Pharmacist at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

General Objective

• The pharmacist shall ensure the overall functioning of the PUI Base Pharmacy and an adequate supply of quality medicines and medical equipment to PUI projects/pharmacies on the field.
• It must ensure proper pharmaceuticals management (storage, distribution, inventory and consumption) for the entire Base, both at the operational bases and health structures supported.
• The supply chain of medicines must be safe, reliable and documented at all levels.

Responsibilities and Taskpatient Care
Data collection, treatment and analysis:

• Data collection, treatment and analysis
• Monthly supervise the data collection (in / out, consumption) of bases and Health Centres and their data entry
• Ensure delivery of drugs and supplies to various sites/ facilities and appropriate use of the management document (inventory records, delivery notes, computer tools etc.)
• Ensure first aid kits/pep kits are refilled
• Be able to provide at any given time reliable information on stock, consumption, use of medicines and health products for each project.
• Maintenance of temperature/humidity for drugs

Supply management:

• Supervise the delivery and receipt of goods and the quality control of drugs received.
• Inform Logistics and medical services in the event of non-compliance.

Stocks management;

• Supervise the monthly physical inventory and conduct random checkings. In case of discrepancies between physical inventory and theoretical stock, investigate and inform the Mission Pharmacist.
• Ensure a proper storage (especially conditions of temperature, humidity, light and safety), ordered (storage, classification, labeling) and secure (key access) according to the PUI Pharmacy procédures.
• Ensure that storage conditions are in line with national legislation, in particular for narcotic and psycho active drugs.
• Monitor stock management of the bases pharmacies and health facilities (in collaboration with project managers).
• Ensure the understanding and application of procedures and tools used at the base level and health facilities supported.
• Supervise the stock management of particular pharmacies (vehicles, first aid kits, etc...). Inform the Mission Pharmacist in case of irrational consumption.
• Ensure that expired or damaged items are properly put in quarantine and ensure their effective destruction.
• Ensure pharmacovigilance including the immediate report of any problem with the quality of a drug in accordance with PUI pharmaceutical management procedures.

Supply management of bases and Health structures:

• Verify and validate the relevance of orders received and inform the Mission Pharmacist in case of inconsistencies.
• Supervise the preparation, distribution planning, transport and delivery from central stock to bases.
• Participate in the preparation of donations / loans / exchanges with the Mission Pharmacist
• Inform in advance and work with logistics department for the organization of transport of drugs.

Staff supervision and technical support:

• Responsible for the training and technical support to the Base Pharmacists and/or Pharmacy Assistants, and the staff in charge of pharmacies at PHCC and MHCs: stock management, rational use, substitution, analysis of consumption of health facilities.
• To ensure all staff working in the pharmacy aspect are trained on rational use of drugs and proper pharmaceutical waste management.
• Strengthen the capacity of health facilities teams, so that they can assume their duties independently and can be critical in terms of consumption.
• Frequently conduct field visits, to ensure proper management of drugs at PHCC and MHCs level.

Others:

• Participate in meetings and trainings when required;
• Perform other relevant duties as requested by supervisors.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 10 years work experience.