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Senior Pharmacist

Full time Netcare N1City Hospital, ZA
Posted 1 week, 4 days ago 48 views 0 applications

Job Description

We need to output clean semantic HTML, preserving all original content word-for-word, using

for intro paragraphs and general text,

for section headers (e.g., Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). Use
  • for list items. No CSS classes, no inline styles, no
    , no
    . Must preserve all original content word-for-word, but we need to strip out the existing HTML tags and replace with proper semantic tags. However we must preserve the text content exactly, not add or remove words. We can remove tags like ,

    , etc., but we must keep the text inside them. Also need to convert section headers to

    . Identify sections: The text includes many bold headings like "KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES", "DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION", "Dispensing medication", "Customer service", "Stock control management", "Administration management", "High cost medicine and Quality portfolio", "TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY", "Teamwork", "Personal and professional development", "Build and maintain stakeholder relationships", "SKILLS PROFILE", "EDUCATION", "WORK EXPERIENCE", "KNOWLEDGE", "NETCARE VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS", "Netcare Values", "The Netcare Way". Also earlier paragraphs: "We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose.", "We are united by a common purpose...", "Netcare invites you to be part of our journey.", then the description about Senior Pharmacist. We need to wrap introductory paragraphs in

    . The first few paragraphs: - "

    We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose.

    " - empty

    - "

    We are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity.

    " - empty

    - "

    Netcare invites you to be part of our journey.

    " - empty

    - empty

    Then "The Senior Pharmacist will be responsible for the provision of medication and supplementary services to patients and members of the healthcare team.
    The incumbent will also assume responsibility for meeting patients’ needs in a responsible, satisfactory and cost-effective manner." plus some empty

    tags. We need to preserve content word-for-word, but we can drop the
    and replace with space? The rule says no
    tags. We must preserve the text content; we can replace
    with a space or line break? Probably we should just remove the
    and keep the text as is, maybe add a space. The instruction: "Preserve ALL original content word-for-word — do not add, remove, summarise, or rephrase". That means we cannot remove the
    because it's part of original content? But we are not allowed to use
    tags in output. Conflict. We need to interpret: we must not add
    tags, but we can omit them if they are not allowed? The rule says "No CSS classes, no inline styles, no

    s, no
    tags". So we cannot output
    . But we must preserve original content word-for-word. However the original content includes a
    . If we cannot output
    , we must somehow represent that line break without using
    . Perhaps we can just treat it as a space, but that changes content (removes the
    ). The instruction may prioritize the HTML formatting rules over preserving the exact markup; they said preserve ALL original content word-for-word — do not add, remove, summarise, or rephrase. That likely refers to the textual content, not the markup. So we can drop markup tags and just keep the text. The
    is markup, not content. So we can drop it. Similarly we must drop tags,

    , etc. Keep the text inside. Thus we will extract plain text, then wrap appropriate parts in

    or

    or
    • . Need to decide which headings become

      . The instruction: Use

      for section headers (e.g. Responsibilities, Qualifications, Requirements, Education, Experience, Skills, How to Apply, Key Duties, About the Role). So we should treat headings like "KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES", "DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION", "Dispensing medication", "Customer service", "Stock control management", "Administration management", "High cost medicine and Quality portfolio", "TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY", "Teamwork", "Personal and professional development", "Build and maintain stakeholder relationships", "SKILLS PROFILE", "EDUCATION", "WORK EXPERIENCE", "KNOWLEDGE", "NETCARE VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS", "Netcare Values", "The Netcare Way". Also maybe "KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES" is a section header. We'll wrap each in

      . Then the following list items under each heading should be
      • . Some headings have no list directly after but have paragraphs; we can treat those paragraphs as

        under the heading. We need to preserve the exact wording, including punctuation and spacing. We'll need to reproduce the text as it appears, but without the original tags. Let's extract the text content sequentially. I'll copy the original and strip tags mentally. Original:

        We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose.

        We are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity.

        Netcare invites you to be part of our journey.

