Pharmacy Assistant:

Requirements

Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant qualification that allows registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic). Current registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic) (2026/2027). Grade 1: Experience: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) 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. Knowledge And Skills: Own discipline, Knowledge of relevant legislations, regulations, policies implementation and information management, quality assurance and improvement programmes, communication and problem solving, computer literacy, stress tolerance objectiveness and empathy. Acquaintance with standard operating procedures and health care standards treatment guidelines, work effectively as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities

Assist with the delivery of a good pharmaceutical service to patients. Provide instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied (not counselling). Receiving and unpacking of received of stock. Assist with the ordering of medicine and scheduled substances up to schedule under supervision. Assist with the distribution of pharmacy stock (Schedule 0 -6). Checking stock and cleaning of shelves. Checking of expired stock, stock levels and stock taking. Maintenance of pharmacy hygiene. Pre-packing or re-packing. Provide pharmacy related tasks (statistics, records, registers, stock cards, customer care and answering of phones).

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