Dispensary Assistant (Hospital Pharmacy)

Patients at a community retail pharmacy in Tembisa rely on you to get the right medicine into the right hands. It's the kind of job where doing the basics well every day gets you noticed.

This post is Tembisa-based, with most of your time spent at a community retail pharmacy. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Prepare monthly chronic packs for collection or courier delivery
• Record cold-chain fridge temperatures twice a day
• Log Schedule 5 and 6 items in the register as they go out
• Pick, count and label medicine for the pharmacist's final check
• Receive stock, check expiry dates and pack shelves first-expiry-first-out

• Friendly and clear at a busy counter
• Accurate with numbers and careful with labels
• Matric with Maths or Maths Literacy
• SAPC registration as a Pharmacist's Assistant (Basic or Post-Basic)
• Able to work Saturdays and some Sundays on a rotation
• Working knowledge of a dispensing system such as Unisolv, Proscript or Healthbridge-linked software

• Registered for the Post-Basic qualification if you currently hold Basic
• Wound care or family planning counselling short course
• Experience in a courier or chronic medication pharmacy

• Sponsored Post-Basic studies for Basic assistants
• Paid SAPC registration fees at some groups
• Staff discount on pharmacy and front-shop items

• Mention your daily script volume, such as "dispensed 150+ scripts a day"; it shows you can handle pressure.
• If you're still a learner, give the name of your training pharmacy and your expected completion date.