Posted on: Fri 20-01-2023

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, not-for-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in distress, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.

Position: Medicines Dispenser

Work Location: Jahun, Jigawa State

Main Purpose

• To provide an accurate, timely, and qualitative dispensing service of drugs according to medical prescriptions andMSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to improve the patient’s health conditions

Job Description

• Dispensing medication to patients according to medical prescript ion, ensuring the medication is labeled with the correct drug name, strength, quantity, expiry date, directions for use and additional required information and providing clear instructions and advice on how to take the drug, when, how long, how to store, possible side-effects and any other relevant warnings. Making sure the patient understands in order to ensure correct treatment.
• Adhering to MSF practice policies and procedures for dispensing medicines, in particular those relating to controlled drugs and ensuring respect of confidentiality in dispensing
• Placing accurate and timely orders with the central stock, maintaining minimum stock levels of medicines, checking expiry dates and storage conditions and ensuring no medicines or material are taken out of the dispensary without authorization
• Maintaining accurate dispensing records and regularly reporting them to his/her technical reference. Ensuring returned and out-of-date medication is safely removed to a well designated quarantine zone for unwanted pharmaceuticals, separated from the normal stock
• Organizing and keeping clean the dispensing area, ensuring cleanliness and care in handling medicines to avoid contamination and mix-up. Maintaining dispensary equipment, ensuring it is clean, accurate and in a good state of repair.
• Maintaining the integrity and security of the dispensary by admitting only authorized personnel and ensuring that all medicines are stored as appropriate. Reporting immediately to the technical reference on any problem arising in the service (especially loss, robbery, quality problems with medicines (abnormal changes in colour, consistency, and odour) damage of medical equipment or medicines).
• Carrying out Patient Therapeutic Education (PTE) and interacting with patient using a patient based approach to accompany chronic disease (HIV, TB, etc.) patients along their visits. Receiving patients, informing about treatment and adherence, giving appointment for the next drug delivery. Informing the medical doctor in case of lack of adherence and identifying the reasons and finding solutions to improve adherence.
• Understanding, recording and informing on any complaint received from patients related to medicine use or side effects.

Education: Paramedical background
Experience: Working experience of at least 6 months is essential

• Languages: Mission language desirable and local language essential.

Start Date: 16th January 2023

End Date: 23rd January 2023

Contract

208 working hours per month.

Remuneration

According to MSF France salary grid

TO APPLY:

Submit your cover letter, CV and copies of qualifications with contact details to the MSF Admin. Manager:

Applications should be submitted at

Office: MSFF Jahun, Unguwar Turaki, Along Kafin Hausa Road, Behind Upper Sharia Court Jahun / Jahun Local Government Area ("Application Box" outside the front gate).

With reference “Medicines Dispenser”

Notice:  

• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process.
• MSF reserves the right to refuse hiring of a candidate having benefitted from such acts.
• All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system

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