Pharmacy Assistant

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  • Added Date: Tuesday, 17 September 2024
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ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research, and technologyโ€“ creating a unique mix of capabilities to address todayโ€™s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries, all 50 U.S. states, and all U.S. territories. FHI 360โ€™s Crisis Response team has been responding to the humanitarian emergency in Northern Ethiopia through an integrated health, nutrition, WASH, and Protection project to meet the critical needs of the conflict-affected population. FHI 360 is also operating in Somali Region in Eastern Ethiopia to meet the immediate needs of the drought-affected population and is implementing integrated humanitarian programming with the Ethiopia-based national organization, Pastoralist Concern (PC).

Summary of the position:

Under supervision of senior pharmaceutical officer, the pharmacy assistant will support health and nutrition programing in Filtu of Somali region. The pharmacy assistant will manage the pharmaceutical warehouse and carry out daily activities in pharmaceutical/ medical warehouses. He/she will receive pharmaceuticals, store them according to guidelines, issue to health facilities and follow their proper utilization. He/she will maintain a good record of receiving, storing and dispatching of medical items at the warehouses in line with FHI 360 protocols. He/she will work closely with the logistics team to ensure good dispensing and good distribution protocols of pharmaceuticals are being followed. He/she will travel to health facilities to conduct supportive supervision, to assess the need of facilities and to collect data related with pharmaceuticals availability and consumption. Works closely with the RHB pharmacy professionals to ensure that consumption is being tracked and for the improvement of pharmaceuticals supply chain management in health facilities.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

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