Regional Pharmacy Manager

7 days ago


East London, South Africa Abantu Staffing Solutions Full time

Minimum requirements:

- B. Pharm / Dip.Pharm, and current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council
- 5+ years of management experience
- Sound business acumen
- Excellent interpersonal skills as effective working relationships across functions, hospitals and enabling functions are critical
- Understanding of relevant healthcare legislation
- Computer proficiency
- Driver’s license and ability to travel
- Private hospital experience: advantageous

**Responsibilities**:
**Financial and product management**
- Ensure that the pharmaceutical procure to pay process is aligned to company best practice
- Implement robust processes to ensure optimal commercial sustainability
- Drive purchasing in line with standardized procurement agreements to reduce cost of care
- Drive progress on the pharmacy component of cost-effective quality care initiative implementation
- Identify opportunities for new focus product initiatives to enhance provision of cost-effective care
- Manage pharmacy performance on overheads to budget and drive improvement

**Asset management**
- Consolidate regional progress on all key stock measures and drive improvement to meet regional and group targets
- Ensure optimal management of consignment and loan stock and related controls and processes
- Ensure appropriate system utilisation to support efficiencies in stock management

**Growth**
- Drive regional input into and implementation of growth initiatives as appropriate
- Implement projects and ensure sustainability at business unit level

**Compliance**
- Drive closure of gaps identified during audits e.g. SAPC, stock, etc.
- Review and ensure effective closeout of regional quality ISO9001:2015 audits, complete verification audits and follow up to ensure continuous improvement
- Ensure compliance to the regional pharmacy workplace skills plan and CPD requirements

**Quality management**
- Active participation in regional quality meetings
- Implement customer satisfaction and quality initiatives to enhance service levels and patient outcomes
- Ensure effective implementation of work procedures, quality-earnings and quality-directives to drive best practice in pharmacy
- Together with the regional clinical pharmacist implement medication safety interventions

**People engagement**
- Demonstrate visible leadership aligned with the company values, operating model and strategy
- Build effective working relationships with pharmacy managers, hospital managers, regional functional resources, and other key stakeholders
- Participate in the recruitment and induction of new pharmacy managers and senior pharmacists
- Together with hospital managers agree to a training and development plan for pharmacy managers as appropriate
- Review of pharmacy resourcing requests within the region
- Participate in biannual performance reviews and support performance management as required

**Competencies / Skills**:

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


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