Essential
Minimum Requirements:
- Grade 12 / Matric
- BPharm / equivalent qualification
- Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC)
- Registered tutor
- Unisolv experience
- Experience in supervising staff
- Computer literate MS Office
- Sound numerical skills
- Strong command of the English language and a second language
- Relevant retail/ FMCG experience
- Third additional language
- SAP experience
- E-scripting experience
Acts & services especially pertaining to a Pharmacist:
- Provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for patients medicine-related needs, and being accountable for meeting those needs, which shall include, but not be limited to the following functions:
- Evaluation of a patients medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety and effectiveness of the therapy
- Accurately interpret scripts and act in a professional and responsible manner, and within the legal requirements in accordance with the SAPC
- Correct errors on scripts rejected by medical aid
- Dispensing of any medicine or scheduled substance on the prescription of a person authorised to prescribe medicine
- Furnishing of information and advice to any person with regard to the use medicine
- Determining patient compliance with the therapy, and follow-up to ensure that the patients medicine-related needs are being met
- The provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy
- The compounding, manipulation, preparation or packaging of any medicine or scheduled substance, or the supervision thereof
- The manufacturing of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
- The purchasing, acquiring, importing, keeping, possessing, using, releasing, storage, packaging, re-packaging, supplying or selling of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
- The application for the registration of a medicine in accordance with the Medicines Act and Pharmacy Act
- Keep abreast of changes in medical aid procedures and requirements for claims and dispensing
- Follow up with patients regarding script tacking reports as requested by the Dispensary Manager, and follow up appointments
- Explain all medical aid costs to patients
- Process all paperwork for accurate submission of claims to medical aids
- Ensure authorisation of chronic, HIV and AIDS, and oncology medication
- Maintain customer profiles on the system
- Merge profiles locally, and UCS should be notified to merge profiles centrally
- Take note of any messages on the customer profile, and take suitable action
- Report on low / out of stock levels, and stock errors to the Dispensary Manager
- Facilitate biannual stock takes
- Exercise stock, cash and asset control
Essential:
- English and second language Read, write and speak
- Good communication skills, listening
- Basic dosing and important drug interaction
- Customer service/focus
- Supervisor experience, and able to lead by example
- Ability to train other staff members
- Conflict management
- Strong attention to detail
- Sound numerical skills
- Problem-solving
- Team player
- Trustworthy and honest
- Time management
- Able to deal with pressure
- Computer literate MS Office
- Knowledge of Retail/ FMCG operations
- 3rd Additional Language
- Knowledge of or experience in Unisolv, SAP and E-Scripting
- Drug and family planning, and complementary medicine
- Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council
- Willing and able to work retail hours
- Controlled room temperature, security, limited space, health and safety, risk stock
- Physically fit and able to stand for long periods
- Valid drivers license and own reliable transport
- South African citizen
- Clear credit and criminal records
- Market-related salary
- Monthly and annual pay
Dis-Chem Pharmacies is an equal opportunity employer. Dis-Chems approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process aligned to Dis-Chems Employment Equity & Transformation Strategy. Dis-Chem actively supports the recruitment of People with Disabilities.
