PHARMACY SUPERVISOR (Port Sudan) – MSF Belgium

Job Description

Organization	Medecins sans Frontieres Belgium
Job Title	PHARMACY SUPERVISOR
Location	Port Sudan
Section/Unit	Medical and Paramedica
Salary	Level 7/ 1309.34 USD
Supervisor	Mission Pharmacy Manager / Project Medical Referent-Medical Activity Manager / Medical Coordinator
Closing Date	15 Mar 2025

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 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

MSF Section/Context-Specific Accountabilities

• Providing support to project locations in medical stock management and conducting visits to setup medical warehouses and medical distribution systems in accordance with MSF standards.
• The candidate must possess a valid Pharmacy License issued by the Sudan Medical Council (SMC).
• The candidate must be willing to register the OCB Port Sudan warehouse under their pharmacy license.
• Actively participate in international medical order preparations.
• Act as back up for medical importation procedures.
• Flexible to adapt to mission operational needs due to changing context.

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education	Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) (5 years)
Experience	At least 1-year certified work experience as a medical warehouse and pharmacy manager
Language  & Knowledge	Local and mission language essentials Essential computer literacy (Word, excel and the internet

1. Competencies
2. Results and Quality Orientation L2
3. Teamwork and Cooperation L2
4. Behavioural Flexibility L2
5. Commitment to MSF Principles L2
6. Stress Management L3 

This job description may be amended in line with the activities or evolution of the Mission.

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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 Labour Office, Port Sudan or MSF Belgium office in Transit 

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

Opening date: 3 March 2025                              Closing date: 15 March 2025