JOHN MUBHAMBATI
Gemiston
Summary
Detail-oriented Pharmacy Technician with strong dispensing skills and a commitment to good pharmacy practice. Proven ability to mentor and train staff while ensuring compliance with SOPs and guidelines.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacy Technician
Sukuma Pharmacy
Nelspruit
06.2019 - 08.2020
- Dispensing scheduled medicines according to scripts from various doctors following laid down SOPS, successfully ensured SOPs and guidelines were followed all the time.
- Following up medical aid claims and script submission.
- Reading, interpretation and preparation of prescriptions, selection, manipulation or compounding of medicines, labelling and supply the medicines in appropriate containers.
- Ensure proper dispensing and good pharmacy practice is done, providing necessary patient information regarding safety and efficacy.
- Mentoring and impacting knowledge to co-workers, successfully trained two trainee pharmacist assistants.
- Stock management (stock receiving, capturing, discrepancy follow-up of invoices, storage, cycle count, FEFO/LIFO practice according to SOPS).
Pharmacy Technician
Dvokolwako Health Centre
02.2013 - 08.2018
- Company Overview: Regional Hospital
- Pharmacy management (day to day running of the pharmacy, planning and fostering new ways of improving pharmaceutical services).
- Dispensing of all medicines and pharmaceutical commodities, stock taking and cycle counts.
- Writing and implementing of policies, guidelines and standard operating procedures (good pharmacy practice).
- Requisition of orders from central medical stores, receiving, checking/validating, discrepancy analysis capturing and storage.
- Planning, attending meetings and reporting.
- Secretariat to Pharmacy Therapeutic Committee and spearheading its success, successfully introduced PTC and ensured implementation and continuity.
- Provision of advice to patients and other health care professionals on pharmacodynamics, pharmacovigilance, pharmacokinetics and pharmacoeconomics of medicine therapy at any time in order to rationalize the use of medicines.
- Ensure pharmacy staff understand the principles of good pharmacy practice and multidisciplinary co-operation.
- Supporting, mentoring and supervising baby/satellite clinics (five) on pharmaceutical delivery services.
- Regional Hospital
Post basic qualified pharmacy technician
Clicks Group of Pharmacies
02.2011 - 01.2013
- Dispensing of scheduled medicines and allied substances.
- Patient therapeutic education on safety and efficacy and proper usage of medicines.
- Technical support to the responsible pharmacist on administrative duties.
- Generation of orders, receiving, validating and capturing of stock.
- Stock taking and cycle counts as per guidelines and SOPS.
- Compounding pharmacy as per prescriptions.
- Reporting monthly and quarterly.
Field -Pharmacy Technician
Medicines San Frontier's
01.2009 - 12.2010
- Company Overview: (NGO)
- Planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of decentralization and integration of pharmaceutical services in a rolling out of HIV/AIDS and TB programme (successfully implemented and registered two clinic pharmacies in two remote rural regions).
- Strengthening of pharmaceutical services in all regional clinics and health centres by enforcing rational use and rational prescribing of drugs.
- Monitoring, possible interventions and reporting of side effects and adverse drug effects, use and consumption data.
- Training, supervising and mentoring of lay staff and rural community health workers in HIV/AIDS and TB prevention and treatment programme (successfully trained dispensary assistants).
- Ordering, follow-ups, receiving of drugs and dispensing.
- (NGO)
Branch Pharmacy Technician
Chitungwiza Retail Pharmacy
Chitungwiza
09.2006 - 11.2008
- Dispensing of medicine (ARVs and a wide range of allied substances including narcotics and scheduled drugs).
- Logistics, overall day to day planning and coordination of daily activities of the dispensary and storeroom.
- Leading and providing technical support to OTC staff and trainees.
- Planning, convening and chairing company meetings and reporting to administration and directors.
- Patient therapeutic education and pharmacovigilance.
- Stock take, cycle counts and monthly reporting.
Pharmacy Technician
Marondera General Hospital
Marondera
05.2004 - 06.2006
- Dispensing of medicines (including ARV/ TB) and surgical products.
- Procurement of medicines and allied products.
- Stores management (receiving, quality checks and stock control).
- Providing basic training to district and rural health workers.
- Co-ordination of shift activities through manpower, resources and equipment management.
- Compilation of drug consumption data reports to central medical stores.
Locum Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
Clicks pharmacies
Johannesburg
Education
B-Tech - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tshwane University of Technology
12.2018
Pharmacy Technician Diploma -
UZ Pharmacy Technician School
Zimbabwe12.2004
Skills
- Good dispensing skills
- Manufacturing skills
- Laboratory skills
- Pharmacy practice skills
- Computer dispensing skills
- Microsoft Word skills
- Microsoft PowerPoint skills
- Microsoft Excel skills
- Collaboration teamwork skills
- Good communication skills
- Conflict resolution skills
- Ability to work under pressure
- Resource management skills
- Commercial awareness
- Business acumen
- Training skills
- Mentoring skills
- Leadership skills
- Critical thinking
- Self-confidence
- Negotiating skills
- Persuasion skills
- Crowd-pulling skills
- Client base maintenance skills
- Customer service
- Inventory management
- Pharmaceutical dispensing
- Policy writing
- Patient education
- Pharmacovigilance
References
- Carin Botha, Pharmacist/ Owner/Tutor, Sukuma Private Community Pharmacy, P O BOX 595, Nelspruit, sukuma@cks.co.za, 0826392238, 0137527566
- Sipho Jele, RP Pharmacist Manager, Riverside Clicks Pharmacy, Nelspruit, Mbombela, +27603321441, 0137570184
- Styn Leon, Responsible Pharmacy Manager, Clicks Northcliff Square Randburg, Johannesburg, 0836805030, 0118880452
- Mr Mziyanda Ala, RP, Pharmacist Manager, Clicks Sophia Town, Johannesburg, +27746569979, 0116732140
- Dr Chinovhirnga Ronald, SMO, Dvokolwako Government Hospital, Swaziland, +26876752476, mldchno@yahoo.com
- Tungamirai Zvinavashe, RP Pharmacist, Clicks Group of Pharmacies, Swaziland, +26876622886, tungazvina@gmail.com
- Nondumiso Ncube, Regional Supervising Pharmacist, Medicine San Frontiers/MSF NGO, +26876640888, nncube@uwc.ac.za
Timeline
Pharmacy Technician
Sukuma Pharmacy
06.2019 - 08.2020
Pharmacy Technician
Dvokolwako Health Centre
02.2013 - 08.2018
Post basic qualified pharmacy technician
Clicks Group of Pharmacies
02.2011 - 01.2013
Field -Pharmacy Technician
Medicines San Frontier's
01.2009 - 12.2010
Branch Pharmacy Technician
Chitungwiza Retail Pharmacy
09.2006 - 11.2008
Pharmacy Technician
Marondera General Hospital
05.2004 - 06.2006
Locum Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
Clicks pharmacies
B-Tech - Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tshwane University of Technology
Pharmacy Technician Diploma -
UZ Pharmacy Technician School