core dispensary targets.
6. Ensure competent and motivated employees by overseeing training and development as a Tutor of PA and Pharmacist Interns in line with SAPC and company requirements.
7. Assist management to identify/eliminate security risks.
8. Ability to prioritize work to achieve the required daily outcome.
9. Problems are identified and escalated through relevant channels.
10. Maintenance & adherence to good housekeeping practices.
11. Ensure stock and shelves are clean and tidy.
12. Manage own time & attendance according to company policies.
13. Adherence to company policies and SOPs.
14. Self-initiative and willingness to constantly exceed expectations.
15. Self-motivated.
16. Maintain good relationships towards departments and the Group at large.
17. Willingness to work overtime.

1. Bachelor of Pharmacy.
2. SAPC Registration.
3. Min 2 years' post Community Services experience as a Pharmacist in the Retail Sector.

1. Customer service oriented.
2. Good interpersonal skills.
3. Good listening and communication skills (verbal and written).
4. Problem-solving skills.
5. Organised and tidy.
6. Data Capturing Skills.
7. Detail Oriented.
8. Ability to train others.

“Medipost Holdings is committed to the promotion of employment equity within the workplace which is a driving factor in all recruitment decisions. Medipost further encourages and welcomes applications from persons with disabilities in creating a diverse and equitable workplace.”

“We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills; the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. Should you however not hear from us within a period of 2 weeks, you can consider your application unsuccessful.”

An exciting career opportunity exists at Medipost for a QA Pharmacist reporting to the QA Manager. This position is based in Gezina, Pretoria.

Primary purpose of the job includes but not limited to:

Operational Activities

• The QA pharmacist is responsible for the service delivery and quality assurance of all parcels to be delivered to the patient by Medipost.
• The pharmacist will be responsible for checking and assuring a final check on all quantities, dosages, directions, therapeutic validation, storage conditions as well as correct medication issued to the patient. This will include, but not be limited to chronic medication, Oncology medication, specialized medication items and acute items.
• The QA pharmacist will ensure that special requests and instructions from patients are adhered to while ensuring GPP compliance.
• The QA pharmacist will be responsible for any additional operational roles such as assisting with compliance-related tasks including housekeeping, pest control in the pharmacy, route and box validations, schedule 6 control, medication destruction, etc.
• Duties may include assisting with SOP updates, training, tutoring, and mentoring assistants.
• Quality assurance is essential, and quantity output will also be a key factor in timely delivery of medication to our patients. The pharmacist will need to prioritize work according to urgency and help minimize time-wasting factors in the working environment.
• Ensure extra quality by checking:
• Labels are applied neatly,
• Overall presentation of medicine is professional and content is accurate,
• Reporting any operational challenges to the supervisor or line manager, such as network errors or connectivity issues.
• Performing additional tasks as requested within scope.
• Assisting departments such as Oncology, Fine Picking, Pre-Dispensing, and Walk-In Centre with QA tasks.
• Participating in annual stock takes.
• Primarily involved in QA checks of all Schedule 6 prescriptions, ensuring prescriptions are valid and parcels are correctly prepared.
• Managing Schedule 6 medication, including mixing morphine preparations, balancing the Schedule 6 book, maintaining stock, and liaising with the Schedule Six department.
• Involved in phase one dispensing activities of all production staff’s medicine orders.
• Handling emails directed to the distribution list, investigating patient queries related to the production department, and working with CCTV to verify queries.

Time and Attendance

• Strictly adhere to the company’s Time and Attendance policy,
• Work back hours owed by month's end,
• Inform Line Manager promptly about late arrivals or absences,
• Limit lunch breaks to scheduled time,
• Book leave in advance,
• Provide accurate leave and overtime documentation to the Line Manager.

Minimum requirements

Qualifications

• Grade 12
• Registered as Pharmacist with SAPC

Experience

• 1-2 years experience in a pharmacy environment

Competencies

• Prioritizing
• Accuracy
• Deadline orientation
• Neatness

Medipost Holdings is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from persons with disabilities to promote diversity and inclusion.

