Position Title: Pharmacy Technician
Country: Nigeria
Base: Maiduguri/Jere with field visits to other locations in Nigeria
Duration: 6 Months (Renewable depending on the availability of funding) Start Date: As soon as possible
Reporting to: Medical Officer
Qualifications, Experience and Knowledge Requirements :
- Qualified Pharmacy technician or Medical Technician
- Primary healthcare systems primary health care, Integrated community case management, malaria and vector
borne disease control programmes and community health provision in Nigeria, including organisation and
management of medicines in Mobile Clinics and outreach consultations - Knowledge of Clinical protocols and drugs dispensing practice including transcribing and verifying prescriptions,
dispensing and delivering, administering, patient education, monitoring and reporting. - Drug and Medical Commodities stock management and reporting
- Previous experience in dispensing medicines and supplies in primary care facilities.
- Previous experience of working with an INGO preferred
Languages:
Fluency in English and Kanuri mandatory. Knowledge of Hausa is a distinct advantage
Other Skills: Good organisational skills, Excellent communication skills, Good management skills, Ability to work
both independently and with a team.
The MENTOR Initiative is a specialist tropical disease control INGO, working with the Borno State Ministry of
Health to reinforce and build capacity for the establishment and maintenance of effective lifesaving health
services, including surveillance and control of life-threatening vector borne diseases.
The MENTOR Initiative is seeking an experienced Pharmacy Technician to work in Maiduguri-Borno State as
part of an Emergency Response Program to ensure access to improved lifesaving disease prevention and health
services for vulnerable communities in Borno State.
Summary of duties and responsibilities
Stock management in link with mobile clinics
- Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is
ready before teams leave to the field - Realize the pharmacy stock management (in/out) at the mobile clinic
- Calculate daily consumption for each item in order to anticipate any shortage
- Do a weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
- Prepare weekly drugs orders to MENTOR central pharmacy with the assistance of the medical doctors
and paramedics staff
Distribution of drugs during the mobile clinics - Give the drugs according to the medical prescription.
- Ask the medical doctor or the midwife to complete their prescription in case of incomplete information
(dosage, duration…)
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- Indicate the name, presentation and dosage of the drugs on the dispensing bag.
- Explain to the patient how to take the treatment and make sure that the explanations have been
understood - Explain the potential side effects of a drug to the patient
- Fill in the daily consumption form for each item
- Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity
Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly drugs consumption - Collect the daily mobile clinic consumption
- Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the drugs consumption
Reporting and attendance to different meetings - Prepare weekly activities report to submit to the pharmacist and team leader
- Participate in a pro-active way to MENTOR internal meetings (medical, security…)
– Participate to all the trainings organized by MENTOR
Others
- Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MENTOR mobile clinics
- Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
- Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
- Is responsible for the proper use and maintenance of assigned equipment
- Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
- Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
Adhere to the agreed MENTOR Code of conduct on Ethics and Integrity and safeguarding including
Whistle blowing policy.
As the MENTOR Initiative is working in a constantly changing humanitarian aid environment, reasonable
specific work duties may be requested that may not fit into the above job description, but which will help promote
over all programs goals and aims. Similarly, while work on weekend will not normally be required, requests to do
so should be regarded as falling within the 40hr working week stipulated within the MENTOR-Initiative’s standard
working contract, of which this job description forms a part.
INTERESTED CANDIDATED ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY by e-mail to: Recruitment.nga@mentor-
initiative.net ON OR BEFORE 20 TH NOVEMBER 2024. Using the job title as the subject of the email.
FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. THE MENTOR INITIATIVE IS AN EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT
PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).
