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Pharmacist for MSF Khost Project

Sarey, Multi Location

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Multi Location ()
Full Time
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About Sarey

Job Summary

Work closely with project pharmacist to put procedures in place by:

• Assisting to promote effective organisation of the project’s medical supply chain and distribution flow in order to make quality drugs and medical material available at project level.
Ensuring respect for Good Distribution Practices for Pharmaceutical Products (GDP) in the Hospital.
Ensuring the tools used in pharmacy management are in use in a standard format.
Assisting to avoid financial losses due expired products, overstock or placing “exceptional” orders to address shortages.
Assisting to put on place appropriated consumption follow-up system.
Assisting to supervise pharmacy staff and daily workers.

The person might be asked by his superiors, in special occasions, to carry out other tasks. It can happen that, in special occasions, the person needs to work outside the normal timetable and even on week ends or holidays.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Together with pharmacy staff, do receptions during arrival of products.
• Update all movements in Stock Cards.
• Ensure that the stock level is updated by doing regular physical inventories at Hospital Pharmacy and supporting in Central Pharmacy and End-user Units.
• Support to organize drugs and medical materials according to MSF standards (by category, alphabetical order on international non proprietary name, expiry date, “first expiring first out” system - FEFO) at all project’s level.
• Support to ensure the stock is in perfect conditions of: hygiene, organization, storage capacity, ambient temperature.
• Be responsible for all movements and storage of drugs under controlled use (narcotics, psychotropics and precursors).
• Follow up stock level at Hospital Pharmacy by doing a list of items to replace and reporting to the project pharmacist any change in the consumption.
• Be responsible for monthly orders submitted to pharmacy.
• Support the ordering process from Services – weekly and daily orders - to ensure they are done appropriately and according to standards, reporting to project pharmacist any irregularities in prescriptions.
• Supervise the fill in of tally sheets closely to avoid mistakes and to keep daily register of outgoing drugs.
• Support the ordering process of Not Planed Orders.
• Follow up expiry dates at Hospital Pharmacy level, by doing a list of items to expire within 6 months and reporting to the project pharmacist.
• Supervise and support the management of expired/damaged items.
• The assistant project pharmacist might be asked to record movements in Isystock, as well as to collect and sum up data from other follow-up sheets on Excell.
• Report immediately to the project pharmacist any problem arising in the service, especially the loss/ robbery/damage of medical equipment or medicines.

Additional tasks

On request perform any other additional duties given by the immediate supervisor in order to allow the organisation to function optimal

working hours 8:00am to 12:30pm 1:30pm to 5:00pm
Saturday to Wednesday

This job description has been done to clarify the responsibilities of the employee.

The work of MSF is characterised by a great flexibility and mobility. The employee understands the MSF Charter and agrees to abide by its principles. In and in general each staff member of MSF accepts to work according to the internal regulations.

Job Requirements

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Pharmacy Diploma
Basic (Word and Excel)
Previous work experience: One year

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Fluent in English and Pashto
Excellent written and oral skills
Flexibility.
Dynamic and takes responsabilities
Good sense of organisation of his work
Sense of responsability, adaptability and honesty

Submission Guideline

The interested candidates should submit their applications (CV+ motivation letter, including references details) with supporting documents to :

Project Administrator
Adress: MSF Khost Maternity, Matun Road 9, Khost City
Mail: msf-khost-admin@msf.org

Deadline for the submission of Applications is October 31st, 2011.
Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted.
PLEASE CLEARLY SPECIFY THE POSITION WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING FOR

Functional Area

Health/Medical

Countries

Post Date

Oct 15, 2011

Closing Date

Oct 30, 2011

Reference

msf11/Khost1

Number of Vacancies

1

Salary Range

Salary is negotiable

Years of Experience

2 years

Probation Period

1 month

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Duration

Not Specified

Contract Extensible

false

Gender

Male