“We aim to build a diverse team. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, your application was unsuccessful.”

Two CCMDD Pharmacists positions exist within Medipost reporting directly to the CCMDD Production Operations Manager. These positions are based in Pretoria, Gezina.

Labelling and Packing of Parcels

To maintain a minimum average of 55 scripts per hour as per production requirements while ensuring work is processed according to priority scheduled collection date, ensuring that the daily targets are reached (440/495 scripts). Ensuring that all the PMP handled are neat, correctly labelled, belong to the correct group box & manifest, and no peeling of PMP sticker (written warning to be issued for service failure error).

Accuracy and Neatness

Maintain a high level of accuracy and neatness (avoid errors), mixing of stock (ensuring replenishment of stock according to the correct province after QA check of that particular province is done) – no incidents reported.

Procedures

Work strictly according to department SOPs. Ensure all company policies are adhered to at all times. Ensure that the housekeeping procedure is as per SOP daily, which includes: declustering of the stations, no boxes (medication) on the floor, no open sharp blades, boxes packed in order, and stationery neatly packed.

Leave Management

Ensure planning of leave in advance to avoid leave clashing – being organised to avoid negatively impacting operations.

Reports Management (Workflow Reporting)

Prioritising work correctly (management of work in progress) as per collection date and handover to courier. Management of ‘urgents’ (ensuring that they are handed and arranged; delivery date must be communicated to the patient via call centre if late/out of SLA). Correction of errors, knowledge of communicating with supporting departments such as IT, Call Centre, Order Processing, Document Workflow, Consumables Team, Couriers (Medilog & Skynet), Risk Team (arranging for OT on Saturday & Sunday), Warehouse, Provincial Coordinators (Province Communication Group EC, FS, MP).

Professionalism

Good relationship with colleagues to encourage staff morale.

Stock Management

Replenishing stock in the correct province, FIFO-FEFO, drug interactions, claiming error alert, dispensing correctly (measurement of error rate). Signing off stock from the warehouse (receiving) and from stock returns. This includes management of consumables (ordering of boxes).

Working Under Pressure

Maintaining the balance between quality and quantity due to the high-level pressure in the production environment – targets reached daily (deadline-oriented).

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor of Pharmacy.

Registered as a Pharmacist with the SAPC.

Experience:

1 to 2 years of experience (including internship and community service).

Previous experience in a Pharmacy QA/Production Environment.

Job category: FMCG, Retail, Wholesale and Supply Chain

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: Yes

The Pharmacist is responsible for providing high standards of pharmaceutical care and dispensary services in accordance with Good Pharmacy Practice as well as certain aspects related to stock and financial management of the pharmacy.

• High standards of pharmaceutical service and care
• Provision of advice and pharmacy-initiated therapy
• Scheduled substance and dispensary stock control
• Efficient dispensary administration and management
• Accurate and safe dispensing of medication
• High standards of housekeeping and merchandise display
• Financial management and operational viability
• Training and development of Pharmacist Assistants and Pharmacist Interns
• Staff management and resource planning
• Ad hoc responsibilities as required to support the operational requirements of the pharmacy

• B Pharm
• Internship
• Community Service

• SAPC and relevant legal knowledge
• Customer service orientated
• Effective patient care
• Professional counselling
• Integrity
• Ethical working practice and compliance
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• IT Business Operating Systems
• MS Office
• Tutorship and Coaching
• Team Player
• Adhering to Principles and Values
• Working with People
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations
• Following instructions and Procedures
• Relating and Networking

Kindly note that only applicants who meet the requirements will be contacted.

We are committed to the principles of Employment Equity.

Medipost Pharmacy is looking for a professional self-driven individual to join the Order Processing Department in the capacity of a Cluster Pharmacist. The successful individual will be placed in Gezina (Pretoria).

