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
