Job Title: Assistant Technical Officer, Pharmacy / Logistics
Location: Takum, Taraba
Job Type: Full time
Supervisor: Technical Officer, Primary Health Care
Basic Function
- The ATO Pharmacy/Logistics – will support the development of in-house capacity in all aspects of distribution and warehousing of health commodities.
- S/he will provide technical and leadership support to strengthen the supply chain process of health commodities to reduce stock-outs, lower costs and eliminate wastages while maintaining high standard of pharmaceutical care across supported sites.
Responsibilities
- Carrying out inspection duties as provided for under the Poisons and Pharmacist’s Act, the Dangerous Drug Act and the Food and Drug Decree and other operational legislations
- Direct outgoing or incoming health commodities distribution activities; ensure health commodities or supplies are shipped, distributed, or received in an efficient manner.
- Provide day-to-day guidance to Pharmacy technicians on drug dispensing and prescription to in-and-outpatients whilst providing mentorship on medication advice.
- S/he will develop a cost effective system for cold and dry storage for health commodities based on good storage and evidence-based principles in keeping with good quality assurance standards.
- Providing spontaneous advice on medicaments such as mixtures, lotions, ointments, syrups, etc.
- Provides technical information and advice to other health professionals on procurement and supply chain management of health commodities.
- Ensuring proper storage and issuance of all drugs over the duration of the project.
- Participating in routine quality control audits of all drugs in stock.
- Conduct periodic visits to facility warehouses to follow-up on all warehouse related matters such as the environment, sterilization, refrigeration etc. and generate reports to management and other stakeholders
- Monitor safety standards in accordance with regulations; ensure safety code and quality compliance are met daily.
- Advice on the disposal process of all health commodities marked for destruction (damaged or expired)
- Works with technical support and M&E teams to collect appropriate baseline data over the life of the project
- Compiles and submits periodic reports
- Ensures adequate infection prevention and control standards are maintained at all times.
- Research, develop and recommend policies and procedures to improve internal processing and record keeping systems
- Performs any other duties as may be assigned
Qualifications / Competencies
- B.Sc / BA in Pharmacy or relevant fields with 1 to 3 years of experience working as a pharmacist.
- Must be a licensed pharmacist
- Experience working in humanitarian context is required.
- Outstanding knowledge of MS Office and an experience in rational health commodities selection, forecasting/quantification, quality assurance spanning the PSM cycle, warehousing/storage, distribution, and LMIS is an advantage.
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
- Experience must include managing health commodity logistics information systems, including forecasting/quantification.
- Be familiar with developing PSM indicators and issues surrounding monitoring and evaluation of the PSM.
- Knowledge of Quantimed and Pipeline a plus
- Sound knowledge and experience regarding M&E, statistics and quality assurance/quality improvement, and their specificities for developing countries.
- Fluent in English and Hausa language an advantage.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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Job Features
Job Category | Logistics / Transportation/ Supply |