Jobs at Dischem – Pharmacist

  • Full Time
  • Benoni

Website Dis-Chem Pharmacies

Job Description:

Dis-Chem Pharmacies require the services of a reputable Pharmacist for their Lakeside Mall store. Your portfolio will cover the provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for patients’ medicine-related needs, and being accountable for meeting these needs.

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Job Responsibilities:

  • Keep abreast of changes in medical aid procedures and requirements for claims and dispensing
  • Explain all medical aid costs to patients
  • Correct errors on scripts rejected by medical aid
  • Provision of pharmaceutical care by taking responsibility for patients’ medicine-related needs, and being accountable for meeting those needs, which shall include, but not be limited to the following functions:
  • Follow up with patients regarding script tacking reports as requested by the Dispensary Manager, and follow up appointments
  • The manufacturing of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
  • Dispensing of any medicine or scheduled substance on the prescription of a person authorised to prescribe medicine
  • Ensure authorisation of chronic, HIV and AIDS, and oncology medication
  • The provision of pharmacist-initiated therapy
  • Furnishing of information and advice to any person with regard to the use medicine
  • Accurately interpret scripts and act in a professional and responsible manner, and within the legal requirements in accordance with the SAPC
  • The purchasing, acquiring, importing, keeping, possessing, using, releasing, storage, packaging, re-packaging, supplying or selling of any medicine or scheduled substance, or supervision thereof
  • Process all paperwork for accurate submission of claims to medical aids
  • Maintain customer profiles on the system
  • Determining patient compliance with the therapy, and follow-up to ensure that the patient’s medicine-related needs are being met
  • Evaluation of a patient’s medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety and effectiveness of the therapy
  • The compounding, manipulation, preparation or packaging of any medicine or scheduled substance, or the supervision thereof
  • The application for the registration of a medicine in accordance with the Medicines Act and Pharmacy Act

Job Requirements:

  • Strong command of the English language and a second language
  • Ability to train other staff members
  • Grade 12 / Matric
  • Registered tutor
  • Conflict management
  • Sound numerical skills
  • Knowledge of Retail/ FMCG operations
  • Experience in supervising staff
  • Supervisor experience, and able to lead by example
  • Computer literate – MS Office
  • BPharm / equivalent qualification
  • Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC)
  • Drug and family planning, and complementary medicine
  • Knowledge of or experience in Unisolv, SAP and E-Scripting
  • 3rd Additional Language
  • Unisolv experience
  • Good communication skills, listening
  • Customer service/focus
  • Strong attention to detail
  • English and second language – Read, write and speak
  • Basic dosing and important drug interaction

Job Details:

Company: Dis-Chem Pharmacies

Vacancy Type:  Full Time

Job Location: Benoni

Application Deadline: N/A

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