Gemma Paxton

I am committed to implementing effective health and safety systems, conducting risk assessments, ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety legislation, and fostering a proactive safety culture that protects employees while supporting organisational excellence and continuous improvement.

Pharmacist at Immploy Locum Agency (2021-11 – 2023-12)

Premier medical recruitment agency focusing exclusively on the placement of locum and permanent medical staff at government and private facilities

• Overseeing daily operations with meticulous attention to detail, working at multiple locations
• Preparing, dispensing and selling prescription and pharmacy-related products
• Adapting pharmacy styles to individual locations ensuring seamless integration into the location's workflow, while upholding corporate procedures and pharmacy law
• Supervising, coaching, training, motivating and mentoring personnel, setting clear goals and expectations, providing relevant feedback and discipline as required
• Planning and managing team performance, skills development, talent, and culture to improve innovation, achieve efficiencies and increase competencies
• Managing sales assistants effectively, to ensure customer growth brand awareness and operational excellence
• Establishing, implementing and overseeing effective systems, processes and controls
• Delivering a high standard of sales, administrative, marketing and financial support
• Customer service and liaison, building strong working relationships and effective communication channels with physicians, nurses, medical staff, patients and other key stakeholders
• Counselling patients on the proper use of prescription medications
• Resolving complaints and enquiries
• Data entry and database management, maintaining meticulous records
• Reading and interpreting technical documentation
• Producing various reports, presentations, analyses, correspondence and other documentation
• Performing as a strong leader of a cohesive team with strict enforcement of health, safety and statutory regulations, quality standards, governance processes and compliance requirements

Pharmacist at Clicks, Cape Town (2020-04 – 2021-08)

Leading retail pharmacy

• Filling and checking prescriptions for accuracy after reviewing patient history
• Counselling patients regarding the proper use of prescriptions
• Overseeing pharmacy assistants and technicians, maintaining timely workflow and accuracy
• Opening and closing pharmacy, inventory control and ordering
• Liaising with physicians and patients regarding medication dosage, drug interactions, medical equipment and disease management
• Dispensing and compounding prescriptions; maintaining perpetual inventory of control medications
• Maintaining accurate patient records, dosing information and directions for use

Post Intern Pharmacist at Charles Johnson Memorial Hospital (2019-01 – Present)

Offering 24-hour care and 24-hour emergency care and support with speciality wards

• Dispensing medication and monitoring drug interactions
• Stock control
• Counselling patients

B.Pharm. in Pharmacy – Rhodes University

B.Sc. in Dietetics – University of the Western Cape

Health and Safety Office - NOSA

Addiction Counsellor - ACCSA