Pharmacist - Yobe at Save The Children

ROLE PURPOSE:

In compliance with SCI's standard practices and protocols, ensure good pharmacy distribution practices including storage; supply; distribution; rational use of drugs, to ensure its effectiveness and operational availability in collaboration with the health and logistics team.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Medication Dispensing:

• Support drug dispensers in primary health facilities by ensuring safe, efficient, and accurate dispensing processes.
• Ensure adherence to standardized dispensing practices, promoting rational drug use in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
• Good Storage Practices at Health Facility Pharmacies
• Ensure that medicines are stored in an organized manner, adhering to standard guidelines for arrangement and labeling.
• Maintain a clean, pest-free environment in all health facility pharmacies, implementing necessary pest control measures.
• Ensure regular physical inventory checks are done at all the facilities every month.
• Ensure the removal of expired items and proper documentation of these actions.
• Monitor stock cards in health facilities, ensuring they are regularly updated to reflect accurate stock levels.
• Report on items nearing expiration to facilitate prompt action and prevent wastage.
• Responsible for safe disposal of expired drugs and medical supplies, working with the regulatory authority where applicable.

Consumption Monitoring:

• Responsible for handling the ordering of medical products and supplies from SCI-supported facilities in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
• Responsible for field-based consumption reporting and timely completion, identifying trends and gaps in medication usage.
• Ensure accurate reporting of drug stock movement and consumption.
• Oversee medication use in the field.

Cold Chain Management:

• Maintain the temperature of refrigerators in PHCs and SCs between 2-8°C.
• Ensure strict adherence to the contingency plan in case of cold chain breakdown.
• Ensure the proper packaging procedure for transport in passive cold chain systems.

Capacity Building:

• Provide on-the-job training to drug dispensers/pharmacy technicians, ensuring safe and accurate dispensing processes and patient counseling on prescribed treatment.

Compliance and Quality Control:

• Ensure that high-quality standards of health commodity management are met, including Good Distribution Practices, covering rotation, control, pipeline management, consumption monitoring, and ordering.
• Monitor medication safety across primary health care teams and stabilization centers.
• Responsible for pharmacovigilance in the field.
• Register the pharmacy warehouse with PCN using his/her license.
• Carry out quarterly pharmacy standard scorecard assessment

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• BSc in Pharmacy
• Valid license to practice with minimum of 2 years relevant experience post NYSC
• NYSC or Exemption Certificate
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Work experience in humanitarian settings and international NGO
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Willingness to travel within and outside the state

Preferred:

• Strong sense of organization and attention to details.
• Capacity to work in a team and maintain individual workload