Pharmacy Storekeeper

[Abbasi,Hawija,Iraq ]

CONTEXT

 

Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-H) is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF-H is currently recruiting for a Pharmacy Storekeeper, in Hawija and Abbasi.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES

 

• Supervising material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use.
• Receiving orders and deliveries, identifying potential disparities against cargo manifest or others and reporting them, and stores materials in accordance with the system in force, in order to ensure continuous availability. It includes:
• Ensuring good storage conditions of all medical items in the pharmacy in accordance with pharmaceutical standards in order to ensure continuous availability.
• Ensuring correct fill in entries on the stock cards and software.
• Carrying out or participating in regular inventories including EPREP stock.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months.
• Preparing orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, others), ensuring proper packaging and dispatching and reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Informing Pharmacy Supervisor as soon as stock reaches alert limit.
• Controlling warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials are kept in good keeping conditions, it includes:e.g. Monitoring temperature in the warehouse and eEnsuring that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports  received, stored, and prepared and transported appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols.
• Ensuring cleanliness of premises (stock pharmacy) and in close collaboration with the logistics department, maintaining refrigerating equipment.
• Controlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regards to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse.
• Ensuring that items to be quarantined (on-going quality alerts) or to be placed in quarantine zone (batch recalls, expired or damaged items) are removed from the stock and safely locked.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months. Preparing reports and passing it to the supervisor.
• Ensuring accurate packing lists and Waybills are prepared prior to transportation and delivery of orders to the relevant units/wards.
• Ensuring orders are loaded on vehicles and received by the responsible persons at the relevant units/wards.
• Support dispensers to carry out 2 weekly physical count of stocks at the dispensaries.
• Carry out training, mentoring and coaching of dispensary staff on standard pharmacy practice.
• Support other medical team supervisors in ensuring correct tracking of consumption of supplies.
• Attend project medical meetings and provide pharmacy updates to other medical supplies.
• Any other tasks that may be delegated by the line manager for the furtherance of the project objectives.
• Participate in monthly TSR screening.
• Participate in periodic FMC revision and International Medical Order process.

CONTRACT DETAILS

 

• Fix term contract if non DOH staff is hired and service agreement if DOH staff is hired.
• Activity rate : 100%
• Intended start date: September
• Location: Hawijia and Abbasi

CONTEXT

 

Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland (MSF-H) is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

MSF-H is currently recruiting for a Pharmacy Storekeeper, in Hawija and Abbasi.

 

ACCOUNTABILITIES

 

• Supervising material orders and dispatching in order to ensure rational use.
• Receiving orders and deliveries, identifying potential disparities against cargo manifest or others and reporting them, and stores materials in accordance with the system in force, in order to ensure continuous availability. It includes:
• Ensuring good storage conditions of all medical items in the pharmacy in accordance with pharmaceutical standards in order to ensure continuous availability.
• Ensuring correct fill in entries on the stock cards and software.
• Carrying out or participating in regular inventories including EPREP stock.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months.
• Preparing orders of the different consumption units (departments, wards, others), ensuring proper packaging and dispatching and reporting any anomalies or changes in consumption patterns to the Pharmacy Supervisor. Informing Pharmacy Supervisor as soon as stock reaches alert limit.
• Controlling warehouse facilities in order to ensure materials are kept in good keeping conditions, it includes:e.g. Monitoring temperature in the warehouse and eEnsuring that products requiring cold chain are suitably stored and transports  received, stored, and prepared and transported appropriately according to MSF Supply and Cold Chain protocols.
• Ensuring cleanliness of premises (stock pharmacy) and in close collaboration with the logistics department, maintaining refrigerating equipment.
• Controlling warehouse limited access to authorized personnel and ensuring doors and other exits are secured. Immediately informing the line manager of any problems arising in the course of the work, particularly with regards to damage, loss, attempted break-ins or theft in the warehouse.
• Ensuring that items to be quarantined (on-going quality alerts) or to be placed in quarantine zone (batch recalls, expired or damaged items) are removed from the stock and safely locked.
• Following up stock levels with regards to alarms thresholds, stock out, expiry dates and drugs to expire in the following 6 months. Preparing reports and passing it to the supervisor.
• Ensuring accurate packing lists and Waybills are prepared prior to transportation and delivery of orders to the relevant units/wards.
• Ensuring orders are loaded on vehicles and received by the responsible persons at the relevant units/wards.
• Support dispensers to carry out 2 weekly physical count of stocks at the dispensaries.
• Carry out training, mentoring and coaching of dispensary staff on standard pharmacy practice.
• Support other medical team supervisors in ensuring correct tracking of consumption of supplies.
• Attend project medical meetings and provide pharmacy updates to other medical supplies.
• Any other tasks that may be delegated by the line manager for the furtherance of the project objectives.
• Participate in monthly TSR screening.
• Participate in periodic FMC revision and International Medical Order process.

CONTRACT DETAILS

 

• Fix term contract if non DOH staff is hired and service agreement if DOH staff is hired.
• Activity rate : 100%
• Intended start date: September
• Location: Hawijia and Abbasi

REQUIRMENT

 

 

Education	Essential,  medical related studies.
Experience	•       Essential previous experience of at least 2 years in similar or relevant positions. •       Desirable previous experience in MSF or other NGOs in developing countries.
Languages	Essential English and Arabic
Knowledge	Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
Competencies	•       Results and Quality Orientation L1 •       Teamwork and Cooperation L1 •       Behavioural Flexibility L1 •       Commitment to MSF Principles L1 •       Service Orientation L1 •       Stress Management. L2

 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please send your application in English (CV, letter of motivation and any relevant certificates) to:

Email: [email protected] (please indicate in the subject “pharmacy storekeeper”)

 

 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Please submit any relevant certificate.

 

DEADLINE TO SEND APPLICATION: Saturday 21^st  August 2021 (5:00pm)