Circular 27 of 2026 · Post 27/285
PHARMACIST ASSISTANT (POST-BASIC) GRADE 1 TO 3 (X2 POSTS) Chief
Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- ProvinceWestern Cape
- AdvertCombined vacancy information
Job details
- Circular
- 27 of 2026
- Page No.
- 18–19
- Circular Post
- 27/285
- Department
- Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness
- Province
- Western Cape
- Closing date
- 17 August 2026
About this vacancy
This advert contains combined vacancy information. Review the source-supplied values below; they are not automatically paired into individual positions.
Applications close on 17 August 2026.
Application and salary information
Salary
Grade 1: R275 340 per annum Grade 2: R318 666 per annum
Grade 3: R343 761 per annum
Application route
Complete submission instructions are provided under How to apply.
Vacancy information
This advert contains combined vacancy information. Values are shown as supplied and are not paired into positions unless the source stores that relationship explicitly.
- Centre
- Lady Michaelis CDC (X1 Post) Southern Western Sub-structure Office (Atlantis Ecosystem) (X1 Post)
- Salary information
- Grade 1: R275 340 per annum Grade 2: R318 666 per annum
Grade 3: R343 761 per annum
Requirements
- Minimum educational qualification: As required by the training facility and the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) plus Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant qualification that allows registration with SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) or Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) Institutional.
- Registration with a professional council: Registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic) (Institutional) or Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic).
- Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist’s Assistant (Post-Basic).
- Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (PostBasic) with the SAPC.
- Grade 3: A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (PostBasic) with the SAPC.
- Inherent requirement of the job: Valid (Code B/EB) driver’s licence.
- Willingness to perform regular after-hours duties.
- Willingness to travel between PHC facilities in the SWSS.
- Competencies (knowledge/skills): Good computer literacy (MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook), JAC, Medsas.
- Good Interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team or independently.
- Ability to work accurately under pressure and maintain a high standard of professionalism.
- Capable of adapting to seamlessly fit into changing working environments.
Duties
- Perform the following services or acts under the direct personal supervision of a pharmacist: Assist with reading and preparation of a prescription, the selection, manipulation or compounding of the medicine, the labelling and supply of the medicine in an appropriate container following the interpretation and evaluation of the prescription by a pharmacist.
- Assist with the provision of instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied and information to individuals to promote health.
- Assist with the distribution, control of and ordering of medicine and scheduled substances.
- Assist with the compounding or manufacturing of a non-sterile or sterile medicine or scheduled substance according to a formula and standard operating procedures approved.
- Assist with general housekeeping and administrative tasks.
- Support facilities with managing and expanding chronic medicine access through all differentiated models of care e.g. home deliveries of chronic medicine.
Enquiries
Ms N Walklett Tel No: (021) 202-0981
How to apply
Where and how to submit your application.
Applicants apply online: www.westerncape.gov.za/health-jobs (click “online applications”)
Notes and Z83 guidance
No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements, may also apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration with the relevant council and proof of payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only applicable on health professionals who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must apply for change in registration status).
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Official source
This vacancy was imported from DPSA Circular 27 of 2026 for reference.
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Original Text
SALARY : Grade 1: R275 340 per annum Grade 2: R318 666 per annum
Grade 3: R343 761 per annum
CENTRE : Lady Michaelis CDC (X1 Post) Southern Western Sub-structure Office (Atlantis Ecosystem) (X1 Post)
REQUIREMENTS : Minimum educational qualification: As required by the training facility and the South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) plus Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistant
qualification that allows registration with SAPC as a Pharmacist Assistant
(Post-Basic) or Pharmacist Assistant (Post-Basic) Institutional. Registration
with a professional council: Registration with the SAPC as a Pharmacist
Assistant (Post Basic) (Institutional) or Pharmacist Assistant (Post Basic).
Experience: Grade 1: None after registration with the SAPC as Pharmacist’s
Assistant (Post-Basic). Grade 2: A minimum of 5 years’ appropriate experience as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (PostBasic) with the SAPC. Grade 3: A minimum of 13 years’ appropriate experience
as Pharmacist Assistant after registration as a Pharmacist Assistant (PostBasic) with the SAPC. Inherent requirement of the job: Valid (Code B/EB)
driver’s licence. Willingness to perform regular after-hours duties. Willingness to travel between PHC facilities in the SWSS. Competencies
(knowledge/skills): Good computer literacy (MS Office: Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook), JAC, Medsas. Good Interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to work as part of a team or independently. Ability
to work accurately under pressure and maintain a high standard of professionalism. Capable of adapting to seamlessly fit into changing working
environments.
DUTIES : Perform the following services or acts under the direct personal supervision of a pharmacist: Assist with reading and preparation of a prescription, the
selection, manipulation or compounding of the medicine, the labelling and supply of the medicine in an appropriate container following the interpretation
and evaluation of the prescription by a pharmacist. Assist with the provision of instructions regarding the correct use of medicine supplied and information to
individuals to promote health. Assist with the distribution, control of and ordering of medicine and scheduled substances. Assist with the compounding
or manufacturing of a non-sterile or sterile medicine or scheduled substance according to a formula and standard operating procedures approved. Assist
with general housekeeping and administrative tasks. Support facilities with managing and expanding chronic medicine access through all differentiated
models of care e.g. home deliveries of chronic medicine.
ENQUIRIES : Ms N Walklett Tel No: (021) 202-0981
NOTE : No payment of any kind is required when applying for this post. Candidates who are not in possession of the stipulated registration requirements, may also
apply. Such candidates will only be considered for appointment on condition that proof of application for registration with the relevant council and proof of
payment of the prescribed registration fees to the relevant council are submitted on or before the day of the interview. This concession is only
applicable on health professionals who apply for the first time for registration in a specific category with the relevant council (including individuals who must
apply for change in registration status).