Qamani Ntshakaza
Pharmacist
Kuils River
Summary
I am a Pharmacist registered with the South African Pharmacy Council. Compassionate and systemic professional with 6+ year's broad based experience in pharmaceutical services. An individual who believes in working hard to achieve their goals. I'm ambitious, self-motivated and always pride myself in being dedicated and my ability of working well under pressure and still producing work in the most accurate manner. Moreover, I work well in a team, with impeccable time management skills, ensuring to always meet deadlines. I am currently looking for opportunities, which will provide career advancements, with the chance to use and contribute my skills and theoretical knowledge in a practical space. Most importantly, I am looking for an environment where I will be afforded the chance to learn and grow professionally and as an individual.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Pharmacist
Town Two Clinic
7 2023 - Current
- Ensuring that the Pharmacy complies with the provisions of the Pharmacy Act as emended and other relevant legislation
- Ensuring the implementation of drug management policies and procedures
- Identifying training needs of the Pharmacist's Assistants
- Support and advise other categories of medical and paramedical staff with regard to medicine use, provide information and guidance on rational prescribing, medicine use and budgetary management
- Facilitating the development of pharmacist's assistants in order to provide adequately trained and legally compliant staff in the pharmacy
- Record and monitor statistical data as required in terms of workload, policy requirements and submit statistics
- Recording and reporting of adverse drug events (ADR's), product quality
- Performing administrative duties
Pharmacist
Matthew Goniwe Clinic
04.2021 - 06.2023
- Maintaining a value driven culture in line with national and provincial treatment guidelines and the Western Cape Code list
- Effective monitoring of pharmaceutical expenditure, implementation and evaluation of budgetary control measures
- Ensuring the safe and effective vaccination practices and management of thermoliable medicines and vaccines
- Ensuring that the pharmacy complies with the provision of the Pharmacy Act as amended and other legislation
- Rational medicine use within City Health
- Supportive role to Pharmaceutical quality assurance within City health
- Indirect supervision of dispensaries registered under Matthew Goniwe
- TB and HIV management
- Developing and providing training for all health care professional and supporting training department with pharmaceutical training
Locum Pharmacist
Clicks Group
05.2020 - 09.2022
- Doing locum shifts in both public and private sector facilities
- Carrying out Responsible pharmacist duties in the absence of RP
- Management and dispensing of schedule 6 medicines
- Handling and ordering of high scheduled drugs (S6)
- Provision of Healthcare advice and education to patients
- Management of the pharmacy including support personnel.
Pharmacist
Nolungile CHC Western Cape Department of Health
07.2020 - 01.2021
- Provision of patient pharmaceutical care and rational medicine use
- Dispensing of medication by compounding, packaging, and labelling of pharmaceuticals
- Controlling of medication by monitoring drug therapies advising interventions
- Dispensing of medication strictly based on the Code List and EML
- Stock control and management medication from schedule 1 to schedule 6
- Adverse Drug reporting
- Assist with managerial activities as required by the responsible pharmacist
- Liaise with internal and external counterparts regarding pharmaceutical delivery.
Community Service Pharmacist
Medipost Pharmacy
02.2019 - 01.2020
- Do verification checks on all prescriptions prior to production
- Performing quality checks on all pre-dispensing batches prepared and signing off prior to release to working stock
- Provide assistance in identifying problems on PMP's routed to the exception stations
- Housekeeping duties
- Perform any ad-hoc projects, which might be necessary for the Western Cape CDU Production Department and Medipost at large
- Assist with the supervision and training of Interns and Pharmacist Assistants.
Pharmacist Intern
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
01.2018 - 12.2018
- Provision of Pharmaceutical Care, including prescription evaluation, dispensing of medication and provision of information to ensure patient compliance and therapeutic success
- Effective medicine supply management to ensure the safe and reliable procurement, storage, control and distribution of quality pharmaceuticals
- Adhere to policies, procedures and expenditure control
- Assist with the training, education and development of pharmacy staff and other health workers, and promotion of Public health management and demonstrating compliance with National Core Standards, Occupational Health, safety control and Good Pharmacy Practices
- Ensure proper destruction of expired stock as per Good Pharmacy Practice Guidelines.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health -
University of Pretoria
08.2021 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Pharmacy - undefined
University of the Western Cape
01.2014 - 05.2017
Matric Certificate - undefined
Mida School
Governance and Health - undefined
Global Health eLearning Centre
11.2023 - undefined
Project Management Foundations - undefined
LinkedIn Learning
12.2021 - undefined
Skills
Leadership and teamwork
Attention to detail
Good time management
JAC dispensing software
Unisolv Dispensing system
Microsoft Office
WinRDM
STATA
Medication Dispensing
Patient Education
Prescription Filling
Personal Information
- Nationality: South African
- Driving License: Code B
Languages
IsiXhosa
English
IsiZulu
Afrikaans
References
- Mbali Zwane, Pharmacy Supervisor, mbali.zwane@capetown.gov.za, 021 444 2863/ 0839874112
- Suhail Wantenaar, Acting Pharmacy Supervisor, suhail.wantenaar@capetown.gov.za, 021 444 2917/ 0710397889/0670599766
- Abongile Mbaba,Pharmacist, abongile.mbaba@capetown.gov.za, 021 444 2814/ 0660339515
Timeline
Governance and Health - undefined
Global Health eLearning Centre
11.2023 - undefined
Project Management Foundations - undefined
LinkedIn Learning
12.2021 - undefined
Post Graduate Diploma in Public Health -
University of Pretoria
08.2021 - 05.2023
Pharmacist
Matthew Goniwe Clinic
04.2021 - 06.2023
Pharmacist
Nolungile CHC Western Cape Department of Health
07.2020 - 01.2021
Locum Pharmacist
Clicks Group
05.2020 - 09.2022
Community Service Pharmacist
Medipost Pharmacy
02.2019 - 01.2020
Pharmacist Intern
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
01.2018 - 12.2018
Bachelor of Pharmacy - undefined
University of the Western Cape
01.2014 - 05.2017
Pharmacist
Town Two Clinic
7 2023 - Current
Matric Certificate - undefined
Mida School
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