Pharmacy Manager at Life Healthcare in Tshwane

Job Title:     Pharmacy Manager 
Function:     Management
Facility:     Life Eugene Marais Hospital, Tshwane

Introduction:    
A vacancy exists for a Pharmacy Manager based at Life Eugene Marais Hospital , reporting to Johan Joubert, Hospital Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the pharmacy services within the hospital environment by ensuring that quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.


Critical Outputs:    
Effective medication safety management
• Implement pharmacy best operating practice related to medication safety management with the objective of reducing medication incidents to below target.
• Achieve required pharmacy alert reporting and develop and implement relevant remedial actions.
Effective quality management systems
• Drive the implementation and compliance to LHC Quality Management Systems.
• Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and LHC legal and professional standards.
• Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives.
Effective financial management
• Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy.
• Actively manage the cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget.
• Drive identified growth opportunities.
• Communicate and implement LHC pharmaceutical product conversions.
• Identify and communicate cost saving opportunities for product conversion and utilisation.
• Build effective working relationships with doctors.
Effective asset management
• Achieve stock targets.
Effective systems management
• Ensure optimum system utilisation.
• Utilise and action management information on Life Gateway and report appropriately.
Effective people management
• Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to LHC people policies and practices.
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in team.

Requirements:    
• B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm
• Current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
• Understanding of SA healthcare industry as it relates to pharmacy and key role-players
• Understanding of operating structures and relationships within a hospital environment
• Current pharmaceutical product knowledge as well as knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
• Proven leadership and people management experience
• Basic financial management and numeric ability
• Computer proficiency (MS office)
     
Deadline Date: 11.02.2014
How to Apply:

Contact:   

Nadia Matthysen
Hospital Human Resources Manager
Tel: + 27 12 334 2756
Fax: + 27 86 557 3138

Email: Nadia.Matthysen@lifehealthcare.co.za