Advertised in daily Classified Source newspaper dated 02 February, 2024. Applications are invited for appropriate candidates in Action Against Hunger to complete fill their vacant position.
Action Against Hunger
Date Posted:
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02 February, 2024
Department:
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Action Against Hunger
Category | Sector
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INGO
Newspaper:
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Classified Source Newspaper
Education:
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Bachelor
Total Vacancies:
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Details in attached ads
Vacancy Location:
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Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Job Type:
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Full Time
Expected Last Date:
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08 February, 2024
Vacant Positions: Pharmacist
PHARMACIST
Presently, the Action Against Hunger Quetta is on the lookout for suitable candidates for their vacant position i.e. Pharmacist to join their team.
JOB Description: Pharmacist
Mission 1: Supporting the Nut and Health and Logistics departments in managing medical procurement
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
Supporting the Logistics and Nut/Health departments in medical supplies procurement
Supporting the Nut/Health HOD in assessing needs & requirements and preparing purchase lines for each item
Supporting the Nut/Health HoD in making decisions on the choice of molecular substitutions as part of the procurement process.
Supporting coordination in defining procurement frequency
Supporting Log and Health Dept in analysis of emerging needs
Ensure coordination with DRAP and relevant authorities as needed
Supporting the Log HoD and the Nut/Health HoD in evaluating the local market and any possible emergency procurement
Collecting information about suppliers
Collecting information for any possible external audit of the local market
Facilitating sourcing activities during procurement (selection of sources, etc.)
Mission 2: Improving quality in the management and use of medical products
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
Ensuring/analysing data collection (stock, consumption) from the bases and from the Dispensation Sites, and inputting the data into the SFU Med or other Excel file.
Analysing this data in order to optimise the management of drugs/medicines and medical equipment (needs assessment, cold chain, expiry dates, stock surplus/shortage, etc.)
Ensuring the regular and appropriate use of management documents (stock sheets, delivery notes, computer tools, etc.)
Working closely with the Nut and Health department to verify stock and consumption status against programme data (primary healthcare database) and assess the appropriateness of prescriptions.
Being able to provide, in real time, all reliable stock data, consumption, use of drugs/medicines and health products for each project.
Backing up all computer data at least once a month.
Mission 3: Maintaining the physical integrity of the Central Pharmacy
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
Compliance with Good Storage Practices for medical products at ACF and Implementing partner level
Spatial organisation of the Pharmacy stocks
Physical integrity of the premises: security-protected entrances, no water damage, no cracks in the roof or walls, no rodents, etc.
Hygiene of the premises: regular cleaning of floors and shelves, refrigerator maintenance, no food or sugary drinks, etc.
Twice-daily monitoring of temperature and humidity during working days through relevant staff
Ensuring that everything possible is done to combat factors leading to the damage of medical products
Classification of products according to the rules recommended by AAH
Ensuring compliance with special storage conditions required for certain specific products (cold chain, products considered to be narcotics)
Mission 4: Supporting the Logistics department in the technical supervision of the partner Pharmacy/Pharmacies
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
The technical supervision of storage warehouses at partner level in order to analyse the Pharmacy Officer’s compliance with Good Storage Practices
Providing recommendations
Monitoring the compliance of these recommendations
Ensuring that the AAH’s procedures and tools used by the partner programme and logistics teams are properly understood and applied.
Providing technical support through necessary training on stock management
Mission 5: Improving technical capacity at programme level
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
Providing technical support through training on stock management, rational use of medical products, critical analysis of consumption data
Supporting the team of dispensers in pharmacy supervision
Mission 6: Supporting the Nut/Health HoD in proposal writing and donor reporting
The Pharmacist is in charge of:
Providing technical support to the Nut/Health HoD in defining, quantifying and evaluating medical product needs in the framework of proposed donor projects
Contributing to the preparation of donor reports specifically with respect to information relating to drugs/medicines on the mission.
Mission 7: Proactively support ACFs commitments to gender equality and child protection sensitivity
The Pharmacist is responsible for:
Read and ensure a full understanding and promotion of ACFs Gender Minimum Standards & Child Protection Policies
Implement all work related activities with a gender, inclusion and child protection lens, taking into account the different needs, concerns and ideas of our staff and beneficiaries
Ensure and encourage the incorporation of gender equity principles in all policies and activities
Help build an inclusive office environment where people do not feel disadvantaged or judged according to their gender or limited due to manageable disability.
Interested candidates should email their CVs (necessary documentation) by 08 February, 2024. The job title must be clearly stated in the Subject line. Action Against Hunger provide equal Opportunity for all equally competent candidates.