1. Providing proper patient care as per GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice) regulations.
2. Attending training on Pharmacy acts and GPP.
3. Attending SOP training and SOP revision training.
4. Compliance with Company Policies, Procedures, and SOPs.
5. Compliance with the POPI Act regulations.
6. Accurate capturing of chronic and acute medication prescriptions and handling of rejections according to company SOPs.
7. Attend to cluster and personal action diaries.
8. Compliance to SLA requirements (completing mailbox profiles and action diaries within required timelines).
9. Handling of clinical enquiries and discussions with patients and health care professionals or SPNs.
10. Attend to and respond in a professional manner to email messages or enquiries received from management, SPNs, or members.
11. Attend to OUT OF WIP notifications.
12. Attend to the blind checking mailbox according to SLA timelines.
13. Stock management – understand the cold chain processes, expiry dates, and stock returns.
14. Willing to register as a Medipost tutor through MTA.
15. Tutor and train a small group of assistants on company SOPs, company policies, OTC medication, and other health topics.
16. Take charge of a small group of assistants according to a Disaster Recovery Plan.

Medipost Pharmacy is looking for a professional self-driven individual to join the Order Processing Department in the capacity of a Cluster Pharmacist. The successful individual will be placed in Gezina (Pretoria).

1. Providing proper patient care as per GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice) regulations.
2. Attending training on Pharmacy Acts and GPP.
3. Attending SOP training and SOP revision training.
4. Compliance with Company Policies, Procedures, and SOPs.
5. Compliance with the POPI Act regulations.
6. Accurate capturing of chronic and acute medication prescriptions and handling of rejections according to company SOPs.
7. Attend to cluster and personal action diaries.
8. Compliance with SLA requirements (completing of mailbox profiles and action diaries within required timelines).
9. Handling of clinical enquiries and discussions with patients and health care professionals or SPNs.
10. Attend to and respond in a professional manner to email messages or enquiries received from management, SPNs, or members.
11. Attend to OUT OF WIP notifications.
12. Attend to the blind checking mailbox according to SLA timelines.
13. Stock management – understand the cold chain processes, expiry dates, and stock returns.
14. Willing to register as a Medipost tutor through MTA.
15. Tutor and train a small group of assistants on company SOPs, company policies, OTC medication, and other health topics.
16. Take charge of a small group of assistants according to a Disaster Recovery Plan.

Medipost Pharmacy is looking for a professional self-driven individual to join the Order Processing Department in the capacity of a Cluster Pharmacist. The successful individual will be placed in Gezina (Pretoria).

1. Providing proper patient care as per GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice) regulations.
2. Attending training on Pharmacy acts and GPP.
3. Attending SOP training and SOP revision training.
4. Compliance with Company Policies, Procedures, and SOPs.
5. Compliance with the POPI Act regulations.
6. Accurate capturing of chronic and acute medication prescriptions and handling of rejections according to company SOPs.
7. Attend to cluster and personal action diaries.
8. Compliance to SLA requirements (completing mailbox profiles and action diaries within required timelines).
9. Handling of clinical enquiries and discussions with patients and healthcare professionals or SPNs.
10. Attend to and respond in a professional manner to email messages or enquiries received from management, SPNs, or members.
11. Attend to OUT OF WIP notifications.
12. Attend to the blind checking mailbox according to SLA timelines.
13. Stock management – understand the cold chain processes, expiry dates, and stock returns.
14. Willing to register as a Medipost tutor through MTA.
15. Tutor and train a small group of assistants on company SOPs, company policies, OTC medication, and other health topics.
16. Take charge of a small group of assistants according to a Disaster Recovery Plan.

The WIC Pharmacist Assistant exists at Medipost Pharmacy, Gezina reporting to the Pharmacy Manager.