        The Senior Pharmacist will be responsible for the provision of medication and supplementary services to patients and members of the healthcare team.
        The incumbent will also assume responsibility for meeting patients’ needs in a responsible, satisfactory and cost-effective manner.

        KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

        DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION

        Dispensing medication

        • Dispense prescriptions (hospital and retail) 
        • Streamlining of retail front shop queues
        • Ensure maximum safety of patients by providing advice on the appropriate selection, dosage and drug interaction, potential side effects and therapeutic effects of medicines
        • Prepare, issue and control  all oncology drugs according to Pharmacy policies and procedures
        • Act as custodian for the management of Schedule 5 & 6 drugs as per legal requirements
        • Record prescriptions as per legislative requirements

        Customer service

        • Assist and offer advice on the usage, side effects, contra-indications, drug interaction and proper storage of medication to patients and other members of the healthcare team
        • Advise and provide information regarding general health matters, including the effective use of medicines, treatment for general diseases, primary health care, screening services, essential medication, mother and child healthcare services, family planning and immunisation

        Stock control management

        • Supervise and control the acquisition, storage, dispensing, handling and packaging of medicines to ensure safety, efficacy and quality thereof
        • Assist with all aspects of ethical stock control including re-ordering of stock, maintaining dedicated stock areas for organisation and expiry dates
        • Conduct cyclical and full stock takes
        • Update doctors and wards with regards to out of stock situations and offer alternatives
        • Stock days and quality of stock
        • Green procurement aspects

        Administration management

        • Conduct related administrative and house-keeping tasks
        • Preparation of call roster in advance
        • Assist with compiling duty rosters
        • Ensuring staggered shifts are adhered to at all times
        • Assist to maintain and update Kronos time cards

        High cost medicine and Quality portfolio

        • To Ensure involvement and assistance with obtaining Letters of motivation to ensure re-imbursement of High cost medicine
        • To mitigate the risk of non-payment of medicines
        • To work with Billings teams to assist with Dr communication regarding additional clinical information is received on the use of high cost
        • Assisting with aspects of Antibiotic Stewardship
        • Assisting with aspects of Medication safety and relevant audits

        TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY

        Teamwork

        • Actively participate as a member of a team to achieve goals.
        • Communicate effectively  to assist other team players
        • Supervise and guide Pharmacist Assistants and interns

        Personal and professional development

        • Active involvement in own professional development to maintain a satisfactory level of skill and knowledge.
        • Keep up to date with Netcare’s evolving policies and procedures
        • Keep abreast of new developments in the Pharmaceutical field

        Build and maintain stakeholder relationships

        • Work effectively and co-operatively with others to establish and maintain good working relationships that are mutually beneficial.
        • Build relationships with wards to facilitate the understanding and updating of Pharmacy systems and policies

        SKILLS PROFILE

        EDUCATION

        Essential

        • A relevant pharmaceutical qualification (B.Pharm. Degree or Dip.Pharm)
        • Registration with the South African Pharmacy Council.

        WORK EXPERIENCE

        Essential

        • Advanced computer literacy
        • Work experience in a Hospital or Retail Pharmacy environment

        KNOWLEDGE

        Essential

        • Sound knowledge of Pharmacy business operations

        NETCARE VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

        Netcare Values

        At Netcare, our core value is care. We care about the dignity of our patients and all members of the Netcare family. We care about the participation of our people and our partners in everything we do. We care about truth in all our actions. We are passionate about quality care and professional excellence.

        • At Netcare, our core value is care.
        • We care about the dignity of our patients and all members of the Netcare family.
        • We care about the participation of our people and our healthcare partners in everything that we do.
        • We care about the truth in all our actions.
        • We listen with empathy and respond with acts of compassion in all interactions with our patients and their families.


        The Netcare Way

        Netcare is committed to providing quality care. Our basic service standard holds us accountable for the below seven behaviours which you will be accountable to uphold:

        • Respect - I always greet everyone to show my respect.
        • Identity - I always wear my name badge to show my identity.
        • Dignity - I always treat others with consideration and humility to uphold dignity
        • Care - I always act in the best interest of Netcare and others to show I care
        • Compassion - I always listen with empathy and respond with kind action to show my compassion
        • Appreciation - I always say thank you to show my appreciation.
        • Diversity- I always embrace diversity to strengthen inclusivity and belonging.

