Pharmacy Manager
- Function
- Pharmacy
- Facility
- Life Wilgers Hospital
- Position
- Pharmacy Manager
- Introduction
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A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Manager based at Life Wilgers Hospital, reporting to the 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
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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
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- B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm, and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council
- Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
- Hospital experience is a mandatory requirement for this role.
- Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
- Understanding of Pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulations and challenges
- Proven leadership and people management experience
- Basic financial management and numeric ability
- Knowledge of Pharmaceutical legislation
- Computer proficiency (MS office)
- Competencies
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- Strategic thinking
- Leading by example
- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Resilience, drive and energy
- Engaging diversity
- Influencing skills
- Business insight
- wilgers.cv@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Friday, October 17, 2025
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.