Pharmacy Manager
- Function
- Pharmacy
- Facility
- Life Robinson Private Hospital
- Position
- Pharmacy Manager
- Introduction
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A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Manager based at Life Robinson Hospital, reporting to Marinda Overbeek, Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment by ensuring that quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.
- Critical Outputs
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Effective medication safety management
- Implement Pharmacy best operating practice related to medication safety management with the objective of reducing medication incidents to below target
- Achieve required pharmacy alert reporting and develop and implement relevant remedial actions
Effective quality management systems
- Drive the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards
- Achieve required customer service levels in theatre and wards
- Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives
Effective financial management
- Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy
- Actively manage the cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget
- Drive identified growth opportunities
Effective product management
- Communicate and implement LHC pharmaceutical product conversions
- Identify and communicate cost saving opportunities for product conversion and utilisation
- Build effective working relationships with doctors
Effective asset management
- Achieve stock targets
Effective systems management
- Ensure optimum system utilisation
- Utilise and action management information on Life Gateway and report appropriately
Effective people management
- Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices
- Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in team
- Requirements
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- B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm
- Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
- Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
- Understanding of SA healthcare industry as it relates to Pharmacy and key role-players
- Understanding of operating structures and relationships within a hospital environment
- Current pharmaceutical product knowledge as well as knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
- Proven leadership and people management experience
- Basic financial management and numeric ability
- Computer proficiency (MS office)
- Competencies
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- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication and presentation
- Influencing skills
- Action orientation
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Visible leadership
- Motivating and developing people
- Ugeshnee.Govender@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applicants who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date of this advert, should consider their application as unsuccessful.