Senior Pharmacist

Function

Pharmacy

Facility

Life Eugene Marais Hospital

Position

Senior Pharmacist

Introduction

A vacancy exists for a Senior Pharmacist based at Life Eugene Marais Hospital, reporting to Pharmacy Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing and co- ordinating the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment to achieve hospital and company strategic objectives.

Critical Outputs

Effective medication risk management

• Ensure 100% reporting of medication adverse events, conduct comprehensive root cause analyses, and implement appropriate corrective and preventative actions, including incident review processes where required.
• Perform quarterly trend analyses of medication-related incidents, develop action plans in collaboration with the Pharmacy Manager, and adjust interventions to ensure sustained effectiveness.
• Report all ethical stock shortages affecting patient care, investigate underlying causes, implement remedial actions, and conduct quarterly trend analyses to prevent recurrence.
• Regularly review pharmacy medication management processes, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement best-practice solutions to strengthen medication safety and risk management.
• Develop and execute implementation plans for pharmacy policies and procedures, identify compliance gaps through Quality Management System (QMS) reviews, and drive corrective actions to achieve and maintain compliance.
• Promote a culture of continuous quality improvement and patient safety through effective monitoring, reporting, and risk mitigation strategies.

Quality, Legal & Professional

• Ensure all professional staff work in their scope of practice
• Assist with preparation of various audits- SAPC, MSA, OHSC, EMS 

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

• Maintaining adequate stock coverage in line with agreed inventory targets to ensure continuity of patient care and operational efficiency.
• Proactively communicating with doctors, theatre teams, and ward staff regarding suitable alternative products during supplier out-of-stock situations.
• Ensuring compliance with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) processes and ethical pharmaceutical product management standards.
• Reviewing and managing dead stock reports, implementing strategies to reduce obsolete and slow-moving stock in accordance with agreed targets.
• Participating in cycle counts and stock takes to ensure compliance with governance and control requirements.
• Assist with investigating stock variances, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective and preventative actions to improve inventory accuracy and accountability on ethical products.
• Supporting effective inventory optimisation, minimising stock losses, and ensuring compliance with organisational policies and best practices.

Effective product management

• Actively managing pharmaceutical cost of sales in line with revenue targets and approved budgets.
• Leading the implementation of new formulary initiatives and regularly reviewing non-formulary purchases to ensure alignment with approved formulary standards.
• Monitoring and managing purchasing practices to improve product utilisation, standardisation, and cost efficiency.
• Ensuring pharmaceutical stock is procured from preferred suppliers in accordance with Life Healthcare procurement agreements and approved supply-chain strategies.
•  Collaborating with operational and clinical stakeholders to support sustainable inventory management and maximise value through effective procurement practices.

Requirements

• B.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

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Attention to detail
• Resilience
• Motivating and developing people
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Influencing skill
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Action orientation

Email

Zaanri.Keys@lifehealthcare.co.za

Closing date

Friday, July 24, 2026