1. Evaluation of patients' medicine-related needs determining the indication, safety, and effectiveness of the therapy.
2. Prepares medication by reviewing and interpreting Rx, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities (when applicable) and signed by a Pharmacist.
3. Dispenses medications by compounding, packaging, and labeling pharmaceuticals and signed by a Pharmacist.
4. Accurately interpret Rx and act in a professional and responsible manner, within legal requirements in accordance with GPP and SAPC.
5. Ensure accurate picking, packing, labeling, and checking of medicines and be aware of common dosages as well as important drug interactions.
6. Correct errors on Rx rejected by medical aid as per SOPs.
7. Accurately capture and dispense medicine as prescribed on a valid Rx as per SOPs, signed by a Pharmacist.
8. Ensure all medications are checked for accuracy by a Pharmacist and signed before it is issued to a patient.
9. Assist with re-packing of medicines approved by the Responsible Pharmacist.
10. Assist with the distribution and control of stock of Schedule 1 to Schedule 5 medicines or scheduled substances.
11. Assist with the ordering of medicines 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.
12. Check-in, put-away or return dispensary stock to Receiving.
13. Manage and maintain over-the-counter medicine, order, replenish, and stock adequate inventory.
14. Ensure stock is checked for damages and expiry dates.
15. Ensure any stock discrepancies are recorded on the documents provided as per SOPs.
16. Re-stock consumables when required.
17. Participate in regular cycle counts and annual/bi-annual stock take.
18. Process all paperwork for accurate submission of claims to medical aids as per SOPs.
19. Ensure accurate and timely authorization of patient medicine at medical aid as per SOPs.
20. Maintain patient profiles on the system (also includes merging) as per SOPs.
21. Take note of any messages on the patient profile and take suitable action (if required). Create accurate and relevant action diaries on the MedipostApp system as per SOPs.

1. Furnishing of information and advice to patients with regards to medicine usage.
2. Determine patient compliance to the therapy, and follow-up to ensure the patients’ medicine-related needs are met as per SOPs.
3. Professionally interact with patients and health care professionals.
4. Execute customer service initiatives in the dispensary to ensure great customer experience, driving customer loyalty.
5. Meet and exceed customer expectations.

1. Efficiently execute all operational activities of the dispensary, including safe and responsible stock management, shrinkage, general housekeeping, and administration in line with GPP and SAPC Regulations and company standards.
2. Constant communication with colleagues and management to address expectations, requirements, and compliance.
3. Ensure integration and partnership with the clinic, over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare aisle resulting in a full offering to patients regarding their healthcare needs.
4. Keep abreast of changes in medical aid procedures and requirements for claims and dispensing.
5. Assist management to identify/eliminate security risks.
6. Ability to prioritize work to achieve the required daily outcome.
7. Problems are identified and escalated through relevant channels.
8. Maintenance & adherence to good housekeeping practices.
9. Ensure stock and shelves are clean and tidy.
10. Manage own time & attendance according to company policies.
11. Adherence to company policies and SOPs.
12. Self-initiative and willingness to constantly exceed expectations.
13. Self-motivated.
14. Maintain good relationships towards departments and the Group at large.
15. Willingness to work overtime.

1. All processes in the WIC Receiving are conducted according to written SOPs and comply with GPP.
2. Accurate checking and capturing of received stock (scanning or via (product description, pack size, unit), batch number, expiry date, and quantity) as per SOPs.
3. Stock is checked for damages, counterfeit, and expiry dates as per SOPs and GPP.
4. Stock discrepancies are recorded on the documents provided as per SOPs.
5. Back orders and urgent orders are prioritized in the workflow.
6. Stock is handled with extra care to avoid damages and these damages are reported to the Pharmacy Manager as per SOPs and GPP.
7. Accurately complete checklists and document control sheets where applicable as per the relevant SOPs.
8. Submit documentation to responsible individual (if and when applicable).
9. Accurately and immediately replenish stock after the checking process as per SOPs.
10. Accuracy: Adhere to timelines as per SOPs.
11. Ability to prioritize work to achieve the required daily outcome.

Grade 12

Min 2 years' experience as a claiming Pharmacist Assistant.

