Pharmacy Assistant:

What you will need

• Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant qualification that allows registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic).
• Current registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic) (2026/2027).
• Knowledge And Skills: Own discipline, Knowledge of relevant legislations, regulations, policies implementation and information management, quality assurance and improvement programmes, communication and problem solving, computer literacy, stress tolerance objectiveness and empathy.
• Acquaintance with standard operating procedures and health care standards treatment guidelines, work effectively as part of a team.

Experience

Grade 1 : Experience: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) Grade 2 : A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC. Grade 3 : A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.

Professional registration

Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant qualification that allows registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic). Current registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic) (2026/2027). Grade 1 : Experience: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) Grade 2 : A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC. Grade 3 : A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.

Skills and competencies

• Knowledge And Skills: Own discipline, Knowledge of relevant legislations, regulations, policies implementation and information management, quality assurance and improvement programmes, communication and problem solving, computer literacy, stress tolerance objectiveness and empathy.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with the delivery of a good pharmaceutical service to patients.
• Provide instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied (not counselling).
• Receiving and unpacking of received of stock.
• Assist with the ordering of medicine and scheduled substances up to schedule under supervision.
• Assist with the distribution of pharmacy stock (Schedule 0 -6).
• Checking stock and cleaning of shelves.
• Checking of expired stock, stock levels and stock taking.
• Maintenance of pharmacy hygiene.
• Pre-packing or re-packing.
• Provide pharmacy related tasks (statistics, records, registers, stock cards, customer care and answering of phones).

Additional details

• Grade: Provincial

How to apply

• Enquiries: Me. C Luwes at 082 444 0327
• Telephone: 082 444 0327