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Experience2 years
Location Yobe
ROLE PURPOSE:
In compliance with SCI’s standard practices and protocols, ensure good pharmacy distribution practices including storage; supply; distribution; rational use of drugs, to ensure its effectiveness and operational availability in collaboration with the health and logistics team.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Pharmacy Specialist
Number of direct reports:
Warehouse Management:
- Support in managing the medical warehouse, optimizing medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies.
- Ensure good storage practices of medical products across the SCI-supported health facilities.
- Perform routine physical inventory count and reconcile with records.
- Ensures daily updates of bin cards and stock cards; supplies are released with approved stock release formats and proper documentation.
- Responsible for safe disposal of expired drugs and medical supplies, working with the regulatory authority where applicable.
- Register the pharmacy warehouse with PCN using his/her license.
Consumption Monitoring:
- Responsible for handling the ordering of medical products and supplies from SCI-supported facilities in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
- Coordinate with the health and nutrition team to ensure the rational use of medical products at SCI-supported health facilities.
- Responsible for field-based consumption reporting and timely completion, advising on the rational use of medicines based on these reports.
- Ensure accurate reporting of drug stock movement and consumption.
- Oversee medication use in the field.
Cold Chain Management:
- Maintain the temperature between 2-8°C.
- Ensure strict adherence to the contingency plan in case of cold chain breakdown.
- Ensure the proper packaging procedure for transport in passive cold chain systems.
- Display the content on the fridge door.
Capacity Building:
- Provide on-the-job training to drug dispensers, ensuring safe and accurate dispensing processes and patient counseling on prescribed treatment.
Compliance and Quality Control:
- Ensure that high-quality standards of health commodity management are met, including Good Distribution Practices, covering warehousing, cold chain management, stock rotation, control, pipeline management, consumption monitoring, and ordering.
- Monitor medication safety across primary health care teams and stabilization centers.
- Responsible for pharmacovigilance at the field
Essential
- BSc in Pharmacy with valid license to practice
- 2 years of experience working in pharmaceutical supply chain preferably with an INGO.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Experience of medical supply chain management
- Flexible, positive, and proactive approach to work
- Written and spoken English.
Desirable
- Ability to work in and maintain a positive team dynamic in insecure environments.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.
