Country Pharmacist (Re Announced)

Position Title: Country Pharmacist (Re Announced)

Activation Date: 09 February, 2025 Announced Date: 09 February, 2025 Expire Date: 12 February, 2025

• Job Location: Kabul
• Nationality: Afghan
• Category: Pharmaceutical
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: As per the salary scale
• Vacancy Number: 154-2024
• No. Of Jobs: 1
• City: KABUL
• Organization: INTERSOS
• Years of Experience: Minimum three (3) years of working experience in a hospital/health facility set-up or relevant position
• Contract Duration: 12 months
• Gender: Male/Female
• Education: Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacy Degree
• Close date: 2025-02-12
  
  

About INTERSOS

INTERSOS is an International non-profit humanitarian aid organization that works to bring assistance to people in danger, victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. Established in 1992, its actions are based on the values of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equal rights and opportunities for all people and respect for diversity and coexistence, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable and the unprotected. INTERSOS is an independent association which, through its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively answer the needs of people in serious crises situations, mainly in the world's poorest regions, who are suffering, deprived of rights, dignity and essentials goods. It maintains a flexible operating structure.

Job Description

Ensure proper mission pharmaceutical management and efficient functioning of INTERSOS pharmacies (procurement, storage, distribution, inventory, consumption and data management) at central and project level, ensuring adequate and timely supply of quality medical materials, equipment and drugs.

In collaboration with logistics department monitor the pharmacy/medical warehouse storing activities in order to keep pharmacy stock above security level and guarantee the respect of required conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.).

Reporting To

Hierarchical: Medical Coordinator

Functional: Medical Coordinator

Tasks

• In collaboration with the logistics department and the Pharmacist Manager ensure storage, stock management and supply processes, as well as hygiene and security procedures, tools, and protocols, implementing appropriate quality controls and records, in order to ensure good storage conditions (temperatures, humidity and light exposure) and availability of drugs and medical materials according to national regulations
• In collaboration with Medical Coordinator and the Pharmacist Referent HQ ensure the implementation of pharmaceutical SOP and tools for stock management, monitoring and evaluation of the pharmacies and health facilities and oversights the adaptation of it to meet the national legislation, in particular for narcotic and psychoactive medicines, ensuring quality and safety of drugs consumption
• Support Deputy Medical Coordinator to guarantee the respect of policies for donation of drugs and medical items
• In collaboration with logistics and medical departments and HQ follow up of the medical procurement process (consumables, equipment and medicines), place orders and monitor the purchase in accordance with INTERSOS and donors procedures. Ensure the supply chain is timely, reliable and well documented at all levels
• With the support of Pharmacy Referent, Medical Coordinator, Pharmacy Officer, Project Managers and logistics department prepare needs assessment and assess local market participating in inspection of local suppliers where appropriate, BoQs and proposal’s budget. Ensure the implementation of procedures to obtain import licenses and taxes exemption from the local health and administrative authorities
• Supervise orders of drugs and medical materials in order to ensure an efficient and appropriate consumption and analyze the data to optimize the management of health consumables, equipment and medicines (needs assessment, purchase, control, supply, cold chain, expiry dates, overstock/shortage etc.)
• Participate in base coordination meetings, external meeting, medical team meeting
• Contribute to the writing of donors’ reports and proposals
• Guarantee data collection and ensure accurate data entry into the pharmacy management software (excel/IMS)
• Support the recruitment process of pharmacy team and strengthen the capacity of pharmacy teams
• Provide training and technical support to the pharmacist manager and staffs in charge of pharmacies on stock management, rational use of medicines, substitution and therapy options and analysis of consumption
• Support the Medical Coordinator/PMR in the evaluation of Pharmacist Manager
• Check, in collaboration with the medical team, the epidemiological data, the status of stocks and consumptions, and assess the appropriateness of prescriptions
• Is responsible to follow up on IMS and to update it in time
• Maintain and share an annual INTERSOS pharmacy activity planning
• Prepare monthly activity report for the Situation Report
• Ensure the appropriate filing of documentation and archives and share documents with the Medical Coordinator and HQ Medical Unit the relevant data including AMC and stock reports
• Support, in collaboration with Medical Coordinator/PMR/ Logistics Coordinator, the settlement of new warehouse when needed, including management tools and human resources
  
  

Job Requirements

Education

• Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacy Degree
  
  

Professional experience

• Minimum three (3) years of working experience in a hospital/health facility set-up or relevant position
• Work experience in medical emergency response projects with NGO desirable
  
  

Professional requirements

• Essential computer literacy (Word, Advances Excel, Power Point and internet)
  
  

Personal requirements

• Organizational and communication skills
• Results and quality orientation
• Teamwork and cooperation
• Behavioural flexibility and stress management
• Analytical skills, initiative, independency
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote locations
  
  

Languages

• English or French according to the country
• Mission working language
• Fluency in Italian, both written and verbal essential
  
  

Submission Guideline

Respected Applicants, please visit the link below and fill in the required information.

https://forms.gle/mhajGpXjT73P6iGM8

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted and called for a test/Interview.

Qualified People with Physical Disabilities and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply

Submission Email

https://forms.gle/mhajGpXjT73P6iGM8