Pharmacist (12 Month Fixed Term Sessional Contract - Wits Health Consortium)

SUMMARY:
Background:

• Wits Health Consortium (Pty) Limited ("WHC") is a wholly-owned Company of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (South Africa) under its Faculty of Health Sciences
• WHC provides Faculty with a legal framework within which to operate the research and other activities necessary to support its academic objectives
• In addition, WHC offers a range of products and services to Academics

POSITION INFO:
Main purpose of the job:

• To perform all duties of a Pharmacist for the Clinical Trials in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures and GCP, sponsor requirements and local (South African) Regulatory requirements
• To collaborate or work together and support the study team at Department of Cardiology, CHBAH

• Bara Cardiology - Chris Hani Baragwanath, Soweto

• To ensure any pharmacy related problems identified in an access programme are immediately brought to the attention of the Programme/Project Manager where applicable
• To be the primary liaison for allocated access programmes with the Study/Study PI and/or Programme/Project
• Manager where applicable, for any pharmacy related issues
• To ensure that medication (treatment/study drug) is ordered, received, dispensed, returned and destroyed appropriately according to specific sponsor/study requirements and to ensure that these actions are documented accurately and timeously
• Ensure that drug accountability is done and completed accurately for each subject enrolled in a study according to guidelines and regulations described above
• Ensure that accurate compliance monitoring is done and documented appropriately
• To instruct patients on the proper use of the drugs that they are taking and stress the importance of following these instructions and to take any required corrective actions where problems have been identified
• Contribute to the pharmacy’s expansion plan where required, to assure adequate and effective running of the pharmacy
• Meet with sponsor/programme personnel at regularly intervals and with regulatory personnel at any monitoring/auditing visit(s)
• Develop programme specific and general pharmacy plans in accordance to sponsor/programme requirements
• To evaluation of the patient medicine-related needs by determining the indication, safety, and effectiveness of the prescribed therapy
• To dispensing of medicines or scheduled substance as prescribed according to hospital Standard Operating Procedures
• To determine compliance to therapy and follow up to ensure the patient’s medicine-related needs are met
• To ensure compliance with standard operating procedures and statutory regulations (GPP, GCP, GMP) and to complete all required trainings as required per protocol
• To ensure safekeeping of pharmaceuticals, implementing measures to prevent fruitless and wasteful expenditure

• Qualified Pharmacist
• 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 proof of current registration
• GCP

• Registered with SA Pharmacy Council
• PSSA membership and medical indemnity will be advantageous

• 2 Years experience working as a Pharmacist in a clinical research environment advantageous
• Less experience will be considered

• The candidate must also be able to work in a highly stressful environment, be flexible to come in for meetings or to attend to patients at a reasonable notice period
• Be very organised and they should also possess good time management skills
• Problem solving skills
• Be able to communicate effectively both orally and writing and
• Be attentive to detail as well as computer literate
• GCP training
• With a view to become permanent in the current role as site capacity increases

• Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV
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• Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
• Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
• Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
• Closing date: 11 February 2026
• Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date

• WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
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