Why Nursing with Dis-Chem?

Dis-Chem is not just a retail pharmacy chain — it is a primary-healthcare ecosystem with a broad network of in-store clinics and mobile outreach services. Dis-Chem operates over 500 in-store clinics, staffed by approximately registered nurses providing daily clinical care and enabling thousands of virtual consultations each month.

Dis-Chem is actively investing in the nursing workforce to address one of South Africa’s critical shortages. By joining the Nursing Division, you become a vital link between community health-needs and accessible care — not only within the walls of a store, but in neighbourhood uplift, wellness screening, preventive health and outreach.

What Sets Us Apart

• Strong up-skilling culture: For example, all nurses at Dis-Chem completed advanced training, such as the certified programme for diabetes.
• Social impact and community reach: Through mobile clinics and wellness initiatives, the Nursing team plays a direct role in improving access to care and reducing burden on public health-systems.
• A national network of clinics: Dis-Chem’s 2022/23 reports show broad clinic coverage and investment in nursing skills and infrastructure.
• Clear progression: From clinic sister/practitioner roles to clinical coordinator, regional nursing lead, or integrated care manager — you can map a growth path.
• Integration into a wellness-ecosystem: Your role sits at the intersection of pharmacy, retail wellness, primary-care and preventive health — offering variety, impact and exposure across healthcare domains.

What You’ll Gain

• A meaningful nursing role with impact: your work helps detect early disease, provide preventive care, educate communities and enhance wellness access.
• Exposure across a growing network: work in modern clinic-within-retail settings and outreach platforms — delivering variety and professional scope.
• Career growth: clear pathways from practitioner roles to clinical leadership, regional operations, integrated care portfolios.
• A brand with both retail strength and healthcare credibility: you operate within a trusted company that is investing to scale primary care.
• Opportunities for up-skilling: training in specialist areas such as diabetes education, wound care, immunisation, plus access to digital e-learning modules.

Take the Next Step

If you are a nursing professional who seeks more than a standard clinic job — you want a role that bridges healthcare and community impact, offers professional growth, and places you at the forefront of accessible health services — then the Nursing Division at Dis-Chem is your next move.

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