City of Tshwane
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH
Division: Health Services
Section: Pharmaceutical Services
Location: Pharmacy operations (regional)
Reference number HSDE364-2026
Position POST BASIC PHARMACIST ASSISTANT (3 POSTS)
To be advertised Internal External
This position seeks to attract African female African male Coloured female Coloured male Indian female Indian male White female White male Person with disability All categories
Job level T10
Scale R357 972,00 – R497 184,00 per annum
Estimated remuneration package R488 598,00 – R665 789,00 per annum
Job purpose
To provide a professional pharmaceutical and dispensing service in clinics
Appointment requirements
- Grade 12 plus successful completion of training as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant
- Registration with the South African Pharmacy Council as a Post Basic Pharmacist Assistant in Institutional or Community Pharmacy
- At least one year’s relevant experience
- Computer literacy
- Willingness and ability to work shifts
- Even though the advertisement may have a specific location or area of work, applicants must be willing to be placed anywhere in the city from time to time as required and determined by departmental management. Thus, by applying for any of these positions the applicants irrevocably accept this condition.
Competency requirements of the post
Having integrity; intelligence; having patience; energetic; ability to work under pressure; flexibility; innovative thinking skills; willingness to accept responsibility; decisiveness; ability to pay attention to detail; ability to communicate with colleagues and superiors; negotiating skills; organisational skills; interpersonal skills; good eyesight; good and legible handwriting; physical fitness; ability to stand for long hours; ability to lift moderately heavy items; data analysis skills
Primary functions
- Provide a professional pharmaceutical service
- Provide a dispensing service in clinics
- Provide rational drug and medicine use evaluation audits on challenging medicine items
- Provide a stock control service
- Provide a dispensary administrative service
- Provides a medicine distribution service
- Play an active role in pharmacy education programmes
SAP S70003217; S70003183: S70003209
New/natural attrition Natural attrition
Enquiries J Claassens (012 358 8769) or M Mphahlele (012 358 1018)
Closing date: 4 March 2026
(Online applications will close at midnight.)