Dis-Chem Pharmacies is hiring a Pharmacist for the Castle Gate store in Pretoria. Take responsibility for clinical pharmaceutical care, script accuracy, and team supervision. Requires BPharm, SAPC registration, and 2–3 years of retail experience. Permanent role with performance pay and benefits.
📍 Role Overview
- Company: Dis-Chem Pharmacies Limited
- Location: Castle Gate, Pretoria, Gauteng
- Division: Pharmacy / Dispensary
- Contract: Permanent
- Closing Date: 28 February 2026
🎯 Purpose of the Role
As a Pharmacist at Dis-Chem Castle Gate, you are the custodian of patient safety and pharmaceutical excellence. You will manage the end-to-end dispensing process, provide expert clinical advice, and ensure that the dispensary operates within the strict legal framework of the SAPC. This role requires a balance of high-level clinical accuracy, administrative discipline, and a leadership-by-example approach to supervising interns and assistants.
🔑 Key Responsibilities
Pharmaceutical Care & Dispensing
- Script Accuracy: Interpret, capture, and verify scripts. Ensure precise picking, packing, and labeling while monitoring for drug interactions and correct dosages.
- Accountability: Check and sign off all prescriptions prepared by assistants or interns, accepting full legal accountability for correctness (GPP standards).
- Clinical Advice: Provide “Pharmacist-Initiated Therapy” and advise patients on the correct use of medication and disease management.
- Compounding: Supervise or perform the manipulation and preparation of scheduled substances.
Patient & Medical Aid Relations
- Financial Assistance: Explain medical aid costs and procedures; process claims and resolve rejected scripts immediately.
- Chronic Management: Ensure authorization for specialized medication (Chronic, HIV/AIDS, and Oncology).
- Service Excellence: Advise patients at the self-medication and front-shop counters, following through on all customer promises.
Stock & Operations
- Inventory Control: Report low stock levels, manage stock errors, and facilitate bi-annual stock takes.
- Supervision: Assist the Dispensary Manager with administrative tasks and training of junior staff.
- Compliance: Maintain accurate registers and customer profiles on the Unisolv/Vexall systems.
✅ Minimum Requirements
- Education: Grade 12 (Matric) and a BPharm Degree (or equivalent).
- Registration: Active registration with the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC).
- Experience: * 2–3 years in a Pharmaceutical environment.
- 2–3 years of Retail Pharmacy experience (including Student/Internship years).
- Systems: Computer literate in MS Office.
Advantageous Extra Skills:
- Experience with Unisolv, SAP, or E-scripting.
- FMCG/Retail background.
- Registered Tutor with SAPC.
- Proficiency in a third additional language.
🧠 Competencies & Attributes
- Leadership: Supervisor experience with the ability to lead by example and manage conflict.
- Clinical Detail: Strong attention to dosing and drug-drug interactions.
- Resilience: Able to work under pressure and stand for long periods in a high-volume retail environment.
- Integrity: Trustworthy and honest with clear credit and criminal records (MIE).
💰 Remuneration and Benefits
- Market-related salary.
- Monthly and annual performance-based pay.
- Medical Aid & Provident Fund.
- Dis-Chem Staff Account.