- Introduction
- A vacancy exists for a Pharmacist based at Life St George’s Hospital reporting to Adaire Begley, Senior Pharmacist. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that the quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.
- Critical Outputs
- Effective medication safety management
- Report 100% of medication incidents and develop and implement remedial actions as appropriate.
- Report 100% of pharmacy alerts and develop and implement remedial action and complete a trends analysis quarterly.
Effective quality management systems
- Participate in the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality management systems.
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.
- Participate in achieving required customer service levels in theatre and wards.
- Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.
Effective financial management
- Participate in achieving hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.
Effective product management
- Participate in the active management of cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.
- Build effective working relationships with doctors.
Effective asset management
- Participate in achieving stock targets.
- Achieve optimal system utilisation.
Effective people management
- Participate in Pharmacist Intern and Pharmacist Assistant programmes as appropriate.
- Requirements
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- Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm
- Relevant clinical knowledge and experience 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)
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
- Ability to work shift patterns
- Competencies
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- 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
- zama.kondlo@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Closing date
- Sunday, August 28, 2022
Please specify the position you are applying for when submitting your CV.
Internal applicants – Before making an application, you are requested to discuss your application with your line manager. External candidates will also be considered.
Life Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Life Healthcare has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy in place which requires all employees to be COVID-19 vaccinated
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.
Our purpose
Life, health and care are enshrined in everything we do. We carry this emphasis through in our dedication to well-being and quality of life, clinical excellence in world-class facilities, quality service, respect and a spirit of giving to those entrusted to our care. With life at the core of everything we do, the critical components of health and care hold everything together. Our purpose is making life better. And we fulfil that purpose by means of our compassionate and patient-centric approach.
Our vision
Our crystal-clear vision allows us to constantly move in the right direction: our vision is to be a market-leading, international, diversified healthcare provider. We are able to realise this vision as we support it with our four strategic pillars:
1. Growth
Grow our South African business, establish a sizeable international business, and diversify our sources of revenue.
2. Efficiency
Deliver cost-effective care by means of efficient, optimal utilisation of resources and processes.
3. Quality
Deliver market-leading quality care.
4. Sustainability
Effectively engage with our stakeholders to ensure our long-term sustainability.
Our mission
We improve the lives of people by means of the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective care. We are always striving to do our best, and a good sign of our performance is our patient satisfaction, and our care is infused with layers of compassion, enabling us to grow.
Our values form the cornerstone of how we behave – they are the essence of our culture and the unifying beliefs that connect us.
Our five core values
- Passion for people: those that are the life of our business
- Qe – quality to the power of ‘e’ (ethics, excellence, empowerment, empathy, energy)
- Performance pride: we act for the right reasons, with quality in mind
- Personal care: adding the human touch
- Lifetime partnerships: with our patients at the very centre
Thoughtfulness goes a long way, so we aim to leave a lasting impression of understanding, of meeting patients’ needs, and really listening to them.