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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Vacancy for a pharmaceutical support officer - Euro Health Southern Sudan

The Pharmaceutical support officer is responsible for monitoring and evaluation visits to TB and HIV sites. He/she is also in charge of the capacity building of the Health facilities health workers on pharmaceutical management and rationale use of medicines.


SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES :

  1. To conduct pharmaceutical support visits

·         To organize the practical details of his field visit.
·         To assess different aspects of the partner health facilities according to the framework and to report with a constructive critical sight.
·         To conduct a feedback meeting of the results of the assessment and give recommendations to the NGO at the end of each field visit.

  1. To report on the pharmaceutical support visits:

·         To prepare and submit to the M&E supervisor and reporting officer a comprehensive field visit report according to the framework in the few days following his return. He/she will also write a brief feedback report to the M&E supervisor / M&E and capacity building coordinator.
·         To fill the field indicators form.

  1. To participate to the trainings

·         To conduct a training during every field visit according to the weaknesses noticed and the level of participants. The topics are the following:
o        Generalities about medicines
o        Pharmacy management and proper storage conditions
o        Stock management
o        Rational use of medicines
o        Good record keeping
o        Specific diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS proper diagnosis and respect of the current Southern Sudan treatment protocol. 

·                     To facilitate the trainings for health workers organized by Euro Health and its partners in Southern Sudan.

·         To participate to the elaboration of training materials (pharmaceutical booklet, PowerPoints, exercises database)


Requirements:

  • Sudanese citizenship required. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Diploma in a medical matter: pharmacist/pharmacy technician, nurse, clinical officer with experience in the pharmaceutical field
  • At least two years experience in a similar position or in monitoring & evaluation activities.
  • Good training skills
  • Computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Fluent English - especially written. Ability to write accurate reports and make presentations.
  • Excellent presentation, good communication and diplomatic skills, sense of initiative.
  • Willingness to travel in remote areas within Southern Sudan (50% of the time).


The deadline for submission of your application is 19th February 2010. Interested candidates can send their CV + letter of motivation to:

Langton MUKURA
M&E and capacity building coordinator
Vivacel : 0959 000 128
EURO HEALTH - GF/UNDP
Physical location : Tong Ping, Airport/Ministries road, opposite Indian Consulate, Juba.

Regrettably only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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