Pharmacist In Charge at Kenya Red Cross Society

Job Summary

Responsible to the Facility In Charge, the pharmacist In Charge will be the focal point person for all the rehabilitation centre pharmacy activities. He / She will monitor the national pipelines for all commodities to ensure that adequate quantities of required commodities are readily available for use. The pharmacist in charge will provide technical assistance and support for the development and management of a national procurement plan for all rehabilitation centre related commodities and develop SOPs for use in the management of the centre commodities

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and periodically review Pharmacovigilance (PV) guidelines and written instructions.
• Ensure quarterly reporting on Pharmacovigilance, Drug Resistance Surveillance (DRS) and Rational use of drugs.
• Lead Capacity Assessment and training initiatives focusing on rehabilitation centers and follow-up on the implementation of capacity-building plans.
• Provide training to pharmaceutical technologists on quantification and forecasting, storage, Logistics Management Information System (LMIS), distribution and rational use of drugs.
• Lead in the Quality Assurance and Quality Control of medical products at all levels of the supply chain.
• Participate in Annual Evaluation Missions by pharmacies and poisons board
• Participate in the supply chain technical working group meeting with stakeholders
• Responsible for the maintenance and implement the LMIS system
• Responsible for the maintenance and updating of the centre’s Quality Reporting (PQR) database.
• Maintain an auditable procurement documentation in compliance with KRCS standards.
• Act as a resource person for all pharmaceutical matters in the implementation of the activities at the rehabilitation centre

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in public care health management.
• Knowledge in procurement and distribution of pharmaceuticals will be an added advantage.
• Past experience in working in a rehabilitation centre will be an added advantage.
• Valid practising licence with the pharmacist and poisons board

Competences

• Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills.
• Should be a team player and culturally sensitive.
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets and utilization of the internet.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Strong leadership, team building, conflict resolution and ability to deliver the Society’s strategic objectives.
• Previous work experience in a rehabilitation centre setting is an added advantage
• Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations.
• Ability to maintains high level of confidentiality, remain open to new ideas and experiment with improved systems and proven methods
• Ability to make consultative decisions, facilitate partictipative decision-making process and explain reasoning for decisions
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, database, email and utilization of the internet.
• Should demonstrate experience in capacity-building