Employment Vacancy

CARE International is currently seeking a Pharmacist Officer. He/ She will be responsible for overseeing all pharmaceutical activities and ensuring the effective management of medicines and medical supplies. The role involves working closely with the Health Team Leader and other stakeholders to ensure the delivery of quality pharmaceutical services to the beneficiaries. The Pharmacist Officer will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations and maintaining accurate documentation. The Pharmacist Officer will work closely with the Warehouse Keeper who oversees the warehouse system.

Health Pharmacist Officer
Location: Aden
        

Job Objectives:
• Medical drugs and supplies stocks are tracked in real-time.
• Progress reports and stock reports are shared timely and reconciled.
• Support the warehouse keeper in ensuring the stock levels alert mechanism is in place.
• Systematic checks on all medical goods purchased are conducted.

Job Responsibility #1: Pharmaceuticals and Supplies Management: 

•    Oversee the medical drugs and supplies quantification and ensures that all procured items are in the Yemeni Essential Medicines list. 
•    Maintains a global overview of medical stocks for the program; monitors the availability of medical products to avoid stock-outs and financial losses generated by expired items. 
•    Coordinates with the supply chain team to drive and oversee the cycle of pharmaceutical, medical supplies and equipment procurement to ensure alignment with donor and project requirements appropriate technical specifications matching need, and integrity of all bids, tender, and delivery processes.
•    Upon the receipt of medical consignment, together with the Warehouse Keeper check the waybill and packing lists, conduct physical count, inspect for damages and quality vis-à-vis the Purchase Order to ensure all items received are requested, and report any damages, discrepancies in quantity and technical specifications to the line manager and supply chain as soon as possible.
•    S/he will ensure drug consumption data is collected at health facilities, aggregated, analyzed and used for forecasting needs of the program.
•    Collaborates with the Health & Nutrition Team Leader to define stock security levels in CARE’s directly implemented facilities.
•    In close collaboration with the Warehouse Keeper(s), develops stock levels alert (based on an average monthly consumption AMC and morbidity data); gathers stock indicators, analyze them and discuss with Health Team Leader and Logistics Officer so as to avoid stock-outs and the financial losses generated by expired items.
•    Participates in defining strategies for supply, management, distribution, and use of medical products in line with CARE’s recommendations and policies; under the supervision of the Health Advisor and in collaboration with Program Support, support development/use of new pharmaceutical stock management systems and software (particularly using software for end-to-end stock management
•    Participates in implementing the pharmaceutical supply chain standard operating procedures.
•    Conducts regular audits and follow up on recommendations on GDPs: the layout of the warehouse, storage, product arrangement, reception, distribution, and transport.

Job Responsibility #2: Goods Distribution and Dispensing:

•    Conduct systematic checks of all medical goods purchased locally and for direct shipments, and control their details correspond to the requested specifications and the received documentation. 
•    Ensure transportation of medical goods (including any dangerous goods and cold chain) is done. Conduct GDP self-assessment for the central warehouses with the support of supply chain team 
•    Ensure that appropriate storage conditions are in place for medicines (including dangerous goods products) and advise any need for improvements. 
•    Ensure controlled drugs are managed according to national and/or international regulations. 
•    Ensure stock rotation according to FIFO (First In First Out) and FEFO (First Expiry First Out) 
•    Support in conducting monthly and annual physical stock count. 
•    Ensure disposal of health care products is done according with national and/or international regulations. 
•    Manages medical stock data and indicators, analyzes and interprets performance to support the necessary programmatic decisions or course corrections in collaboration with Health and Supply Chain staff (consumption, stock levels, stock-outs, pre-stock-outs, over-stocking, donations, expired products, disposal, etc.);
•    Supervise the store release, distribution, and transfer of all stock to the required field site locations.
•    Ensure that all requested items by the health team are compliant.
•    Reconciliation of medical stock with the master register, issues, and distribution on a periodic basis (at least monthly). There is also a reconciliation between PeopleSoft and what has been recorded in the pharmacy record/software to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Job Responsibility #3: Technical Support and Capacity Building:

•    Support the Health & Nutrition Team Leader in the development of BOQs for proposals and reports related to the distribution of medical commodities to supported partners.
•    Carries out regular field visits to the programs’ field sites to provide technical assistance to ensure;
− Good Distribution Practices and Good Dispensing Practices in the supported pharmacies,
− A quality-assurance system incorporated into the health facilities and medical stores
− Follow-up and consumption analysis system, including communication network within medical teams as it relates to stock levels, stock-outs, pre-stock-outs, use of new products, and prescription status
•    Build the capacity of field-based staff e.g., Pharmacists, Pharmacy Officers and health care workers on the proper management of medical stocks, rational use of drugs through in-person trainings, and on-the-job coaching.
•    Perform any other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:
•    Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy or in related Field
•    At least 3 years working experience in clinical care.
•    At least 2 years of technical experience in international guidelines for Pharmacy
•    Demonstrated experience with warehousing, supply chain and pharmaceutical management.
•    Demonstrated creativity, ability to apply innovative thinking and problem-solving skills.
•    Good command of spoken and written English.
•    Demonstrate ability in supervision.
•    Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and relevant stakeholders.
•    Strong computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
•    Experience working with non-profits, NGOs, UN agencies, or other international organizations.
•    Experience in humanitarian assistance or emergency response.

Safeguarding 
•    CARE has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of abuse. All reports of safeguarding, physical and emotional abuse, neglect, and child abuse, as well as any other type of abuse or misconduct within CARE, are taken seriously. CARE will only hire and retain Employees and Related Personnel who align with our vision, mission, and values. Prior to any employment offer, we shall undertake reference checks with former employers regarding misconduct that applied to this policy.

•    CARE undertakes comprehensive measures to ensure the well-being and dignity of everyone we work with, including our employees, partners, and the community we serve.

Comply with all relevant CARE policies and procedures with respect to child protection, workplace environment, employee code of conduct and all other related subjects.

Important Note: 
Please note that the only way to apply for a position with CARE is through the application system link that starts with careyemis.org/Apply that is shared in the advert of YemenHR.com or the formal newspaper. Furthermore, any recruitment or hiring correspondences would be through CARE official email addresses as in this example: firstname.lastname@care.org

No Fee: 
CARE DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

Application Procedure: Interested applicants should apply via clicking on apply button below or above this page by Jan 24, 2024

Please do not apply unless you meet minimum application requirements, otherwise you will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.