Senior Pharmacist

1 week ago


Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa LIFE Healthcare Group Full time

A vacancy exists for a Senior Pharmacist based at Life Kingsbury Hospital, reporting to Nabeel Dudhia, Pharmacy 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

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 together with Pharmacy Manager.
  • 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 antimicrobial stewardship and clinical pharmacy services

  • Enable pharmacy capacity to reach AMS group targets.
  • Enable pharmacy capacity for the provision of quality pharmaceutical care.

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 financial and 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.
  • Manage the improvement of operational efficiencies impacting cost of sales (e.g. open orders, negative stock).
  • Manage pharmacy overheads aligned to the hospital budget.
  • Ensure effective item master and stock location maintenance to support accurate billing.
  • Manage emergency cupboard utilization.

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.
  • Manage product evaluations and complaints.

Effective people management

  • Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices.
  • Participate in LHC intern and pharmacist assistant training programs.
  • Provide direction and inspire positive work behavior in the team.
  • Ensure compliance with LHC WSP requirements.
  • Ensure all pharmacists are compliant with SAPC CPD requirements.
  • Manage poor performance, comply with JPM requirements, and ensure succession planning.
Requirements
  • Pharm degree.
  • Relevant clinical knowledge and experience (3-5 years) 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 skills.
  • Building relationships.
  • Customer responsiveness.
  • Organisational awareness.
  • Excellence orientation.
  • Ethical behaviour.
  • Action orientation.
Contact

Karen Hitzeroth

Tel: 021 670 4037

Email: Karen.hitzeroth@lifehealthcare.co.za

Closing date: Wednesday, February 12, 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.

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