About Netcare
Netcare is one of South Africa’s leading private healthcare providers, operating hospitals, clinics, emergency medical services, and specialised health facilities nationwide. The group focuses on delivering quality, patient-centred care supported by modern medical technology and skilled healthcare professionals.
Learnership Overview
Netcare is offering a Basic Pharmacist Assistant Learnership that gives students hands-on pharmacy experience while working alongside qualified pharmacists in a hospital setting. Upon completion, learners gain the skills needed to support safe medication dispensing and pharmaceutical services and can register with the South African Pharmacy Council as a Basic Pharmacist Assistant.
Key Work Output and Accountabilities
- Stock control
- Participate in all aspects of cyclical and full stock-take processes including procurement and ethical stock control.
- Process stock for internal departments and inter-clinic sales.
- Assist in the management of stock following Netcare Stock Management policy with special emphasis on designated stock areas.
- General
- Responsibility for own compliance with regulations set by the SA Pharmacy Council.
- Follow up on outstanding medication owing to patients promptly.
- Conduct related administrative and house-keeping tasks.
- Perform any other duties assigned by the Pharmacy Manager/Pharmacist.
- Medication dispensing
- Assist the pharmacist in all aspects of dispensing.
- Picking and packaging of medicine under the supervision of a pharmacist.
- Capture dispensed items to patient accounts according to medical aid TTO rules.
- Capture patients’ profiles and prescriptions on the Unisolve system.
- Assist with the monthly chronic medicine recall.
Requirements
- Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate with Core Mathematics, Physical Science, Life Science.
- Candidate must be under 35 years.
- Must be unemployed.
