Pharmacist Trainer Job at Medecins du Monde

Médecins du Monde or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency and long-term medical care to vulnerable populations while advocating for equal access to healthcare worldwide.

We are recruting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Pharmacist Trainer (M/F)
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Status: Employee
Contract: Fixed-term contract
Duration: 3 months
Starting date: End of January

Tasks and Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the medical coordinator, you are in charge of the implementation and follow-up of qualitative medical supply (medicine and material) to the MdM program in Maiduguri and Damboa.

More specifically, your main responsibilities are to:
Team Management:

• Support the national pharmacist on the performance evaluation of drug dispensers at field level.
• Participate on the recruitment process of national pharmacist / pharmacist assistant according to the needs.
• Provide technical supervision of pharmacists and drug dispensers.
• Organize weekly/monthly work plan for the pharmacy team and submit to medical coordinator.
• Ensure that national pharmacists are conducting their job according to their job description .
• Conduct the performance appraisal of the national pharmacists.

Management of Pharmacy & Medical Stock:

• Ensure the proper elaboration and reception of international orders and the request and reception of donations.
• Ensure the management of expired/damaged drugs according to Nigerian National protocols
• Ensure the collection and evaluation of the weekly /monthly drugs consumption of the MdM Mission; and conduct the analysis of drugs and consumable needs.
• Ensure the proper stock management of items, particular stock management, temperature and cold chain at warehouse in Maiduguri and satellite pharmacy in remote projects with frequent visits to the field.
• Ensure the storage conditions in the pharmacy store.

Technical Support and Capacity Building:

• Coach the national pharmacists on pharmaceutical management at warehouse according to the MdM stock management procedures (updated version September 2017).
• Train and follow up national pharmacist on elaboration and reception of International orders and donations from partners.
• Support the medical and logistics department on pharmacy orders
• Participate on organize drugs protocols training for MdM staff and/or MoH health workers.
• Train and support medical supervisor in remote projects on stock management, consumption, drugs order request/receptions of the satellite pharmacy.
• Support pharmacy staff in their daily duty and propose solution to them in according to MdM process.

Communication & Reporting:

• Ensure the centralization of all drugs information available on the mission and contribute to (into the proper reporting form) and submit to medical cordinator, general coordinator and HQ referents ;
• Provide relevant data related to your position to MdM medical team (drugs and medical material supplies, etc.) and to MdM coordinators (mission orders; request; financial forecast; payment, etc.);
• Contribute to donor reporting by providing relevant data.

Skills And Experience Needed

• Pharmacist/ Pharmacy Technician
• Ability to manage the priorities
• Ability to develop, organize and give trainings
• Experience in emergency humanitarian settings
• Languages: fluent English
• Diploma in tropical medicine / public health is an added-value
• Experience at similar position
• Experience in working with partners
• Ability to manage a team
• You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its non-statutory, NFP model.

Conditions of Employement

• 22.5 RTT per year;
• 5 weeks of paid leaves per year.
• Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)
• Insurance (repatriation…)
• Médecins du Monde promotes trainings and internal mobility
• 2778 gross monthly salary on 13 months
• Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month);
• Transportation cost (home-work), vaccines and visas covered;
• Guesthouse housing;

Application Closes on
28th February, 2018.

Note

• Telephone Applications will not be accepted
• Médecins du Monde reserves the right to fill the vacancy before the closing date for applications.
• MdM stands up for the integration of people living with disabilities and fights against
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