Pharmacist - Yobe

TITLE: Pharmacist 
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Health and Nutrition    

LOCATION: Yobe
GRADE: 4   

 CONTRACT LENGTH: 6 months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 4: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE:

In compliance with SCI's standard practices and protocols, ensure good pharmacy distribution practices including storage; supply; distribution; rational use of drugs, to ensure its effectiveness and operational availability in collaboration with the health and logistics team.
In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Pharmacy Specialist

Number of direct reports: None

Medication Dispensing:

• Support drug dispensers in primary health facilities by ensuring safe, efficient, and accurate dispensing processes.
• Ensure adherence to standardized dispensing practices, promoting rational drug use in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
• Good Storage Practices at Health Facility Pharmacies
• Ensure that medicines are stored in an organized manner, adhering to standard guidelines for arrangement and labeling.
• Maintain a clean, pest-free environment in all health facility pharmacies, implementing necessary pest control measures.
• Ensure regular physical inventory checks are done at all the facilities every month.
• Ensure the removal of expired items and proper documentation of these actions.
• Monitor stock cards in health facilities, ensuring they are regularly updated to reflect accurate stock levels.
• Report on items nearing expiration to facilitate prompt action and prevent wastage.
• Responsible for safe disposal of expired drugs and medical supplies, working with the regulatory authority where applicable.

Consumption Monitoring:

• Responsible for handling the ordering of medical products and supplies from SCI-supported facilities in collaboration with the health and nutrition team.
• Responsible for field-based consumption reporting and timely completion, identifying trends and gaps in medication usage.
• Ensure accurate reporting of drug stock movement and consumption.
• Oversee medication use in the field.

Cold Chain Management:

• Maintain the temperature of refrigerators in PHCs and SCs between 2-8°C.
• Ensure strict adherence to the contingency plan in case of cold chain breakdown.
• Ensure the proper packaging procedure for transport in passive cold chain systems.

Capacity Building:

• Provide on-the-job training to drug dispensers/pharmacy technicians, ensuring safe and accurate dispensing processes and patient counseling on prescribed treatment.

Compliance and Quality Control:

• Ensure that high-quality standards of health commodity management are met, including Good Distribution Practices, covering rotation, control, pipeline management, consumption monitoring, and ordering.
• Monitor medication safety across primary health care teams and stabilization centers.
• Responsible for pharmacovigilance in the field.
• Register the pharmacy warehouse with PCN using his/her license.
• Carry out quarterly pharmacy standard scorecard assessment

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Skills and Experience:
Essential

• BSc in Pharmacy
• Valid license to practice with minimum of 2 years relevant experience post NYSC
• NYSC or Exemption Certificate
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Work experience in humanitarian settings and international NGO
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Willingness to travel within and outside the state

Preferred:

• Strong sense of organization and attention to details.
• Capacity to work in a team and maintain individual workload
   

The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

· No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
· All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
· Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.