        Join the team committed to providing the best and safest health and care.

        We need to output HTML with

        for paragraphs,

        for headings,
        • for lists. We must preserve the text exactly as it appears (excluding tags). Let's extract the textual content in order. I'll go through and write out the text pieces. Start: 1. "We provide meaningful careers that connect people with purpose." 2. (empty line) 3. "We are united by a common purpose of providing the best and safest care; and by our shared values of Care, Truth, Participation, Compassion and Dignity." 4. (empty) 5. "Netcare invites you to be part of our journey." 6. (empty) 7. (empty) 8. "The Senior Pharmacist will be responsible for the provision of medication and supplementary services to patients and members of the healthcare team. The incumbent will also assume responsibility for meeting patients’ needs in a responsible, satisfactory and cost-effective manner." Note: there were two spaces before
          and after? Original: "The Senior Pharmacist will be responsible for the provision of medication and supplementary services to patients and members of the healthcare team.
          The incumbent will also assume responsibility for meeting patients’ needs in a responsible, satisfactory and cost-effective manner." So there are two spaces before
          . After removing
          , we should keep the two spaces? Probably we can collapse to a single space? But to preserve content, we keep the two spaces? The text before
          ends with a period then two spaces then
          then "The". If we remove
          , we might keep the two spaces then the next word. So we will have "team. The". That's two spaces between sentences. We'll keep that. 9. (empty p style) 10. (empty p style) 11. "KEY WORK OUTPUT AND ACCOUNTABILITIES" 12. (empty) 13. "DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION" 14. (empty) 15. "Dispensing medication" 16. Then list items: - "Dispense prescriptions (hospital and retail) " - "Streamlining of retail front shop queues" - "Ensure maximum safety of patients by providing advice on the appropriate selection, dosage and drug interaction, potential side effects and therapeutic effects of medicines" - "Prepare, issue and control  all oncology drugs according to Pharmacy policies and procedures" - "Act as custodian for the management of Schedule 5 & 6 drugs as per legal requirements" - "Record prescriptions as per legislative requirements" Note there are non-breaking spaces maybe. We'll keep as is. 17. (empty p) 18. "Customer service" 19. List: - "Assist and offer advice on the usage, side effects, contra-indications, drug interaction and proper storage of medication to patients and other members of the healthcare team" - "Advise and provide information regarding general health matters, including the effective use of medicines, treatment for general diseases, primary health care, screening services, essential medication, mother and child healthcare services, family planning and immunisation" 20. (empty p) 21. "Stock control management" 22. List: - "Supervise and control the acquisition, storage, dispensing, handling and packaging of medicines to ensure safety, efficacy and quality thereof" - "Assist with all aspects of ethical stock control including re-ordering of stock, maintaining dedicated stock areas for organisation and expiry dates" - "Conduct cyclical and full stock takes" - "Update doctors and wards with regards to out of stock situations and offer alternatives" - "Stock days and quality of stock" - "Green procurement aspects" 23. (empty p) 24. "Administration management" 25. List: - "Conduct related administrative and house-keeping tasks" - "Preparation of call roster in advance" - "Assist with compiling duty rosters" - "Ensuring staggered shifts are adhered to at all times" - "Assist to maintain and update Kronos time cards" 26. (empty p) 27. "High cost medicine and Quality portfolio" 28. List: - "To Ensure involvement and assistance with obtaining Letters of motivation to ensure re-imbursement of High cost medicine" - "To mitigate the risk of non-payment of medicines" - "To work with Billings teams to assist with Dr communication regarding additional clinical information is received on the use of high cost" - "Assisting with aspects of Antibiotic Stewardship" - "Assisting with aspects of Medication safety and relevant audits" 29. (empty p) 30. "TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SOCIETY" 31. (empty p) 32. "Teamwork"

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