To provide quality pharmaceutical and health care services for vulnerable refugees and host communities.

Job Responsibilities

Essential Duties / Responsibilities:

• Provide outpatient distribution of medications in line with the prescriptions/orders from the medical doctor and Ethiopian Government protocols, while maintaining universal infection control standards to improve the patients/beneficiaries’ health status.

• Keep the patient and/or his/her family informed about the route, medication, side effects, dosing, and administration of all medication distributed to patient including needs for follow up or continued care pertaining to the medication.

• Work with staff to ensure care and communication is culturally sensitive.

• Support clinical leadership to enforce compliance with standard infection prevention and control guidelines.

• Participate in the accurate clinical documentation and informing the Team Lead and Medical officer as appropriate, about any problem or complication of the patients’ illness or medical error.

• Support the Team Lead/MO in monitoring the proper functioning of the Equipment, supplies, or pharmaceuticals.

• Ensure patient confidentiality is always respected.

• Support clinical leadership to provide training and mentoring to other clinical staff in dissemination of new knowledge or protocols.

• Other duties as assigned.

Quality Management

• Aiming to achieve the highest quality programming possible within the challenging context.

• Ensure all patients are treated based on the Guidelines of the Ministry of Health and the IMCI guidelines.

• Ensure rational use of drugs such that only those essential for treatment are prescribed. 

• Provide compassionate and respectful care to all patients who present to the clinic.

• Support other staff and colleagues to maintain good infection control practices to prevent spread of illnesses within the HC and among the staff.

Additional activities

• Support other areas of the HC as requested or needed to ensure efficiency and quality of care to all.

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment, disposing of waste and sharps appropriately.

• Support safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding the code of conduct provisions of Medical Teams Protection from Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Child & Vulnerable Adult protection, and harassment-free workplace policies. Incumbents will remain alert and responsive to any child and adult safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child and adult safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding.

Physical conditions

This position requires frequent travel to health facilities located in remote areas with very basic living conditions.

NOTE: The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this job.  It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of staff in this position.  Duties, responsibilities, and skills are also subject to change based on the changing needs of the job, department, or organization. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by Medical Teams International as the requirements of the job change.

Department: Medical

Team: Medical

Report to (position): Team Leader

Location(s): Kebribeyah

Work Days & Hours: Monday-Saturday 48/week

Job Requirements

Education, licenses, & certification

• BSc Degree in Pharmacy or minimum Diploma in Druggist and certification required to work as a Pharmacist/Druggist in Ethiopia.

Experience

• 2 years of professional experience after qualification

Knowledge, skills & abilities

• Self-motivated and Desire to serve others.

• Respectful towards other cultures

• Able to establish relationships easily.

• Team player

• Flexible under changing conditions

• Able to cope with basic working conditions.

• Culturally aware and able to adjust.

• Secure and at ease with professional skills

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants should apply through THIS LINK