Zizipho Maranjana

• Ensuring and to providing high standards of pharmaceutical care, accurate and safe dispensing, including generic substitution, and the provision of advice in accordance with company policies, good pharmacy practice and within the legal scope of practice as outlined by the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC).
• Efficiently manage and control all operational activities of the dispensary, including safe and responsible stock management, shrinkage, general housekeeping and administration in line with merchandising, SAPC regulations and company standards.
• Ensure the operational viability of the dispensary through sound financial management, focus on core dispensary targets, management of expenses and proactively taking appropriate action as required.
• To ensure competent and motivated employees, including learners through effective selection, leadership, management and on-going development in order to build capacity and capability to meet current and future business needs.
• Adequately schedule staff in line with the labour policy and the relevant labour model in order to ensure each department is fully and appropriately staffed, including ensuring weekly time and attendance and employee records are complete and submitted to HR.
• Ensure integration and partnership with the clinic and healthcare aisle resulting in a full offering to customers regarding their healthcare needs.
• Monitored and managed pharmacy staff performance to maximize productivity and customer satisfaction.

• Provided high standards of pharmaceutical care, including safe dispensing and SOP adherence.
• Oversaw training and development of Pharmacist Assistants and Interns.
• Managed stock control, administrative functions, and general housekeeping.
• Stepped into Team Leader roles to ensure continuity and supervision during absences

• Provide Strategy and support to ensure effective and efficient functioning of Pharmacy Services
• Supervise the procurement, control, and distribution of medicines
• Ensure dispensing is done in line with the code list and appropriate to the level of care
• Supervise proper storage and security of all medication
• Provide guidance and support for the implementation of quality management
• Promote and implement the use of alternative dispensing and distribution methods at the facility
• Management functions.

• Interpretate and evaluate prescriptions to ensure their validity and authenticity
• Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients, or oversee these activities
• Provision of information and instructions to the patient to ensure the safe and effective use of medicine
• Provide pharmacist-initiated therapy to patients- recommend OTC devices or medications for alleviate individual patient symptoms
• Sales of S1-S6 products
• Control of S6 items
• Sign pharmacist assistants’ prescription before they issue out to the patients
• Refer patients to other health professionals or agencies when appropriate.

• Provision of pharmaceutical care, including dispensing of medicine
• Effective medicine supply management
• Provide guidance and support for the implementation of quality management
• Management functions.

• Medicine dispensing and patient counseling according to the SOPs
• Medicine stock control, distribution, and rotation
• Management functions
• Mixing of chemotherapy
• Ward rounds
• Patient case presentations