Pharmacist Intern

About this role

Netcare is hiring a Pharmacist Intern for its hospital in Vaalpark, Gauteng. You will work under the supervision of a registered pharmacist, helping to get medicines to patients and to the wider healthcare team.

What you’ll do

• Help dispense hospital and retail prescriptions, and record them correctly.
• Explain how medicines are used, their side effects, interactions and safe storage to patients and staff.
• Support the handling of oncology drugs, scheduled medicines, and the preparation or repacking of medicines, following hospital policy.
• Help control stock, including reordering, counting, expiry checks and stock takes. Tell doctors and wards when items are out of stock and suggest alternatives.
• Help reduce costs per event, for example by encouraging generic medicines where suitable.
• Carry out monthly pharmaceutical audits on your allocated wards and take part in ward rounds when needed.
• Look up reliable drug information and answer medicine queries quickly and accurately.

What you need

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

Is this job for you?

This job suits a newly qualified pharmacy graduate who wants supervised, hands-on experience in a busy hospital. You should enjoy patient contact, be careful with detail and be happy working closely with a team.

Tips before you apply

• Have your B.Pharm certificate, academic transcript and proof of SAPC registration ready to upload.
• On your CV, show any hospital, dispensing or pharmacy practice you have done, and point out where you handled stock or counselled patients.
• Use examples to show your teamwork and your care for patients, since Netcare places strong value on both.

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