Pharmacist at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. PUI has been operating in Nigeria since 2016, initially establishing its presence in Borno State with a field office in Maiduguri. 

Over the years, PUI has expanded its humanitarian response to deep-field locations, including Monguno and Pulka, and more recently to Katsina State in Northwest Nigeria. In Borno State, PUI has been a key actor in health, nutrition, protection, and psychosocial support. It supports health facilities in Maiduguri, Monguno, and Pulka, providing primary healthcare services, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), and the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), both with and without complications, through Stabilization Centers. These interventions are integrated with specialized Gender-Based Violence (GBV) services and psychosocial support.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Pharmacist

Location: Monguno, Borno
Employment Type: Full-time

General Objective

• The pharmacist shall ensure the overall functioning of the PUI Base Pharmacy and an adequate supply of quality medicines and medical equipment to PUI projects/pharmacies on the field.
• It must ensure proper pharmaceuticals management (storage, distribution, inventory and consumption) for the entire Base, both at the operational bases and health structures supported.
• The supply chain of medicines must be safe, reliable and documented at all levels.

Responsibilities and Taskpatient Care
Data collection, treatment and analysis:

• Data collection, treatment and analysis
• Monthly supervise the data collection (in / out, consumption) of bases and Health Centres and their data entry
• Ensure delivery of drugs and supplies to various sites/ facilities and appropriate use of the management document (inventory records, delivery notes, computer tools etc.)
• Ensure first aid kits/pep kits are refilled
• Be able to provide at any given time reliable information on stock, consumption, use of medicines and health products for each project.
• Maintenance of temperature/humidity for drugs

Supply management:

• Supervise the delivery and receipt of goods and the quality control of drugs received.
• Inform Logistics and medical services in the event of non-compliance.

Stocks management;

• Supervise the monthly physical inventory and conduct random checkings. In case of discrepancies between physical inventory and theoretical stock, investigate and inform the Mission Pharmacist.
• Ensure a proper storage (especially conditions of temperature, humidity, light and safety), ordered (storage, classification, labeling) and secure (key access) according to the PUI Pharmacy procédures.
• Ensure that storage conditions are in line with national legislation, in particular for narcotic and psycho active drugs.
• Monitor stock management of the bases pharmacies and health facilities (in collaboration with project managers).
• Ensure the understanding and application of procedures and tools used at the base level and health facilities supported.
• Supervise the stock management of particular pharmacies (vehicles, first aid kits, etc...). Inform the Mission Pharmacist in case of irrational consumption.
• Ensure that expired or damaged items are properly put in quarantine and ensure their effective destruction.
• Ensure pharmacovigilance including the immediate report of any problem with the quality of a drug in accordance with PUI pharmaceutical management procedures.

Supply management of bases and Health structures:

• Verify and validate the relevance of orders received and inform the Mission Pharmacist in case of inconsistencies.
• Supervise the preparation, distribution planning, transport and delivery from central stock to bases.
• Participate in the preparation of donations / loans / exchanges with the Mission Pharmacist
• Inform in advance and work with logistics department for the organization of transport of drugs.

Staff supervision and technical support:

• Responsible for the training and technical support to the Base Pharmacists and/or Pharmacy Assistants, and the staff in charge of pharmacies at PHCC and MHCs: stock management, rational use, substitution, analysis of consumption of health facilities.
• To ensure all staff working in the pharmacy aspect are trained on rational use of drugs and proper pharmaceutical waste management.
• Strengthen the capacity of health facilities teams, so that they can assume their duties independently and can be critical in terms of consumption.
• Frequently conduct field visits, to ensure proper management of drugs at PHCC and MHCs level.

Others:

• Participate in meetings and trainings when required;
• Perform other relevant duties as requested by supervisors.

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 3 - 10 years work experience.

Salary
N613,408 / Month.

Application Closing Date
12th June, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online