Vacancies

Stock Controller Snr | Theatre

Function
Stock Controller
Facility
Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital
Position
Stock Controller Snr | Theatre
Introduction

A Vacancy exists for a Senior Stock Controller based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital, reporting the Inventory Manager. The successful candidates will be responsible for ensuring quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards. A key part of the role will be ensuring optimal stock management in all units through effective interdepartmental liaising, communication and administrative support to the pharmacy team.

Critical Outputs

Effective medication safety management

  • Report 100% of theatre alerts and incidents

Effective quality management systems

  • Ensure compliance to LHC Quality management systems.
  • Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards
  • Ensure customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.
  • Capturing and handling of product complaints
  • Implementing and maintaining LHC formulary

Effective product management

  • Participate in the active management of cost of sales.
  • Build effective working relationships with nursing staff.
  • Manage non recoverable usage

Effective asset management

  • Management of the theatre stock room
  • Managing the procurement, control and distribution of stock within the theatre complex
  • Participate in achieving stock targets i.e. stock days, dead stock, stock variances
  • Excellent stock-take knowledge with good management of short dated stock
  • Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy
  • Manage and minimize stock write offs
  • Management of unreconciled liabilities
  • Ensure correct ordering, issuing, timeous receipting and crediting of stock
  • Management of negative stock
  • Achieve optimal system utilization.

Effective people management

  • Ensure good communication with nursing staff and doctors
  • Good inter-personal skills
Requirements
  • Grade 12 National Senior Certificate.
  • A minimum of three years’ hospital experience in a theatre environment is required
  • Good sound working knowledge of SAP
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) is essential.
  • Experience within inventory management/stock management or relevant experience within a pharmaceutical environment
  • Knowledge of inventory control, processes, procedures and practices
  • A person who is result orientated, pays attention to detail, and has excellent interpersonal as well as excellent communication skills.
  • Customer focus, a commitment towards continuous improvement, the ability to work independently and the management of time is required.
  • Willingness to work overtime, afterhours and weekends also required.
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Private Healthcare experience will be advantageous
Competencies
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
  • Resilience
  • Engaging diversity
  • Verbal & written communication and presentation
  • Ethical behavior
  • Influencing
  • Action orientation
  • Excellence orientation
  • Organizational awareness
  • Building relationships
  • Customer responsiveness
  • Drive & energy
Email
Wilgeheuwel.Recruitment@lifehealthcare.co.za
Closing date
Thursday, April 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.


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