Pharmacist Intern Jobs in Durban

Dis-Chem Pharmacies has an opportunity for a Pharmacist Intern at its Musgrave store in Durban. This is a contract position, advertised under reference 209992, paying a market-related salary, and applications close on 29 November 2026.

About the company and the work

Dis-Chem is one of South Africa’s largest pharmacy and health retailers, and its Musgrave store serves shoppers in Durban. The purpose of this internship is to equip learners to understand the underlying principles of all the major areas related to the pharmaceutical environment and to promote quality lifelong learning. The intern takes responsibility for patients’ medicine-related needs and for providing excellent customer service, all under the supervision of a registered pharmacist.

Role details and duties

The duties stated in the advert include:

• Providing or performing services within the scope of practice of a pharmacist intern, including the sale of Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 medicines or scheduled substances.
• Assisting with the compounding, manipulation or preparation, and the manufacturing, of non-sterile or sterile medicines or scheduled substances.
• Re-packaging medicine, and distributing and controlling stock of Schedule 1 to Schedule 6 medicines or scheduled substances.
• Ordering medicine and scheduled substances up to and including Schedule 6, and reading and preparing prescriptions.
• Providing instructions on the correct use of medicine supplied, and information to individuals in order to promote health.
• Accurately interpreting scripts, capturing script details, verifying patient details on the system, and ensuring accurate picking, packing and labelling of medication.
• Advising and assisting patients at the dispensary, self-medication counter and front shop, and following up on script tracking reports as requested by the dispensary manager.
• Explaining medical aid costs to patients, processing paperwork for medical aid claims, correcting errors on rejected scripts, and ensuring authorisation of chronic, HIV and AIDS and oncology medication.
• Maintaining customer profiles, reporting low or out-of-stock levels and stock errors, assisting with scheduled stock takes, and exercising stock and asset control.
• Keeping housekeeping to Dis-Chem standards and adhering to Dis-Chem policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, health and safety rules, and the uniform and personal appearance policy.

Some duty lines are truncated in the detail view, so applicants should read the full wording in the original advert.

Requirements

Only what the source states is listed here:

• Grade 12 / Matric.
• BPharm, 4-year degree.
• Computer literate, MS Office.
• Advantageous: work during degree, such as holiday work; Unisolve and E-Scripting.
• Competencies: English and a second language, read, write and speak; application of knowledge gained in the university BPharm curriculum; good communication and listening skills; customer service and focus; conflict management; strong attention to detail; sound numerical skills; problem-solving; team player; trustworthy and honest; time management and adherence to deadlines; able to deal with pressure.
• Advantageous competencies: knowledge of retail and FMCG operations; a third additional language; drug and family planning, and complementary medicine.
• Special conditions of employment: willing and able to work retail hours; physically fit and able to stand for long periods; valid driver’s licence and own reliable transport; registered with the Pharmacy Council, or holding a valid work permit; clear credit and criminal records.

The advert states no separate experience level label, so none is shown in the job details. Benefits stated in the advert include a market-related salary, monthly and annual performance pay, medical aid, provident fund and a staff account.

Where to find and apply safely

This vacancy is listed on Careers24, and the Apply button on this page takes you directly to the original advert. Apply only through that original listing, and be wary of anyone asking for payment or personal banking details in exchange for an internship placement. A genuine pharmacy employer will not charge you to apply.

Practical tips

Make your BPharm qualification and your Pharmacy Council registration status easy to find at the top of your CV. Mention any holiday work you did during your degree, plus Unisolve or E-Scripting experience, since both are listed as advantageous. Show that you understand dispensary accuracy, patient counselling and medical aid claims, because those sit at the heart of this role.

How the process works

When you apply through the original advert, your application goes to Dis-Chem Pharmacies. Only successful applicants will be contacted, and if you have not been contacted within two weeks after the closing date, you should consider your application unsuccessful. Dis-Chem is an equal opportunity employer, and its approved Employment Equity Plan and targets will be considered in the selection process.

Important information

This page is informational only and is not the employer. Details such as the salary, closing date and requirements are taken from the original advert and may change; always confirm them in the original advert before applying. This is a contract internship at the Musgrave store in Durban, advertised under reference 209992, closing on 29 November 2026. It is a different vacancy from the Pharmacist Intern post in Pietermaritzburg.

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