Pharmacist Intern

About this role

Netcare is hiring a Pharmacist Intern at Netcare Akasia Hospital. You will help provide medicines and pharmacy services to patients and the healthcare team. You will work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

What you’ll do

• Dispense hospital and retail prescriptions, and record each dispensing step.
• Advise patients and staff on how to use medicines, possible side effects, contra-indications, drug interactions and safe storage.
• Help prepare, compound and manufacture sterile and non-sterile medicines, and handle oncology drugs and total parenteral nutrition orders under pharmacy procedures.
• Help manage stock: reordering, unpacking, cyclical counts, full stock takes, expiry checks and designated stock areas.
• Support cost control by monitoring drug costs, promoting generic use and conducting monthly pharmaceutical audits in allocated wards.
• Answer medicine queries from doctors and nurses, with clear written records, and tell wards about stock shortages and alternatives.
• Help plan public health awareness campaigns and take part in ward rounds when needed.

What you need

• Essential: B.Pharm degree.
• Essential: Registration with the South African Pharmacy Council.
• Preferred: Intermediate computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• Preferred: Familiarity with standard Netcare practices and procedures.

Is this job for you?

This job suits a newly qualified pharmacy graduate who wants hands-on hospital experience. You should be comfortable with patient contact, accurate record keeping and working as part of a team. You should also be ready to follow strict medicine safety rules.

Tips before you apply

• Have your B.Pharm certificate, your SAPC registration details and your ID ready to upload.
• Show your dispensing, compounding or hospital placement experience on your CV, with clear examples.
• List your Microsoft Office skills and say how you have used them in your studies or past work.

Reference: JR109321