Pharmacy Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Spain

Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctor without Borders (MSF), founded in 1971, is an international humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to population in danger in more than 60 countries. MSF has been present in Nigeria for 20 years. Médecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medicalhumanitarian organization, which helps populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political affiliation.

MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacy Supervisor

Location: Shinkafi, Zamfara
Contract: 208 working hours per month
Employment type: Fixed term contract starting with 12 months / Level 7

Main Purpose

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

Job Description

• 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, overstocking, expiry dates), to permanently ensure security stock levels and ensure efficient management of stock.
• Supervising orders of medical and drug material 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 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 analyzing orders of depending on pharmacies 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, 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, to rationalize the budget and to ensure availability.
• Assisting in training of nursing staff regarding dispensing of drugs and their side effects.

Requirements

• Education: University Pharmacy bachelor’s degree, Registration with Nigeria Pharmacist Council and License from ministry of health is Desirable
• Experience: At least 1-year certified work experience with MSF or other NGO desirable
• Language: Essential English and Hausa languages are desirable
• Knowledge: Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)
• Competencies: Results and Quality Orientation, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioral Flexibility, Stress Management.

Remuneration
As per MSF salary scale (National contract).

Application Closing Date
3rd January, 2025; 4:00 PM.