PHARMACY SUPERVISOR

[Baghdad,Iraq ]

Médecins Sans Frontières 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 / Baghdad Covid-19 response team is seeking for: PHARMACY SUPERVISOR

 

Main Purpose:

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

 

SCOPE OF 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, 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
• Ensuring efficient supply to other pharmacies managed/supported by MSF according to orders and stocks, and using cold chain when needed. Monitoring and analysing orders of depending pharmacies in order to avoid ruptures of stock or having expired drugs.
• Supervising, with the HR department, the associated processes (sizing, staff shifts, recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the pharmaceutical team and the nursing staff, in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required and to improve their dispensing capabilities.
• 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

 

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

MSFF will support Covid 19 ICU case management in Al Shiffa Hospital, Medical City. As part of the medical support, the pharmacy supervisor is expected to perform the specific tasks outlined below:

1. To collaborate with the DOH pharmacy team in ensuring stock availability, monitoring the rational use of drugs and consumables in the ICU, order forecasting, data collection, stock analysis, and monthly reporting.
2. To collaborate with the DOH clinical pharmacists in the daily supply of patient’s medication, evaluating medication therapy and make appropriate recommendations to the medical team.
3. To collaborate with the nurses in reducing incidence of medication errors, delayed/ missed doses of medicines and reduce medicine and supply wastage.
4. To support the medical team in Antibiotic Stewardship.

REQUIREMENTS:

Education	Essential: pharmacy degree
Experience	At least 1-year certified work experience as a pharmacy manager/supervisor and with clinical pharmacy experience.  Experience in MSF or other NGO is desirable.
Languages	English and Arabic is essential
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

Application:

Applicants must submit their CVs no later than the 10^th November 2021 to the following address: msff-baghdad-r[email protected]

 

Stating the job title in the subject line: Pharmacy Supervisor

 

We strongly encourage you to submit your application as early as possible

 

ONLY SHORT LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED