Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) Grade 1 To 3 (X9 Posts)

Salary: Grade 1: R275 340 per annum; Grade 2: R318 666 per annum; Grade 3: R343 761 per annum

Centre: Nolungile CDC; Macassar CDC; Kleinvlei CDC (X2 Posts); Khayelitsha CHC; Nomzamo CDC; Mfuleni CDC (X2 Posts); Gustrouw CDC

Minimum educational qualification: As required by the training facility and the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) plus Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant
qualification that allows registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) (Institutional).
Registration with a professional council: Registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post-Basic) or as
Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) (Institutional).
Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post-Basic).
Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.
Grade 3: A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.
Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good computer literacy.
Ability to work as part of a team or independently.
Ability to work under pressure.
Fluent in JAC, Medsas and RMD.
Familiar with CDU system.

Perform the following services or acts under the direct personal supervision of a pharmacist: Assist with reading and preparation of a prescription, the
selection, manipulation or compounding of the medicine, the labelling and supply of the medicine in an appropriate container following the interpretation
and evaluation of the prescription by a pharmacist.
Assist with the provision of instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied and information to
individuals to promote health.
Assist with the distribution, control of and ordering of medicine and scheduled substances.
Assist with the compounding or manufacturing of a non-sterile or sterile medicine or scheduled substance
according to a formula and standard operating procedures approved.
Assist with general housekeeping and administrative tasks.

Mr T Mtubisi Tel No: (021) 904-4410

Applications are submitted online via http://www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs
(click “online applications”).