PHARMACY SUPERVISOR (Port Sudan) – MSF Belgium

Job Description

Section/Unit:	Medical and Paramedical
Salary	Level 7 / 1,309.34 USD Basic Salary Per Month
Supervisor:	Mission Pharmacy Manager / Project Medical Referent-Medical Activity Manager / Medical Coordinator
Location:	Port Sudan
Deadline:	16 Sept 2024

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

Duties and 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 on 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

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education	Essential, degree of pharmacy management or nursing related studies., or medical profile
Experience	At least 1 year certified work experience as a pharmacy manager

Language                            Excellent command of English (at least B2) 

Knowledge                       Computer literacy (word, excel, power point, outlook…)

Application Requirements:

Interested candidates are requested to send the applications with documents; (Updated CV, Educational certificates, work experience certificates, previous employers’ references, and copy of their national ID) to:

Via hand delivery of the application through Federal Labour Office, Port Sudan

  NOTE:            Please note that MSF will Only accept applications and CV submitted in English language. Only shortlisted candidates will be called.

Opening date: 12. September 2024                             Closing date:19. September 2024