NONKULULEKO PAMELA MAHLANGU
Midrand
Summary
Dedicated, independent-thinking, and detail-oriented pharmacist with 4 years of retail and 1 year of hospital experience. Played a pivotal role in reducing medication errors and poly-pharmacy during community service through effective communication with prescribers. Contributed to the initiation of the anti-microbial stewardship program in the hospital. Currently serving as trainee dispensary manager, making decisions and providing supervision as responsible pharmacist. Possess strong willingness to learn and exceptional leadership skills. Completed modules in Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacy Practice, Pharmaceutics, Research Methodologies, Nutraceuticals, and Antimicrobial Stewardship during final year of studies.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Dispensary Manager
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Parkmeadows
Kensington
10.2024 - Current
- Implemented security measures to protect both employees and valuable inventory from theft or loss incidents.
- Performed all the duties of a responsible pharmacist.
- Streamlined inventory management through diligent tracking and ordering.
- Maintained a clean, organised pharmacy environment to ensure optimal presentation of products and ease of access for customers.
Trainee Dispensary Manager
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Carlswald
Midrand
07.2024 - 09.2024
- Staff scheduling according to budget
- Weekly submission of staff hours on Kronos
- Balancing clinic stock checks
- Conducting interviews for dispensary support personnel
- Ordering and receiving schedule 6 stock
- Writing off consumables, clinic and expired stock
- Dispensing and control of medicine and scheduled substances
- Promotion of health and provision of medicine-related information
- Submitting chronic prescriptions to medical aids for chronic approval
- Ordering of stock on X/procure and SAP
- Signing off MedXpress, Click & Collect, and Pack My Meds scripts
- Supervision of the pharmacy and pharmacy personnel
- Provision of Pharmacist Initiated Therapy
Pharmacist
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Modderfontein
Modderfontein
01.2022 - 02.2023
- Dispensing and control of medicine and scheduled substances
- Promotion of health and provision of medicine-related information
- Ordering of stock on X/procure
- Signing off MedXpress, Click & Collect, and Pack My Meds scripts
- Supervision of the pharmacy and pharmacy personnel
- Maintenance of the Schedule 6 register
- Provision of Pharmacist Initiated Therapy
Community Service Pharmacist
Gauteng Department of Health (Tshwane District Hospital)
Pretoria
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Supervision of the pharmacy and pharmacy personnel
- Health promotion
- Assisted with the preparation for Pharmaceutics and Therapeutics Committee (PTC) meetings
- Enforced lean management
- Stock management at OPD pharmacy bulk stores
- Managing 2-month collection program at OPD pharmacy
- Medicine dispensing
- Patient Management
- Championing the initiation of an Antimicrobial stewardship programme at the hospital
- Reducing patient waiting times by pre-packing repeat medication for collection
- Effectively managed short-dated stock by improving the analysis tool for stock movement.
Pharmacist Intern
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Woodmead
Woodmead
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Health promotion
- Preparing call centre scripts for collection
- Assisting customers with ordering medication over the phone for delivery and collection
- Receiving stock
- Maintenance of the Schedule 6 register
- Medicine dispensing
- Provision of Pharmacist Initiated Therapy.
Education
Postgraduate Diploma In Public Health - Public Health
University of Pretoria
Pretoria Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Rhodes University
Makhanda2019
Skills
- Level 3 First Aid Training
- Microsoft Office
- UniSolv
- Stock management on RxSolution
- Peer Mentoring
Accomplishments
- Successfully initiating an Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme at Tshwane District Hospital in 2021.
- Reducing patient waiting times at OPD pharmacy through the 2-month collection program in 2021
- Certificate of academic achievement in 2019.
- Certificate of completion from the Clinical Antibiotic Stewardship for South Africa in 2019
- Certificate in peer mentoring in 2018
- Certificate of academic achievement in 2017
- Certificate of academic excellence in 2017
- Dean’s merit list in 2017
- Golden Key International Honour Society member from 2017 to present
Timeline
Dispensary Manager
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Parkmeadows
10.2024 - Current
Trainee Dispensary Manager
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Carlswald
07.2024 - 09.2024
Pharmacist
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Modderfontein
01.2022 - 02.2023
Community Service Pharmacist
Gauteng Department of Health (Tshwane District Hospital)
01.2021 - 12.2021
Pharmacist Intern
Dis-Chem Pharmacy Woodmead
01.2020 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Pharmacy -
Rhodes University
Postgraduate Diploma In Public Health - Public Health
University of Pretoria