Natasha Masemola
Polokwane
Summary
I currently work as a community service pharmacist at a hospital pharmacy, with experience in academia and research. I am looking for an opportunity to grow my career in the pharmaceutical sector.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Community Service Pharmacist
Department of Health-Limpopo Seshego Hospital
05.2023 - Current
- Dispensing medication to both inpatients and outpatients
- Interpreting and verifying prescription information against safety guidelines, to ensure therapeutic effects are achieved
- Counseling patients on drug therapies to ensure rational medicine use and promote adherence
- Ensuring correct labeling of medicine as stipulated in the Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965, Pharmacy Act 53 of 1974 and Good Pharmacy Practice
- Ordering of stock and distribution to hospital wards and local clinics through Rx solution
- Maintaining drug storage, record-keeping and inventory control
- Managing cold chain
Academic Intern/ Part-time Junior Lecturer
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University
03.2019 - 12.2021
- Facilitating undergraduate activities
- Supervising undergraduate students for Ward Inventory Management at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital
- Assisting with dental pharmacy duties (dispensing , stock control, and temperature monitoring)
- Conducting quality improvement projects (QIPs) as part of coursework
- Conducting research (writing articles for publication)
- Planning, organising and conducting health promotion and awareness campaigns in communities
- Tutoring BPharm students
Pharmacist Student Locum
Clicks group
10.2016 - 11.2018
- Dispensing over-the-counter medicines
- Receiving and capturing stock
- Participating in stock-taking
- Pre-dispensing and preparing repeat prescriptions
- Conducting cycle counts
- Offering health education and advice to patients
Hospital Pharmacist Student Assistant (Part-time)
Jane Furse Memorial Hospital
12.2017 - 07.2018
- Receiving stock
- Dispensing in-patient and out-patient medications
- Engaging in weekly presentations on issues in the pharmacy
- Updating Standard Operation Procedures
- Monitoring cold chain
- Handling schedule 5 and 6 substances
Hospital Pharmacist Student Assistant (Part-time)
Polokwane Provincial Hospital
03.2018 - 06.2018
- Stock taking
- Ward rounds (ordering anti-microbial drugs)
- Manufacturing oncology medication
- Dispensing in-patient and out-patient medication
- Pre-packing medication
- Cycle counts
- Temperature checks
- Receiving stock
Industrial Pharmacist Student Assistant
Acendis Health Chain Supply
09.2016 - 09.2016
- Good receiving
- Batch production (line opening and line clearance)
- Procurement of goods into the company
- Assisting in quality control and quality assurance testing of manufactured batches
- Assisting in packaging of manufactured product
Education
Master of Pharmacy - Public Health Pharmacy And Management
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University
GautengCurrent
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
University of Limpopo -Turfloop Campus
Limpopo12-2018
National Senior Certificate -
Jane Furse Comprehensive
Limpopo12-2014
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Written and verbal communication
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Organised
- Adaptation to change
- Rx Solution
- Inventory management
Certification
- Certificate of Attendance, Computer Literacy
- Certificate of Participation, 3rd Annual Faculty of Health Sciences Research Conference
- Research Award, Best Oral Presentation
- Certificate of Attendance, Research Methodology Course
Accomplishments
- Co-authored an article on Diabetic Foot Ulcers
References
Ms Cindy Mokebe, Pharmacy Manager
Seshego District Hospital
082 517 8484, mapulamokebe@yahoo.com
Prof Hannelie Meyer, HOD/ Supervisor
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
083 629 0678, hannelie.meyer@smu.ac.za
Ms Pearl Lentsoane, Senior Lecturer
Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
076 283 5842, pearl.lentsoane@smu.ac.za
Ms Dikeledi Mashao, Pharmacist
Jane Furse Memorial Hospital
074 681 0807
Ms Sekgatsa Moila
Timeline
Community Service Pharmacist
Department of Health-Limpopo Seshego Hospital
05.2023 - Current
Academic Intern/ Part-time Junior Lecturer
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University
03.2019 - 12.2021
Hospital Pharmacist Student Assistant (Part-time)
Polokwane Provincial Hospital
03.2018 - 06.2018
Hospital Pharmacist Student Assistant (Part-time)
Jane Furse Memorial Hospital
12.2017 - 07.2018
Pharmacist Student Locum
Clicks group
10.2016 - 11.2018
Industrial Pharmacist Student Assistant
Acendis Health Chain Supply
09.2016 - 09.2016
Master of Pharmacy - Public Health Pharmacy And Management
Sefako Makgatho Health Science University
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
University of Limpopo -Turfloop Campus
National Senior Certificate -
Jane Furse Comprehensive
- Certificate of Attendance, Computer Literacy
- Certificate of Participation, 3rd Annual Faculty of Health Sciences Research Conference
- Research Award, Best Oral Presentation
- Certificate of Attendance, Research Methodology Course
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