Experience:

• Grade 1: None after registration as Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post Basic) with the SAPC. Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC Grade 3: A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

• As required by the training facility and the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) plus a Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant qualification that allows registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) (Institutional).

Duties

• Pharmaceutical service delivery according to legislation and scope of practice. Effective medicine supply management (Receiving, storage, control and distribution of pharmaceuticals) including cold chain management in all areas where medications are kept. Provision of health information, adherence counselling and advice on correct usage and storage of medication. Assistance with waste management and rational usage of resources. Compliance with policy and legislative requirements and Good Pharmacy Practice Guidelines. Assistance with the Chronic Dispensing Unit (CDU) processes.