Locum Wholesale Pharmacist

Advert reference: click_012317
Advert status: Online
- **Position Summary**:
**Industry**:Wholesale & Retail Trade

**Job category**:Dispensing/Pharmacy

**Location**:Roodepoort

**Contract**:Fixed Term Contract

**EE position**:Yes

**Brand**:Clicks Group

**Introduction**:
We are looking to recruit a Locum Wholesale Pharmacist to work for United Pharmaceutical Distributors (UPD). The role will be based at the Roodepoort, Lea Glen branch and will report to the Responsible and Compliance Pharmacist. This a weekend locum position Fri am - Mon am.

**Job description**:

- Main Purpose of the Job:

- To ensure compliance with the Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965 and the Pharmacy Act, Act 53 or 1974 as amended, as relates to the receipt, storage and destruction of S6 products as well as the balancing of registers for S5 and S6 products, and as relates to the invoicing, assembly, packing and distribution of and any administration functions required for S6 Medicines for UPD wholesale.
- To perform the functions of a pharmacist to enable the company to ensure that there is continuous Pharmacist supervision of premises during operating hours and where necessary act as a locum for other pharmacists employed by the company and to be a member of the on call Pharmacist team in the event of a customer requiring emergency life saving medicines.
- To assist the Responsible and Compliance Pharmacist with other Pharmaceutical requirements, including but not limited to GWP/GDP/GMP adherence, preparing and updating SOP’s, conducting self inspection audits, conducting staff training, acting as a tutor for pharmacist assistants and preparing for audits by third parties.

Key Performance Areas:

- To ensure compliance with the Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965 the Pharmacy Act, Act 53 or 1974 as amended, as relates to the receipt, storage, return for credit and destruction of S6 products as well as the balancing of registers for S5 and S6 products, and as relates to the invoicing, assembly, packing and distribution of and any administration functions required for S6 Medicines for UPD wholesale.
- To perform the functions of a pharmacist to enable the company to ensure that there is continuous Pharmacist supervision of premises during operating hours and where necessary act as a locum for other pharmacists employed by the company and to be a member of the on call Pharmacist team in the event of a customer requiring emergency life saving medicines.
- To assist the Responsible and Compliance Pharmacist with other Pharmaceutical requirements, including but not limited to GWP/GDP/GMP adherence, preparing and updating SOP’s, conducting self inspection audits, conducting staff training, acting as a tutor for pharmacist assistants and preparing for audits by third parties.

Quality Outputs of the Job:

**Duties**: To ensure compliance with the Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965 and the Pharmacy Act, Act 53 or 1974 as amended, as relates to the receipt, storage, return for credit and destruction of, and balancing of registers for S5 and S6 products, and as relates to the invoicing, assembly, packing and distribution of and any administration functions required for S6 products for UPD wholesale.
- Understand the requirements of the Medicines and Related Substances Act, Act 101 of 1965 and Pharmacy Act, Act 53 of 1974 as amended and keep up-to-date with amendments to these Acts.
- Receive S6 products from receiving department, perform all receiving fine checking functions and ensure that these products are correctly packed away into the correct storage bin. Check that Grns for S6 products are correctly and accurately captured.
- Ensure that S6 medicines/substances in UPD wholesale are safely and effectively stored.
- Receive customer orders, check the legality of orders and assemble, check and pack orders for Schedule 6 product for UPD Wholesale.
- Ensure that all customer orders are picked, checked and packed in terms of UPD SOP’s, and are easily identifiable, and are picked and checked correctly, accurately and timeously according to the stipulated dispatch and delivery cut off times and that the quality of the picking process is checked and maintained.
- Ensure that all original S6 orders forms are returned within 7 days, attached to the pick slip and filed for easy retrieval.
- Ensure that the SOP is implemented where the forms are not received.
- Perform weekly cycle counts and daily cycle counts, where required, to ensure that the stock on hand of Schedule 6 (HFD) is correct and balances and that registers are properly maintained and balanced.
- Perform daily counts on identified high risk products and investigate any discrepancies.
- Manage the process for the destruction of damaged, unsalable and unsafe stock and maintain the documentation required to confirm destruction of these products for UPD Wholesale.
- Obtain check and file computer generated Schedule 5 and S