Pharmacist Assistant

Business Unit: Discovery Health Function: Pharmaceutical Date: 15 Feb 2024 About Discovery
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.
About Discovery HealthCare Services (DHCS)
DHCS consists of six teams that are supported by dedicated Shared Services, Finances and DHCS Business Support teams.
The teams under DHCS are:

• Executive Wellness
• Corporate Wellness
• Health Coaches
• Southern Rx Pharmacy and Discovery Medical Suppliers
• Home Care
• Corporate Clinics

Through its teams, DHCS aims to:
Provide quality care by bridging the gaps in the current market with high quality services.

• Enhance the member journey through convenience, reduced co-payments and lessening the administrative burden.
• Realize scheme savings by identifying the opportunities to expand through supply chain and capture value through better procurement and eliminating waste.
• Brand differentiation by providing members with innovative services that leverage the latest health technology.

Key purpose
To ensure that scripts are captured accurately and timeously, and that patients are counselled and that the appropriate generic switching is done for patients to receive their medication on time and in full in accordance with Good Pharmacy Practice. These functions will be performed under the supervision of a pharmacist.
Key Outputs
The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following job functions:

• Accurate capturing of scripts with appropriate generic switching as per the relevant SOP’s, GPP and scheme rules
• Counselling of patients with each new script under the supervision of a pharmacist.
• Ensure todays work is done today, that all silo’s and st42’s are up to date.
• Assist with status 10, 12 and authorizations.
• Achievement of department metrics as set out and agreed.
• Updating patient profiles and templates as necessary.
• Assisting with incoming queries from customers and patients.
• Adhere to all pharmacy SOP’s.
• Adhere to all GPP requirements.
• Assisting with stock takes and cycle counts.
• Assisting with pre-packing as required.
• Assisting with picking and packing as required.
• Attending meetings / team builds/training onsite/offsite from time to time.
• Adhoc assistance to the Administration Pharmacist.

Competencies

• Customer Focus – is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers.
• Integrity and Trust – can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner.
• Compassion – is available and ready to help.
• Action Orientated – is action oriented and full of energy for the things he/she sees as challenging.
• Planning – sets objectives and goals.
• Learning on the fly – learns quickly when facing new problems.

Experience, qualifications, and mandatory requirements

• Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
• Registered with Pharmacy council.
• 3 - 5 years Post basic pharmacy experience
• Courier Pharmacy experience
• Self-motivated
• Need to understand the workload and volumes to assist in different areas where needed.

Advantageous

• Section 21 experience
• Flexgen experience

Skills and Abilities

• Strong attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Stress tolerance
• Time management skills

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.