1. Retail Pharmacy Experience.
2. Customer service orientated.
3. Good interpersonal skills.
4. Good listening and communication skills (verbal and written).

Primary purpose of the job: Providing proper patient care as per GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice) regulations. Mailbox & Rejection management to ensure SLA and Urgent compliance. This includes but is not limited to:

1. Accurate capturing of new or repeat prescriptions, oncology, acute, chronic or private medication.
2. Arranging and follow up on authorisation and provide relevant feedback.
3. Compliance to SLA requirements by completing mailbox profiles, rejected blind checking, action diaries and follow-up within required timelines.
4. Correct handling of paper claims submission and follow-up on payments where required.
5. Attending to and responding in a professional manner to email messages, incoming calls or enquiries received from patients, SPN’s and management.
6. Handling of clinical discussions with patients and health care professionals or SPN’s.
7. Assisting with tracking queries and pre-alerting deliveries.
8. Management of credit returns by correctly logging pick-ups and following up on return and credits.
9. Ensuring stock care and stock management in terms of all short-dated stock, dormant stock, high value stock items and assisting with bi-annual stock take if and when required.
10. Attending to stat 30, stat 32 and stat 33 stock rejections if required.
11. MML/MPR management and compliance where possible and applicable.
12. Handling and validation of Section 21 and Patient Assisted programs (PAF) orders where required.
13. Per patient item ordering on applicable high value or low-usage items.
14. Claiming of INV’s received.
15. Attending to OUT OF WIP notifications.
16. Resolving rejections and prioritising adding scripts to WIP.
17. Assisting administrator in the cluster as and when required.
18. Attending SOP training and revision training.
19. Compliance with Company Policies, Procedures and SOP’s.
20. Profile maintenance.
21. Training of new pharmacist assistants within the cluster.
22. Requesting security checks on possible replacement parcels.

Operational requirements:

• Completion of daily work according to level requirement.
• Accuracy when blind checking.
• Attending to action diaries.
• SLA compliance.
• MML Adherence.
• Calls and emails received handled professionally and confidentially with accurate information provided in a time cautious manner.
• Queries appropriately followed up and finalized.

Customer service and internal process compliance (Quality assurance):

• IR intervention (QA, IPC, Stock returns log, other).
• Customer Satisfaction (Compliments).
• Focus on minimising errors and customer related complaints.
• SOP compliance.

Staff behaviour:

• Productive and available according to hours stipulated in contract.
• ESS management of leave according to company policies and requirements.
• Eco time compliance with daily clocking procedures in accordance with company policies and requirements.
• TWB option used correctly by notifying manager and subsequently completing ESS process.
• Housekeeping compliance at 100% as per company expectation on quarterly audit.

Minimum Requirements:

Grade 12.

EXPERIENCE: Previous experience in a courier or retail pharmacy as well as oncology experience will be advantageous.

Need to be registered at SAPC.

TRAINING REQUIRED: Medipost APP system training, SLA training, company policies and procedures, computer literacy, MHRS on-line authorisation system, ESS, etc.

COMPETENCIES: Verbal and written communication skills, listening skills, patience, empathy, conflict resolution, customer service orientation, accuracy, data capturing skills, interpersonal skills and relationship building skills, able to work under pressure, adaptability, effective time management, detail oriented.

Specific Requirements/Other important information:

• Focused and responsible.
• Sense of urgency to nature of the job.
• Availability to assist with creating or updating processes to improve efficiency.
• Willingness to provide interdepartmental assistance if and when needed (WIC/Order processing/Call centre/Production).
• Willingness to work overtime if required by manager.
• Ensuring POPIA compliance.
• Level 6 internal appointment from Production.
• Attendance of Pharmacy Forums and product training will be highly recommended.

Other important information:

• Willingness to work overtime when required by management.
• Continuous professional development – attending training or forums.
• Willingness to assist with stock take if required at least once per year.
• Willingness to assist or attend training in other departments such as the Walk in Pharmacy and Production.
• Inter-departmental training and assistance as needed.