Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland
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: Pharmacy Store Keeper |
· Place of work: Kule/Gambella · Terms of employment: One year with possibilities of extension. · Remuneration and Benefits: - Starting gross salary: 8,997 ETB - Hardship Allowance: 2,249 · Date of application: January 08, 2019 – January 18, 2019 |
Main Purpose |
Execute the pharmacy/medical warehouse storing activities in order to keep pharmacy stock above security level and following recommended conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) under the supervision of the Medical Warehouse (for OCA) or Pharmacy Supervisor, and in collaboration with the logistics team.
Accountabilities |
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· Supervise material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use. · Receive orders and deliveries, identifying potential disparities against cargo manifest or others and reporting them, and stores materials in accordance with the system in force, in order to ensure continuous availability. It includes: o Ensure correct filling in of entries on the stock cards and software, incl. medical devices and related items (collaborating with project biomedical service) o Prepare orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, other), ensuring the packaging and proper dispatching. reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Inform Pharmacy Supervisor as soon as stock reaches alert limit. Inform project Biomedical service before dispatching any medical devices. o Carry out or participate in regular inventories including EPREP stock. o Report missing material/ damage/ robbery. o Control warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensure doors and other exists are secured. o Ensures good storage conditions of all items in the pharmacy. · Control warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials good keeping conditions. It includes: o Monitor temperature in the warehouse and ensure that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports received and prepared appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols o Ensure cleanliness of premises (stock pharmacy). o Maintain refrigerating equipment in close collaboration with the logistics department.. · Follows up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months. Make a report and passes it to the supervisor goods. · Knowing how to use all types of radios, codes, call numbers and radio alphabets by heart and communicating with base according to MSF communications policy to inform the driver's position and any potential implications. · Knowing and respecting the security rules related to vehicle movements, specifically those related to customs, checkpoints and roadblocks. Ensuring all passengers know and respect the security rules
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| MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
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· Reception of pharmaceuticals from the Gambela store and other sectors distributing to the health posts base on their consumption report..
· Promote rational drug use (Prescriptions are cross checked (strength, dosage and quantity) and dispensed by trained pharmacy staff, helping reduce risks of medical errors).
· Insure all the prescriptions are complete in terms of patients and prescribers’ biographic information.
Stock management
· Organizes the arrangement of items in proper location, shelf-code, batch number and group for easy retrieval up on needed.
· Issues medical supplies and equipment on First Expire First Out (FEFO) basis
· Updating sock cards and processes the clinical order from departments and other health posts
· Manage pharmaceuticals according to MSF standard and arrangement of shelves and drugs according to MSF requirement
· Proper cold chain management during storage and transportation and reception of cold chain items. .
Administrative
· Follow up on 24hour consumption data,,
· Supervise daily workers and cleaners assigned to the pharmacy
· Insure pharmacy, dispensing area and dispensing aids are clean and free of contamination.
· Support other MSF health posts dispensary and substitute the dispensers in their absence
· Documentation of prescriptions and internal requests for
· Control and record room temperature and refrigerators’ temperature in temperature recording sheets.
· Avoid entrance of unauthorized person from interring to the pharmacy or dispensing area.
· Undertakes any other duties that may be assigned by his/her immediate supervisor.
Requirements | |||
Education | Essential, medical (drugs) related studies. Desirable Diploma in Pharmacy Technician, Proffesional License is required and a Must. | ||
Experience |
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Languages | · Essential local language, desirable mission working language | ||
Knowledge | Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet) |
Competences | · Results and Quality Orientation L1 · Teamwork and Cooperation L1 · Behavioural Flexibility L1 · Commitment to MSF Principles L1 · Service Orientation L1 · Stress Management. L2 |
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