Technical Assistant - Pharmacy (x2) at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Locations: Anambra, Taraba
Job Category: Fixed Term

Basic Function

• The successful candidate will provide pharmaceutical care services and support medication adherence counseling services at One-Stop-Shop (OSS) for Key Populations (KPs) and their partners.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Dispense Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) and other medication in line with approved regimens and standards.
• Dispense ARVs in appropriate packaging with clear instructions.
• Provide medication-related counseling, including reinforcing adherence and advising on potential side effects and drug interactions.
• Provide drug information to health service providers and clients on request.
• Identify and supporting follow-up of clients who do not return for refills of their ARVs.
• Work with providers and clients to identify, manage, and report adverse drug reactions and drug interactions.
• Contribute to decision making on treatment and care for individual clients.
• Monitor ARV and other drug (STIs, OIs, etc.) stock levels at the OSS and communicate with the project team for re-stocking
• Contribute to forecasting /quantification of health commodities and monitoring of drug distributions.
• Oversee drug logistics i.e., stock-taking, proper drug storage, drug stock out and monitor the effectiveness of the pull system.       
• Assess the functionality of existing pharmaceutical management systems and develop implementation plans that prioritize and address gaps.
• Oversee quality assurance systems at the OSS by close monitoring of prescription patterns, ensuring proper documentation, side effects monitoring (pharmacovigilance) and reducing dispensing errors.
• Identify needs for information resources—for example, ART guidelines and drug information for medication counselling
• Implement monitoring and reporting of medication errors, suspected adverse reactions to medicines, and other medication-related events
• Monitoring ART prescriptions for appropriateness and discrepancies
• Monitoring adherence to ARVs; working with clients and other health service providers to address difficulties
• Address emerging problems as client numbers increase
• Contribute to the development of data collection tools for KPs (HTS, ART and Prevention for Positives)
• Monitor and report weekly enrolment
• Provide support to the Strategic Information (SI) unit to conduct research (qualitative and quantitative) surveys on service delivery outcomes for HIV prevention, care and treatment.
• Ensure timely submission of quality reports to the PR/SR on monthly and quarterly basis or as required.
• Maintenance of transaction records and inventory management tools as required to ensuring transparency in commodity management records.
• Ensure timely, accurate and timely reporting of logistics reports to facilitate stock replenishment and accountability