Pharmacist Assistant

Faircape Health is a leading private healthcare provider in the Western Cape with over 300 beds, offering on-site Healthcare Centres at all of our Faircape Life retirement villages as well as a Health Rehabilitation Centre at Tokai Estate.

Our extensively trained staff and comprehensive activity programmes enable the provision of frail, dementia, palliative care, restorative care and rehabilitation to patients in a safe and secure environment.

We are seeking a **Pharmacist Assistant / Stock Controller** to effectively and efficiently manage and maintain stock levels and stock control in the pharmacy store room, dispensary and ward stock room to ensure all targets set regarding stock and stock control are achieved for the hospital.

**Duties will include the following, but not limited to**:

- Effective stock control of all ethical and surgical stock in the pharmacy, dispensary, wards and theatre;
- Ensure set targets achieved monthly and at stocktake for Stock Days, Dormant Stock, Negative Stock, Consumables PPD, Expired/Damaged Stock, Standardisation and Outstanding Invoices to purchases;
- Build and maintain good working relationships with all role players in the hospital as well as with our service providers;
- Ensure follow up on back orders and ordering of stock;
- Ensure correct unpacking and checking of all stock received;
- Measure and evaluate stock activity levels for stock and re-ordering purposes;
- Maintain stock at agreed value targets (stock days);
- Ensure that expiry dates are checked and managed regularly(quarterly) and ensure the timeous return to suppliers and/or write off of stock;
- Eliminate slow moving and redundant stock by means of constant communication with doctors, nursing staff, pharmacy and other stock controllers in the group;
- Conduct daily, weekly and monthly cyclical counts for inventory management and control purposes;
- Ensure all required transactions are completed by Close of Business on the last day of each month;
- Ensure correct CSA requirements are met in regard to replenishments, external ICT’s (to other hospitals), internal ICT’s (30’s items), stock transfers, goods receiving, upliftment of stock and consumable transfer;
- Coordinate all queries regarding the daily replenishment;
- Assist stock assistants with any stock queries;
- Control of consumable cost of wards and theatres;
- Investigate the negative stock list weekly and ensure that all link codes are up to date;
- Purchase stock according to needs and within preferred structures;
- Ensure daily accurate and correct billing of charge sheets, picking of stock and capturing of replenished stock.
- Ensure that the replenishment report to the ward is generated daily, checked and signed for correctness by Nursing Dept. and returned to the pharmacy for filing;
- Oversee central store room and assist with any queries;
- Ensure tasks are completed within the timeframes;
- Manage associated administrative tasks;
- Assist with any ad hoc duties assigned by the Pharmacy Manager.

**Qualifications**
- Grade 12 or equivalent NQF 4 certificate.
- QPB Pharmacy Assistant Qualification

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Previous experience in stock management.
- Intermediate computer literacy.
- Clinic Manager / Propharm experience
- Knowledge and experience of pharmaceutical stock control systems.

**Skills and Attributes**:

- Dependable, responsible, and good communication skills
- Good decision making skills
- Strong organising and planning skills
- Ethical and integrity
- Well presented and professional
- Well-spoken and presentable
- Ability to adapt and manage change
- Attention to detail
- Team player
- Computer literate

**Specific Requirements**:

- Own reliable transport and valid driver's licence
- Clear health record
- Clear criminal record
- Clear credit record
- Contactable references
- Vaccinated against covid-19 or prepared to be vaccinated prior to commencing job

Normal working days are Mondays to Fridays from 08H00 - 17H00.

We are offering a salary starting from R 18 000 to R 20 000 Cost to Company per month depending on experience, skills and attributes..