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Lenmed invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the following position

Clinical Pharmacist

DEPARTMENT

Pharmacy

JOB TITLE

Clinical Pharmacist

CLOSING DATE

2024/09/05

HOSPITAL

Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre

WORK ADDRESS

Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre - 11 Riverhorse Drive, Riverhorse Valley Business Estate, Durban

Main Focus Areas

The Clinical Pharmacist will be responsible for leading, managing, coordinating, monitoring and driving improvement in the clinical pharmacy services within the hospital.

The incumbent will also assume responsibility for ensuring the provision of customer focused, professional clinical pharmacy services

Maintaining high professional and ethical standards in accordance with the GPP – implement and enforce policies and procedures

Key Performance Areas: (include but are not limited to)

Effective clinical pharmacy services

  • Drive implementation of available management information and tools to achieve strategic objectives and targets for clinical pharmacy in the hospital to improve patient outcomes;
  • Provide workplace-based support and mentoring to pharmacists to develop skills, capacity and professional competency within the pharmacy;
  • Ensure effective medication reconciliations are performed, and implement enhanced therapeutic drug monitoring;
  • Provide input into clinical pharmacy tools and guidelines aligned to the national clinical pharmacy priorities.

Professional collaboration

  • Enhance cooperative and influential working relationships with doctors, microbiologists and other key functional stakeholders;
  • Provide drug information and evidence-based guidance and training of other health professionals as required;

Antimicrobial stewardship

  • Elevate the hospital’s performance on antimicrobial stewardship as a key focus area;
  • Monitor microorganisms cultured at unit level, and compile and implement ward specific antibiograms;
  • Collect and analyze AMS data to identify sustainably inappropriate utilization of antimicrobials. Drive interventions to optimize drug utilization and stewardship and improve safety and outcomes.

Patient medication safety

  • Role in development and implementation of drug administration protocols to proactively manage risk.

External stakeholder relationships and industry visibility and profile

Post Requirements: (include but are not limited to)

  • A relevant pharmaceutical qualification (B.Pharm. Degree or Dip.Pharm) and MCs (Med), M.Pharm (Clinical Pharmacy) or Pharm D postgraduate degree – Essential
  • Registration with the South African Pharmacy Council
  • Work experience – application of clinical pharmacy masters in a hospital setting
  • SAP and MS proficient – Advantageous
  • Strong leadership qualities, strategic thinker and works well in a team

Please Note:

Candidates must ensure that their contact details are correct and that they can be contacted during office hours. If candidates are not contacted within thirty (30) days after the closing date, they should consider their applications as being unsuccessful. Late, incomplete and applications not indicating the applicable position will not be considered. The right to fill the position within the Operational requirements of the Company is reserved. By applying for this position and providing us with your CV and other personal information, you are consenting to the information being used for the specific purpose for which it was provided, which is recruitment purposes and possible appointment purposes(should you be successful). Please note that your information will be processed for recruitment purposes only or for such purposes relating to assessing the establishment of an employment relationship with yourself, and this will be in accordance with the applicable data protection and privacy legislation. We confirm that such information will not be used for any other purpose without obtaining your prior consent. If your application is not successful, we retain your CV and other information provided of 6 months after which it will be destroyed in a secure manner. If you object to your information being used in accordance with the aforementioned clauses, please indicate your objection and we will immediately destroy your personal information in a secure manner. Equal opportunity is supported by the Employer.

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