Area Pharmacist - South Area

Background: S/he is a member of the field area team which includes the health field manager, field medical advisor, the area pharmacist, the senior health officer, the health officers, the quality officers, and the program assistants per area.

Health program provides both technical and financial support to local primary health care centers to enable provision of affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare services to refugee and vulnerable host population

Job Purpose: Act as the technical person on the field for management of medication, medical supplies and equipment that are part of IMC projects. This includes storage, proper use, tracking and reporting

Main Responsibilities:

• Conduct full needs assessments of medication at the supported PHCCs (Primary Health Care Centers). S/he leads the needs assessment of medical supplies and equipment as well and takes input from the health officers and field medical advisors. The assessments should be conducted in close coordination with the area manager and the pharmacy advisor and should be aligned with national guidelines and/or WHO guidelines. 
• Prepare Goods Issue Orders for medication, medical supplies and equipment. 
• Run a monthly inventory of IMC medication at all supported PHCCs.
•  Track the consumption and stock status of all health commodities to the supported PHCCs, including medication and medical supplies.
• Conduct close monitoring on patient’s files and medical prescriptions. Perform analysis and put action plans for identified issues and discrepancies.
• Coordinate and work with the other members of the health team in order to ensure proper and standardized use of health commodities at the supported PHCCs.
•  Capacity building of the PHCCs supported by IMC mainly to the pharmacist assistants. The pharmacist will help building the capacity of the clinic staff including proper submission of medication requests but also on all topics related to medications, pharmacy management stock control, generating stock lists, patient counselling, medication safety and others.
• Conduct daily visits to the supported PHCCs to complete all abovementioned tasks.
•  Any other relevant activities needed from the Health department should be done on time.

Essential Qualifications : 

• Possession of a BS degree in Pharmacy
• License to practice pharmacy in Lebanon

Desirable Qualifications :

• A degree in public health

Essential Experience: 

• A minimum of two years of satisfactory working experience as Pharmacist, preferably with an NGO

Desirable Experience: 

• Experience in NGO field

Essential Competency:

• Personal Qualifications
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to take initiative within a defined framework
• Able to work within a team
• Flexible and creative
• Strong commitment to work
• Able to workunder stress
• Strong commitment to the organization and its values

Desirable Competency:

• Good command of Microsoft Word, Excel for reporting and stock management purposes

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