Pharmacist (Permanent - Part Time) Wits Isango Lethemba TB Research Unit

Main purpose of the job:

• Managing a registered pharmacy specializing in clinical research and ensuring that medication is effectively dispensed to clinical trial patients

Location:

• Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha

Key performance areas:

• Manage and maintain a registered pharmacy with SAPC in accordance with ICH GCP and GPP guidelines
• Comply with all relevant national and international legislative and regulatory requirements
• Conduct stock management - ordering, receiving, storage, and destruction of study drugs appropriately and according to specific sponsor/study requirements
• Evaluate, interpret, verify, prepare and dispense prescriptions accurately
• Ensure drug accountability is done and recorded according to study requirements
• Ensure that accurate compliance monitoring is done and documented appropriately
• Provide good clinical advice to participants where necessary
• Maintain excellent recordkeeping of all relevant documentation
• Implement and maintain effective and reliable temperature control procedures
• Manage and oversee correct protocol implementation and adherence to protocol-specific
• Maintain the relevant regulatory files
• Contribute to the pharmacy’s expansion plan where required in order to assure adequate and effective running of the pharmacy
• Meet with sponsor/program personnel at regular intervals and with regulatory personnel at any monitoring/auditing visit(s)
• Develop program-specific and general pharmacy plans in accordance with sponsor/program requirements
• Develop pharmacy-related SOPs
• Supervision of pharmacist assistant/s
• Be the primary liaison for allocated access programs with the study/study PI and/or Programme/Project Manager where applicable, for any pharmacy-related issues

Required minimum education and training:

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy (B. Pharm)
• Certification in Basic HIV and infectious diseases would be advantageous

Professional body registration:

• Registered with the South African Pharmacy Council

Required minimum work experience:

• Previous experience working with HIV and infectious diseases would be advantageous

Desirable additional education, work experience, and personal abilities:

• Exceptional organizational and administrative skills
• Excellent checking and QC skills
• MS Office proficiency
• Good clinical practice (GCP) certification.
• Ensuring strict compliance to GCP and GPP
• Experience in clinical trials

TO APPLY:

• Only if you do meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV.
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• The closing date for all applications: 04 March 2022.
• 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.
• Note WHC, in accordance with their 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.
• PLEASE NOTE: Our Client, WHC - ILTBRU, maintains mandatory Covid-19 requirements, and as such only Covid-19 vaccinated incumbents will be considered for positions.

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