PHARMACIST ASSISTANT (POST-BASIC) GRADE

Job Overview

The Mpumalanga Department of Health is hiring four Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistants across the Gert Sibande District, specifically at Ethandakukhanya CHC (2 posts), Kinross Clinic (1 post), and Lebohang Clinic (1 post). Candidates must hold a Grade 12 certificate and be registered as a Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC). Responsibilities include proper medicine storage, safe patient medicine use, compounding, prescription evaluation, stocktaking, and promoting public health.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Senior Certificate / Grade 12
• Registered as Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant with South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) (2026)
• Valid work permit for non-South Africans
• Skills in terms of consultations
• Knowledge of current health and public service legislation, regulations and policies
• Good communication, problem solving and conflict management skills
• Professionalism, accuracy, flexibility, independence and ethical behaviour

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure proper receipt recording and storage of all medicines and consumables according to standard operating procedures
• Ensure responsibility and accountability for safe patient medicine use
• Compounding and preparation of any medicines as delegated
• Promote correct evaluation prescriptions and legal processing of medicine prescription, stocktaking and distribution of supplies to the client
• Promotion of Public Health
• Ensure accurate recording of statistics and administrative requirements as required by policy

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