Requirements:
Registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic).
Grade 1: Experience: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic)
Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years' appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.
Grade 3: A minimum of 13 years' appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) with the SAPC.
Duties:
Assist with the delivery of a good pharmaceutical service to patients. The provision of information to individuals in order to promote health. Assist with the compounding, manipulation, preparation and manufacturing of non-sterile and sterile medicine or scheduled substances according to formulas as SOP's approved by the responsible pharmacist.
Reading and preparation of prescriptions, the selection, manipulation or compounding of the medicine, the labeling and supply of the medicine in appropriate container following the interpretation and evaluation of the prescription by a pharmacist. Provision of instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied (not counseling). Issuing of pharmaceutical products