• Reference Number : REFS/023537
• Directorate : PHARMACY
• Number of Posts : 4

• Package : R 848 862.00 PER ANNUM (ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGE)
• Enquiries : Dr N Soma Tel No (011)933-8141/ 0269 Email - Rirhandzu.Mmatli@gauteng.gov.za / Tel No 011 933 8174

Requirements :

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm Degree) or equivalent qualification accredited by the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) that allows registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist. Registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist and current registration for 2025. (RSA: No experience required after registration as Pharmacist with the SAPC.

Duties :

• The provision of pharmaceutical care for patients at the hospitals. Evaluation of the patient medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety, and effectiveness of the prescribed therapy. Dispensing of medicines or scheduled substance as prescribed according to hospital Standard Operating Procedures. Furnishing of information and advice to any person with regards to the safe and effective use of the medicine. Determining compliance of therapy and necessarily follow up to ensure the patient’s medicine-related needs are met. Comply with standard operating procedures and statutory regulations (GPP, GMP, and PFMA). Provide comprehensive patient counselling and liaise with clinicians to ensure best therapeutic outcomes. Monitor patient treatment adherence and appropriate use of chronic medicines. Stock Control and correct handling and storage medicines. Consulting with medical officers to ensure compliance to standard treatment guidelines and EML. Providing in-service training, promoting the rational and safe use of medicines, and monitoring availability of essential medicines. Supervising of pharmacist assistants and Interns. Promote Public health, quality priorities, and Batho Pele Principles. Ensure safekeeping of pharmaceuticals, implementing measures to prevent fruitless and wasteful expenditure. Deputize for the senior pharmacists. Be available for on call after hours services as scheduled. Perform all duties within the scope of practice of a pharmacist. Evaluate and manage staff performance and development within your area. Ensure that section 21 medicine procedures are adhered to by health professionals and schedule 5 and 6 drug registers are balanced and maintained.

Notes :

• Applications should be submitted strictly online at the following E-Recruitment portal: http://jobs.gauteng.gov.za. No hand-delivered, faxed, or emailed applications will be accepted. For assistance with online applications please email your query to healthjobqueries@gauteng.gov.za . NB: Where Driver’s Licence is mandatory, exception will be granted for people with disabilities. Application should be accompanied by a fully completed and signed new Z83 application form obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet at www.dpsa.gov.za/documents plus a recently updated comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV), Registration Certificate with relevant professional body (HPCSA) and a proof of current registration (Annual Practicing Certificate/Card). Applications without proof of a new Z83 application form, a detailed CV, registration certificate and a proof of current registration card/certificate with relevant professional body will be disqualified. (Shortlisted candidates will receive communication from HR to submit certified copies of educational qualifications and other relevant documents not older than 6 months on or before the day of the interview). It is the applicant’s responsibility to have foreign qualifications evaluated by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). All foreign qualification must be accompanied by evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA). Correspondence will only be limited to shortlisted candidates. If you have not been contacted within 3 months of the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful. Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test. The recommended candidate may be subjected to Medical Surveillance as required by the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 5/1993. It is Department’s intention to promote representivity (race, gender, and disability) in the Public Service through the filling of these posts. The Department reserves the right not to appoint/fill this post. WOMEN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Closing Date : 24-10-2025

Please Notes :

• Due to the large number of applications we envisage receiving, applications will not be acknowledged. If you do not receive any response within 3 months, please accept that your application was not successful.