Locum Pharmacist

Faircape Health Institute, Tokai Estate is a leading Sub-Acute Care and Rehabilitation Centre situated in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. We provide restorative care and rehabilitation for patients recovering from a variety of medical conditions, including Medical, Neurological, Orthopaedic, Surgical and Respite care requirements.

Our world-class healthcare environment bridges the gap between hospital and home, supporting patients throughout their recovery journey. Through a highly collaborative Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) comprising doctors, nurses, therapists and pharmacists, we strive to deliver exceptional clinical outcomes and patient-centred care.

We are seeking a Locum Pharmacist to assist our team at Tokai Estate. This role will primarily provide weekend cover, with occasional weekday shifts available based on operational requirements.

This opportunity is ideal for a pharmacist who enjoys working in a fast-paced clinical environment and would like to contribute to a well-established multidisciplinary team. You will play a key role in ensuring the safe and effective management of medication while supporting patients through their rehabilitation and recovery journey.

The successful candidate will provide professional pharmaceutical services to both in-patient and out-patient populations while ensuring compliance with all relevant legislative and professional standards.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Dispensing of any medicine on authorised prescriptions (in-patients and out-patients)
• Evaluation of a patient's medicine-related needs, ensuring safe medication distribution and provide advice to any person with regard to the use of medicine
• Preparation or packaging of any medicine or scheduled substance or the supervision thereof
• Managing and overseeing of regular stock takes and ensuring that stock areas are well organised
• Prescription monitoring to ensure that prescribing and administration of medicines are monitored regularly and to ensure compliance is adhered to
• Ensure billing of any items issued is completed and up to date (including in-patient and out-patient accounts)
• Ensuring medical aid authorization of chronic medication for out-patients has been received
• Report on medication discrepancies/ errors, and adverse drug reactions
• Ensure that the Good Pharmacy Practice guidelines and pharmacy procedures are adhered to.
• Provide regular feedback to management with regard to any new developments or concerns within the pharmacy
• Train and provide support to pharmacist staff as well as nursing staff when requires

Requirements
Qualifications - BPharm and SAPC registered with relevant experience.

Experience and Knowledge -

• Proven experience as a Pharmacist
• Medication Management experience
• Propharm and Clinic Manager experience would be advantageous
• Hospital experience will be advantageous.
• Able to carry out all dispensing activities as per SAPC.

Skills and Attributes

• Strong understanding of pharmacology, drug interactions, dosages and pharmaceutical sciences
• Regulatory compliance
• Good understanding of the private healthcare industry and its challenges
• Excellent decision-making skills
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently under pressure
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ethical integrity
• Understand great patient care.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional communication.
• Computer proficiency
• Professional and focused
• Well presented and professional.
• Business Acumen

Specific Requirements:

• Clear health record
• Clear criminal record
• Clear credit record
• Written references

Working Hours

This is primarily a locum position providing cover over weekends. Weekend shifts: 08h00 – 13h00

Should weekday cover be required, working hours will be 09h00 – 18h00 as rostered and communicated in advance.

To see more about Faircape and what we have to offer go and look at our informative website -Tokai Estate Healthcare Website

Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.