Hospital Pharmacy Manager - Cape Town, South Africa - GRACE YOUR HR NEEDS

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We are looking for an efficient pharmacy manager to ensure smooth daily operations at our hospital. In this role, your duties will include managing prescriptions, controlling the hospital's inventory, and executing supply and shipment orders. You will also be required to oversee hospital personnel.


To ensure success as a pharmacy manager, you should demonstrate experience in managing a hospital and compliance with best hospital practices.

Pharmacy managers are qualified pharmacists with a customer-oriented approach.


Pharmacy manager Responsibilities:


  • Overseeing sales assistants, cashiers, shelf stockers, and other hospital employees.
  • Preparing drugs and executing prescription orders for collection or delivery.
  • Ordering hospital supplies and controlling the inventory on a daily basis.
  • Enforcing best practice protocols when storing prescription drugs and controlled substances.
  • Verifying prescription details with the healthcare specialists who prescribed them, when required.
  • Advising customers about the recommended use, dosage, and possible sideeffects of medication.
  • Maintaining an approved drug and controlled substances list and verifying expiry dates.
  • Monitoring product displays and shelves, as well as the general appearance of the hospital.
  • Addressing customers' requests and complaints.
  • Appointing and training new hospital employees and scheduling shifts.

Pharmacy manager Requirements:


  • A doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD) accredited by the accreditation council for hospital education.
  • A bachelor's degree in business administration, or an equivalent qualification preferred.
  • Stateapproved license to practice as a pharmacist.
  • Demonstrable experience in a managerial capacity at a hospital.
  • Indepth knowledge of the pharmacological uses and side effects of prescription drugs and controlled substances.
  • Advanced knowledge of protocols regulating the safe storage of prescription drugs and controlled substances.
  • Exceptional communication skills in advising customers and managing employees.
  • Ability to proactively follow up any irregularities with scripts processed at the hospital.
  • Competency in hospital management software
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent


Salary:
R60, R70,000.00 per month


Application Question(s):

  • Have you worked in a hospital pharmacy ?

Education:


  • Doctorate (preferred)

Experience:


  • Pharmaceutical: 8 years (required)
Application Deadline: 2023/08/11

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