Pharmaceutical Technologist II at County Government of Migori

Migori County is a county in the former Nyanza Province of southwestern Kenya. It is located in western Kenya and borders Homa Bay County, Kisii County, Narok, Tanzania and Lake Victoria to the West. The county also borders Uganda via Migingo Island in Lake Victoria.

MCPSB 323/2021

Position Summary

To manage a pharmacy and coordinate all activities of commodities management pertaining to HIV/AIDS drugs for the site

Requirements for Appointment

1. Be a holder of Diploma in Pharmacy and Registered with Pharmacy and poison Board.


2. Minimum 2 years of work experience post registration preferably in a HIV setting.


3. Knowledge of and experience in commodity Management


4. Experience on pharmacovigilance reporting.

Responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities

1. Ensure good storage and inventory management practices are adhered to in the facility.


2. Participate in the multidisciplinary committee to set and periodically evaluate annual department goals.


3. Develop, review and regularly update the standard operating procedures manual for management, distributions of ARVs and related commodities.


4. Participate in the health facility medicine and therapeutic committee (MTC) as the secretary of the medicine and therapeutic committee (MTC) or proxy to prepare circulate and file the MTC minutes.


5. Together with other MTC members, review and regularly update health facility on medicine.


6. Promote pharma-covigilance activities at the facility, analyze reports and ensure submission to PPB/UMB.


7. Ensure the web ADT (or recommended pharmacy software) is in use and well maintained (incharge of the pharmacy computer)


8. Give the ART clinical team updates on the availability and usage of drugs.


9. Dispense ARVs and O drugs to patients in ART program.


10. Ensure accurate use of pharmacy registers i.e. DARs,PV Tracking log


11. Promote good pharmacy practice by providing and adhering to appropriate dispensing environment and practice: offering medication use and adherence counselling as a minimum standard of care to all patients.


12. Ensure timely submission of monthly commodity reports to the central sites (by 5th of every month) and national mechanisms as applies to the facility


13. Member of the pharmacy and CCC ream (active members of CQ team).


14. Oversee pharmacy activities in the facility.

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