Pharmacy Assistant 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.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Pharmacy Specialist

Number of direct reports:

Warehouse Management:

• Support in managing the medical warehouse, optimizing medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies.
• Ensure good storage practices of medical products across the SCI-supported health facilities.
• Perform routine physical inventory count and reconcile with records.
• Ensures daily updates of bin cards and stock cards; supplies are released with approved stock release formats and proper documentation.
• Responsible for safe disposal of expired drugs and medical supplies, working with the regulatory authority where applicable.
• Register the pharmacy warehouse with PCN using his/her license.

Consumption Monitoring:

• Responsible for handling the ordering of medical products and supplies from SCI-supported facilities in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
• Coordinate with the health and nutrition team to ensure the rational use of medical products at SCI-supported health facilities.
• Responsible for field-based consumption reporting and timely completion, advising on the rational use of medicines based on these reports.
• Ensure accurate reporting of drug stock movement and consumption.
• Oversee medication use in the field.

Cold Chain Management:

• Maintain the temperature 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.
• Display the content on the fridge door.

Capacity Building:

• Provide on-the-job training to drug dispensers, 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 warehousing, cold chain management, stock rotation, control, pipeline management, consumption monitoring, and ordering.
• Monitor medication safety across primary health care teams and stabilization centers.
• Responsible for pharmacovigilance at the field

Essential

• BSc in Pharmacy with valid license to practice 
• 2 years of experience working in pharmaceutical supply chain preferably with an INGO.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Experience of medical supply chain management
• Flexible, positive, and proactive approach to work
• Written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Ability to work in and maintain a positive team dynamic in insecure environments.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and establish harmonious and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization.