Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is a global organization providing cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 200,000 patients in 28 countries. AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is in Nigeria AHF-Nigeria collaborates with the Federal Governments of Nigeria and other partner institutions, to provide technical assistance to these key stakeholders to deliver quality and comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment, Care and Support, HIV counseling, and testing, Prevention, Nutrition and Psychosocial services to people living with HIV/AIDS.
To meet the above needs, the Program wishes to recruit dynamic, skilled, committed, self-driven and results oriented candidate to fill in the position below:
Job Title: Pharmacy Technician
Location: Benue and Kogi State
No of Vacancy: 2
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Answer questions and information to patients and providers on drugs interactions, side effect, dosage and storage of pharmaceuticals.
- Maintains established policies and procedures concerning quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
- Manages appropriate data collection, such as client name, prescribed medications and cost, to maintain pharmacy files, charge system and inventory.
- Performs a monthly stock count of pharmaceuticals at the clinic store and outpost stores.
- Supervises the pre-dispensing of prescriptions for clients who are down referred to PHC sites.
- Ensure completion and submission of accurate and auditable monthly drug report from clinic and outposts.
- Collaborate with the Pharmacist at the central office to ensure there is adequate stock of Pharmaceuticals at the sites
- Any other duties as may be assign by the supervisor.
Education and/or Experience
- Suitable candidates will be fresh graduate in Pharmacy or related field or Pharmacy technician Diploma of school of Health technology with 3 - 5 years experience in use of ARV's and drugs logistics.
Application Closing Date
9th October, 2014 (12pm)
Method of Application
Interested candidates should submit their CV's and cover letter to:
[email protected]
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.