PHARMACIST ASSISTANT (qualified post basic)

QUALIFIED QPB

Receive and dispense prescriptions for patients in writing, electronically or by phone.

Verify information on prescription.

Maintain patient profiles on the system as well as medicine history.

Answer telephones (landline and WhatsApp) for dispensing of prescriptions.

Answer telephones (landline and WhatsApp) and assist with queries regarding medicine or prescriptions.

Handle ordering of stock if required from the Responsible Pharmacist.

Fill bottles with prescription medicine and label with applicable label.

Dispensing prescription medicine as well as over-the-counter medicine.

Provide advise regarding prescription medicine as well as over-the-counter medicine to clients.

Treat clients in a friendly and polite manner. Conduct yourself in a professional manner.

Control stock as well as the inventories of prescription medicine, as well as over-the-counter medicine.

Be responsible for properly maintaining the shelves in the dispensary and timeously packing stock on the shelves.

Filling prescriptions and copies thereof daily.

Cleaning and maintaining equipment and stock in the pharmacy.

Daily follow-ups on unpaid levies and outstanding levy reports if requested by the Responsible Pharmacist.

Weekly follow-ups on unpaid prescription reports from ICW if requested by the Responsible Pharmacist.

Wear clean and prescribed uniform and name plate, to be clearly and easily identified in the pharmacy.

Help with training and orientation of new personnel.

Clock in and out on the Ouch system at the beginning and ending of every shift, or if you leave the pharmacy for lunch breaks or any other reason.

Handle any instruction given to you by the Responsible Pharmacist that will ensure improving the profitability, security or better functioning of the pharmacy.