Senior Pharmacist
- Function
- Pharmacy
- Facility
- Life Brackenview
- Position
- Senior Pharmacist
- Introduction
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A vacancy exists for a Senior Pharmacist based at Life Brackenview Hospital, reporting to the Clinic Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and coordinating the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment to achieve hospital and company strategic objectives.
- Critical Outputs
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Effective medication risk management
- Report 100% of medication incidents, complete root cause analysis for every incident, develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate
- Complete trends analysis with relevant actions quarterly.
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards
- Report 100% of stock alerts relating to ethical stock not available for patient use, complete a root cause analysis, develop and implement remedial action and complete a trends analysis quarterly
- Review pharmacy medication process, identify improvement opportunities and implement actions as well as best operating practice related to medication risk management
- Develop an implementation plan for published pharmacy procedures, identify compliance gaps and implement corrective actions from QMS reviews
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
- Implement LHC pharmaceutical product conversions, cost saving opportunities as well as drive VBC components for pharmacy
- Build effective working relationships with doctors and the multifunctional hospital team
- Drive identified growth and efficiency initiatives
- Achieve stock targets
Effective customer satisfaction management
- Manage the agreed ethical product issuing and replenishment process to achieve customer service levels to wards and theatre
- Participate in company pharmacy customer satisfaction survey annually, identify gaps and implement remedial action
Effective people management
- Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices
Effective asset management
- Review daily stock cover template to ensure adequate coverage according to target, inform doctors, theatres and wards of alternative products available in supplier out of stock situations
- Review dead stock report and reduce dead stock according to target
- Participate in cycle counts and stock takes, and ensure they are in line with governance, investigate variances and implement corrective actions where necessary
Effective product management
- Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget
- Ensure stock is ordered from preferred suppliers according to LHC procurement agreements
- Requirements
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- Pharm
- Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
- Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
- Understanding of pharmacy and related healthcare industry, legislation, regulation and challenges
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
- Pharmaceutical product knowledge
- Computer proficiency (MS office)
- Competencies
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- Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
- Attention to detail
- Resilience
- Motivating and developing people
- Engaging diversity
- Verbal & written communication skills
- Influencing skills
- Building relationships
- Customer responsiveness
- Organisational awareness
- Excellence orientation
- Ethical behaviour
- Action orientation
- Karabo.Kolokoto@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Thursday, March 13, 2025
Internal applicants - Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Explore our vacancies and find the right opportunity for you. Download the application form and email to the relevant contact person specified in the job advertisement.
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.