Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors without Borders or MSF) is a private, non-profit, international humanitarian medical organization that intervenes in emergencies and crisis situations to relieve human suffering resulting from unmet medical needs. MSF observes strict neutrality with respect to politics and provides its assistance without discriminating on the basis of race, religion, ideology, or political affiliation. MSF’s members are required to respect humanitarian principles and principles of medical ethics at all times.
MSF Holland is looking for: |
Position: Pharmacy supervisor
Number of position: 1
· Place of work: Pugnido
· Terms of employment: 8 months with a possibility of extension
· Remuneration and Benefits: - Starting gross salary: 13,615 ETB - Medical Coverage 100%
· Date of application: April 19 – April 29, 2017 |
Main Purpose |
Ensure general functioning of the pharmacy and supervise pharmacy supply chain processes in accordance with MSF’s standards, in order to ensure its efficiency and operating availability.
Accountabilities |
· Define storage, stock management and supply processes, as well as hygiene and security procedures, tools, and protocols (controlling pests and rodents), implementing appropriate quality controls and records, in order to ensure good storage conditions (temperatures, humidity and light exposure) and availability of drugs and medical material. This will be done according to MSF protocols, national regulations and in cooperation with the logistics department.
· Coordinate the delivery, reception and recording of international and local orders, in close coordination with the logistics department, updating stock files and informing line managers on their status (shortfalls, over-stocking, expiry dates), in order to permanently ensure security stock levels and ensure efficient management of stock.
· Checks drugs and equipment upon their reception to the pharmacy.
· Ensures that all drugs have files and stock cards according to the protocols.
· Ensuring the proper disposal of drugs and medicines according to MSF Safety standards and waste management protocols, and to national and international legislation.
· Supervise orders of medical and drug material in order to ensure an efficient and appropriate consumption pattern under budget constraints.
· Supervise the supply patterns of drugs to patients, according to medical prescriptions, informing them on consumption patterns and keeping conditions in order to ensure their therapeutic progression
· Ensure efficient supply to other pharmacies managed/supported by MSF according to orders and stocks, and using cold chain when needed. Monitor and analyse orders of depending pharmacies in order to avoid ruptures of stock or having expired drugs.
· Supervise, with the HR department, the associated processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the pharmaceutical team and the nursing staff, in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required and to improve their dispensing capabilities.
· Report on drug consumptions and medical equipment dispensed according to protocols, informing on unusual patterns as well as forecasting future needs, in order to rationalise the budget and to ensure availability.
· Records all items received and issued in computer (Isystock)
Assist in training of nursing staff regarding dispensing of drugs and their side effectsETHIOPIAN VALID PRACTISE LICENSE IS ESSENTIAL AND MUST BE INCLUDED WITH APPLICATIONS OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
Education
Experience:
Languages:
Knowledge:
· Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
Competences
· Able to coach and supervise
General |
· The responsibilities mentioned above are not exhaustive and other work can be required according to the needs of the mission.
· Mobility is requested from MSF staff, including short term assignments from their usual place of work.
· Part of any MSF-employee responsibilities is the attendance of trainings as per the requirements of the organisation.
· The job description can be modified according to the evolution of the work.