Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Technical Assistant – Pharmacy (x2)
Locations: Anambra, Taraba
Job Category: Fixed Term
Basic Function
- The successful candidate will provide pharmaceutical care services and support medication adherence counseling services at One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for Key Populations (KPs) and their partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Dispense Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and other medication in line with approved regimens and standards.
- Dispense ARVs in appropriate packaging with clear instructions.
- Provide medication-related counseling, including reinforcing adherence and advising on potential side effects and drug interactions.
- Provide drug information to health service providers and clients on request.
- Identify and supporting follow-up of clients who do not return for refills of their ARVs.
- Work with providers and clients to identify, manage, and report adverse drug reactions and drug interactions.
- Contribute to decision making on treatment and care for individual clients.
- Monitor ARV and other drug (STIs, OIs, etc.) stock levels at the OSS and communicate with the project team for re-stocking
- Contribute to forecasting /quantification of health commodities and monitoring of drug distributions.
- Oversee drug logistics i.e., stock-taking, proper drug storage, drug stock out and monitor the effectiveness of the pull system.
- Assess the functionality of existing pharmaceutical management systems and develop implementation plans that prioritize and address gaps.
- Oversee quality assurance systems at the OSS by close monitoring of prescription patterns, ensuring proper documentation, side effects monitoring (pharmacovigilance) and reducing dispensing errors.
- Identify needs for information resources—for example, ART guidelines and drug information for medication counselling
- Implement monitoring and reporting of medication errors, suspected adverse reactions to medicines, and other medication-related events
- Monitoring ART prescriptions for appropriateness and discrepancies
- Monitoring adherence to ARVs; working with clients and other health service providers to address difficulties
- Address emerging problems as client numbers increase
- Contribute to the development of data collection tools for KPs (HTS, ART and Prevention for Positives)
- Monitor and report weekly enrolment
- Provide support to the Strategic Information (SI) unit to conduct research (qualitative and quantitative) surveys on service delivery outcomes for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
- Ensure timely submission of quality reports to the PR/SR on monthly and quarterly basis or as required.
- Maintenance of transaction records and inventory management tools as required to ensuring transparency in commodity management records.
- Ensure timely, accurate and timely reporting of logistics reports to facilitate stock replenishment and accountability
Application Closing Date
16th September, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward a Suitability Statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
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Note
- Only applications sent electronically (i.e., by e-mail) with the Job Title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview.
