PHARMACY MANAGER

SUMMARY:
PHARMACY MANAGER

POSITION INFO:

Pharmacy Manager

Cape Town (Southern Suburbs)

Reporting to Hospital Manager

The successful candidate will be responsible for the management of the Pharmacy services within the hospital environment by ensuring that quality pharmaceutical services, financial objectives, legislative compliance and people management requirements are achieved to the required standards.

Critical Outputs:

• Effective medication safety management
• Implement Pharmacy best operating practice related to medication safety management with the objective of reducing medication incidents to below target
• Achieve required pharmacy alert reporting and develop and implement relevant remedial actions
• Effective quality management systems
• Drive the implementation and compliance to Quality management systems
• Ensure compliance with SAPC, DOH and legal and professional standards
• Achieve required customer service levels in theatre and wards
• Implement customer satisfaction and pharmacy quality initiatives
• Effective financial management
• Achieve hospital budgeted financial measures relating to pharmacy
• Actively manage the cost of sales of pharmaceuticals in line with revenue and budget
• Drive identified growth opportunities
• Effective product management
• Communicate and implement pharmaceutical product conversions
• Identify and communicate cost saving opportunities for product conversion and utilisation
• Build effective working relationships with doctors
• Effective asset management
• Achieve stock targets
• Effective systems management
• Ensure optimum system utilisation
• Utilise and action management information and report appropriately
• Effective people management
• Recruit, retain, motivate and develop staff according to people policies and practices
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour in team

Requirements:

• B.Pharm / Dip.Pharm / B.Sc Pharm and current registration with South African Pharmacy Council
• Relevant Managerial experience in Private Hospital would be an advantage
• Registration as a Tutor with South African Pharmacy Council desirable.
• Relevant clinical knowledge and experience to the critical outputs
• Understanding of SA healthcare industry as it relates to Pharmacy and key role-players
• Understanding of operating structures and relationships within a hospital environment
• Current pharmaceutical product knowledge as well as knowledge of pharmaceutical legislation
• Proven leadership and people management experience
• Basic financial management and numeric ability
• Computer proficiency (MS office)

Competencies:

• Strategic Thinking
• Leading by example
• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience, drive & energy
• Engaging diversity
• Influencing skills
• Business insight
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Building relationships & networking
• Customer responsiveness
• Verbal & written communication skills
• Motivating and developing people

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