About the position
Take the lead in shaping pharmacy services within a busy private hospital in Witbank. This management opportunity is suited to an experienced manager who enjoys balancing clinical excellence, operational performance, and team leadership while ensuring safe, cost-effective pharmaceutical care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement pharmacy best operating practices relating to medication safety management.
- Ensure compliance with SAPC, Department of Health, and all legal and professional standards.
- Drive performance within the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Clinical Pharmacy programmes.
- Promote compliance with the hospital's quality management system.
- Achieve customer service excellence and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Manage pharmacy financial performance and achieve budgeted targets.
- Control pharmaceutical cost of sales in line with revenue and budget requirements.
- Implement pharmaceutical product conversions and identify cost-efficiency opportunities.
- Drive initiatives that enhance cost-effective patient care while maintaining optimal clinical outcomes.
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with doctors and the multidisciplinary hospital team.
- Lead growth, sustainability, and process improvement initiatives.
- Ensure effective stock management and inventory control.
- Provide visible leadership aligned with organisational values and strategic objectives.
- Recruit, develop, motivate, and retain pharmacy staff while managing team performance.
Minimum Requirements:
- Pharm, [URL Removed] or B.Sc Pharmacy qualification.
- Current registration with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC).
- Proven leadership and people management experience is essential.
- Relevant experience within a private hospital pharmacy environment.
- Sound understanding of pharmaceutical legislation, hospital operating structures, and multidisciplinary healthcare environments.
- Strong financial acumen and stock management experience.
- Knowledge of medication safety, antimicrobial stewardship, and clinical pharmacy principles.
- Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office applications.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
Submit your CV to [Email Address Removed] or call [Phone Number Removed];.
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Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates. Should you not hear from us within 4 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Desired Skills:
- Computer proficiency
- stakeholder management
- Pharmacy Manager
