Pharmacy Assistant / Supervisor – Emergency Project

Pharmacy Assistant / Supervisor – Emergency Project

Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng

Project: MSF Emergency Project (Emergency response to xenophobic violence & healthcare access barriers for migrants)

Main Purpose

Ensuring general functioning of the pharmacy and supervising pharmacy supply chain processes in accordance with MSF standards, protocols and procedures, in order to ensure its efficiency and operating availability

Key Responsibilities:

- Ensuring storage, stock management and supply processes, as well as hygiene and security procedures, tools, and protocols (controlling pests and rodents), implementing appropriate quality controls and records, in order to ensure good storage conditions (temperatures, humidity and light exposure) and availability of drugs and medical material, according to MSF protocols, SA national regulations and in cooperation with the logistics department.

- Coordinating the delivery, reception and recording of international and local orders, in close coordination with the logistics department, updating stock files and informing line managers on their status (shortfalls, over-stocking, expiry dates), in order to permanently ensure security stock levels and ensure efficient management of stock.

- Supervising orders of medical and drug material in order to ensure an efficient and appropriate consumption pattern under budget constraints.

- Supervising the supply of drugs to patients, according to medical prescriptions, informing them on consumption patterns and keeping conditions in order to ensure their therapeutic progression.

- Recording all items received and issued in computer (Isystock) and reporting on drug consumptions and medical equipment dispensed according to protocols, informing on unusual patterns as well as forecasting future needs, in order to rationalise the budget and to ensure availability.

- Assisting in training of nursing staff regarding dispensing of drugs and their side effects.

Education

Essential, degree of pharmacy management or nursing related studies., or medical profile

Experience

At least one year of professional experience as a pharmacist.

Languages

Fluency in English; proficiency in at least one local language (isiZulu, Sesotho, etc.) and/or migrant languages (French, Portuguese, Shona, Swahili) highly desirable.

Knowledge

Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)

Competencies

- Results and Quality Orientation L2

- Teamwork and Cooperation L2

- Behavioural Flexibility L2

- Commitment to MSF Principles L2

- Stress Management L3

Position report into the Xeno Project structure in Johannesburg and require availability for flexible hours and outreach work across the city.