Mfundo Shabalala
Durban
Summary
Skilled pharmacist with experience in community service, retail, and hospital pharmacy settings. Demonstrates expertise in prescription verification, drug interaction analysis, and pharmaceutical calculations while ensuring compliance with pharmacy legislation. Proven track record of reducing wastage to 0%, maintaining over 95% availability of essential drugs, and achieving accurate stock reporting above 98%. Adept at cold chain management, inventory control, and supply chain optimisation to ensure uninterrupted access to medications. Experienced in training and supervising pharmacist assistants and interns, as well as providing patient counselling on proper medication use, side effects, and non-pharmacological health education. Proficient in Leap system, Rx Solutions, and Unisolve dispensing software. Committed to advancing patient safety through professional integrity and evidence-based practices while staying updated on the latest developments in pharmacy.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Pharmacist- Community Service
Mpumalanga department of health
01.2022 - Current
- Reduced wastage through expiry to 0%.
- Increased the availability of vital and essential drugs to above 95% all the time.
- Accurate stock reporting to above 98% bi-weekly.
- Properly maintained cold chain management and reduced spoilage to 0%.
- Reduced medicines errors and improved rational prescribing by prescribers.
- Ordering and maintaining consistent supply chain of drugs according to pharmacy needs.
- Trained and supervised pharmacists' assistants.
- Responsible for capturing of prescriptions on RX, accurate dispensing and provision of counselling while adhering to all the legal requirements thus ensuring patient safety.
- Identifying drug interactions and communicating with prescribers to resolve them.
- Informed customers on side effects, correct dosage and proper storage of medicines.
- Provided interventions ensuring that the patients receive their chronic medications.
- Advised on common health conditions, non-prescription medications and therapeutic aids.
- Stayed current on pharmacy practices, new drugs and drug applications and interactions to avoid prescription errors.
- Followed record keeping guidelines for controlled substances.
Pharmacist intern
KwaZulu-Natal department of health
Dundee
01.2022 - Current
- Achieved 90% in stock take meaning inventory management was properly maintained.
- Managed to curb the abuse of schedule 5 medicines used for anxiolytic purposes.
- Under supervision of a pharmacist, I was responsible for dispensing and providing patient counselling, balancing the drug book, ordering and receiving stock thus ensuring uninterrupted supply chain of drugs, issuing medicines to wards.
B. Pharm Student Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
Dis-Chem
01.2022 - Current
- Dispensing under direct supervision of a pharmacist.
- Management of to-follows.
- Capturing and picking prescriptions for collection and deliveries.
- Capturing of e-prescriptions on UniSolve.
- Consulting prescribers and resolution of prescription issues.
- Pharmacist-initiated therapy on OTC medications, Consultations about safety of medication during pregnancy (mainly OTC medications), stock control and inventory management.
Pharmacist
Dis-Chem
Cape Town
02.2026 - 02.2026
- Evaluated and interpreted prescriptions for correctness as per the dose, indication, generics, and validity.
- Communicated with medical aid and doctors to resolve patient queries.
- Updated and maintained the dashboard for collections, deliveries, to-follow, and drug availability.
- Checked the work of pharmacist assistants and interns.
- Signed off collections and deliveries.
- Staff allocated as per need.
- Educated patients on proper dosage, administration and side effects of prescribed medication.
- Checked counts and dosage accuracy on prescriptions before releasing medication to patients to avoid medical complications.
- Advised patients on vitamins and supplements.
Education
Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree -
The University of the Western Cape
01.2023
Grade 12 Matric Certificate -
Ingula High School
Ladysmith01.2018
Skills
- Leap system understanding
- Rx Solutions system understanding
- Unisolve: dispensing software
- Prescription verification
- Pharmaceutical calculations, dosage calculations, and knowledge
- Prescription dispensing
- Drug interaction analysis
- Understanding of pharmacy legislation
- Non-pharmacological health education
- Supplement knowledge
- Problem-solving at the point of sale
- Professional integrity
- Management and organisational skills
References
- Elphus Hlatshwayo, Verena CHC operational manager, previous manager, 0738820781
- Zinhle Madide, Dundee Hospital Responsible Pharmacist, previous manager, 0835782858
- George Mtshali, Haasendal Dischem Responsible Pharmacist, previous manager, 0835141023
Timeline
Pharmacist
Dis-Chem
02.2026 - 02.2026
Pharmacist- Community Service
Mpumalanga department of health
01.2022 - Current
Pharmacist intern
KwaZulu-Natal department of health
01.2022 - Current
B. Pharm Student Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
Dis-Chem
01.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree -
The University of the Western Cape
Grade 12 Matric Certificate -
Ingula High School