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  • Pharmaceutical Technologist Resident Doctor

    Pharmaceutical Technologist Resident Doctor

    Job Description
    The Catholic Diocese of Nakuru (CDN) Health department wishes to recruit ahighly motivated, competent, honest and remarkably talented Pharmaceutical Technologist.
    Job Ref: CDN/HR/018/108/2018
    Qualifications

    Must be a holder of a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a reputable institution.
    The applicant MUST HAVE 2 years experience working in a hospital or a busy health facility.
    Excellent use of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
    Good communication skills and etiquette. Good negotiation skills.
    Customer focused and always willing to go the extra mile.
    Pharmacy & Poisons Board certification is MANDATORY.

     

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  • Quality Control Pharmacist

    Quality Control Pharmacist

    Job Roles and Responsibilities

    Coordinate quality control projects and activities as per the organizational requirements.
    Product quality monitoring: Prepare and supervise product laboratory analysis. Ensure that delivered products conform to approved specifications during the receiving process.
    Conduct annual product review of batches received in CHMP system.
    Product sourcing and qualification: Assist in the scheduling, conducting and follow-up of GDP audits.
    Handling of quality concerns that may arise from pharmacovigilant activities.
    System review: Conduct internal audits including, but not limited to warehouse inspections and follow-up of CAPAs.
    Quality documentation: Develop, implement and review required standard operating procedures
    Training: Develop material and conduct internal/external trainings.
    Inventory management: Management of controlled substances as per stipulated requirements and facilitate inventory reconciliation process.
    Coordinate and review subcontractors of the Quality Management System.
    Formation of internal and external audit follow-up committee for critical issues including but not limited to supplier prequalification.
    Generation of monthly, quarterly and annual activity reports.
    Any other reasonable duties as assigned.

    Qualification and competencies

    Bachelors’ degree in Pharmacy from a recognized university.
    Registered by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board with a current practice license.
    Proof of membership from a recognized Professional Body.
    3-5 years post internship experience in pharmaceutical and medical supplies distribution. Experience in Quality Control Laboratory operations would be an added advantage.
    Knowledge and understanding of National regulatory requirements – CAP 244, CAP 245
    Knowledge and understanding of quality guidelines – MQAS, ISO 9001
    Knowledge and understanding of GDP, GSP and GLP Guidelines
    Proactive and ability to work independently
    Attention to detail with good analytical skills
    Good Interpersonal Skills
    Good computer Skills

    NB: Application without salary may not be considered.

  • Pharmaceutical Technologist

    Pharmaceutical Technologist

    Duties and Responsibilities

    Provide advice for non-prescription medications
    Monitor drugs and other medical supplies levels and initiate the procurement process.
    Take inventory and track medication and supply orders
    Keep records of all drug stocks ordered, drugs issued to clients and stocks remaining.
    Arrange drugs in the required manner
    Establish and maintain good relationships with customers which includes clinics, doctors, and other institutions
    Monitor storage conditions i.e. expiry status and security of the pharmaceuticals

    Requirements:

    Must be registered with the Pharmacy and Poison Board
    Diploma holder from a recognized institution.
    Original Professional and academic certificates with up to date license
    At least 2 years of working experience in a similar position
    Good customer care skills

  • Pharmaceutical Technologist

    Pharmaceutical Technologist

    The Pharmaceutical Technologist major role is to stock and dispense drugs to Haltons Pharmacy clients. He/she is also responsible in providing excellent customer service to the clients.
    Key Responsibilities

    Helps patients by greeting them in person and by phone; answering questions and requests; dispensing medicine.
    Maintains pharmacy inventory by checking pharmaceutical stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed medications and supplies; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; removing outdated drugs & preparing ageing reports as often as possible.
    Maintains a safe and clean environment by complying with company standard operating procedures & government regulation. He/she cleans the floors and dump dusts the shelves.
    Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols.
    Organizes medications for dispensing by reading medication orders and prescriptions; preparing labels; calculating quantities; assembling intravenous solutions and other pharmaceutical therapies.
    Maintains records by recording and filing physicians’ orders and prescriptions.
    Generates revenues by calculating, recording, and issuing charges as well as issuing cash sale receipts.
    Ensures medication availability by delivering medications to patients and other clientele.
    Prepares reports by collecting and summarizing information and sending them on time as required in the standard operating procedures.
    Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
    Conducting marketing activities together with the branch team and ensuring individual and branch sales targets are met/or exceeded.
    Take responsibility of his/her shop by ensuring that all operations of the shop are running smoothly and reporting any anomalies and breakages.
    Adhere to the Dangerous Drug Act regulation
    Ensure standard operating procedures are followed to the letter and timely feedback given
    Any other duty assigned by the Branch manager, Regional Manager or senior management staff.

    Code of conduct required

    He/She must always be clean, smart and well groomed in uniform when on duty.
    He/She must be ready and willing to provide exemplary customer service in accordance to company brand and policies.
    He/She must adhere to the working hours as per shifts allocated; any absence from work must be reported in good time.
    He/she must always wear the Haltons staff I.D when on duty.
    He/she must keep the clients’ information confidential.
    He/she must adhere to the organization’s reporting structure.

    Skills and competencies

    Excellent team player
    Negotiation skills.
    Able to achieve targets and to achieve organizational change.
    Strong written, reading and spoken English Language skills.
    IT literate.
    Excellent use of MS Office and Email (MUST).
    Customer focused and always willing to go the extra mile.
    Excellent communication skills with proven email etiquette.

    Qualifications

    Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology from a reputable institution
    Pharmacy & Poisons Board certification- desired
    One year experience post internship in a busy retail pharmacy.
    Excellent use of Pharmacore system.

  • Pharmaceutical Technologist

    Pharmaceutical Technologist

    Job Requirements

      Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technologist from a recognized institution.
      Valid and up to date registration license by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
      At least 2 years working experience in a busy hospital.
      Unquestionable integrity and good team player.
      Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills.

    Responsibilities

    Written prescription or refill requests and verify that information is complete and accurate.
    Maintain proper storage and security conditions for drugs.
    Answer telephones, responding to questions or requests.
    Fill bottles with prescribed medications and type and affix labels.
    Assist customers by answering simple questions, locating items or referring them to the doctor for medication information.
    Price and file prescriptions that have been filled.
    Clean, and help maintain equipment and work areas in the pharmacy,
    Establish and maintain patient profiles, including lists of medications taken by individual patients.
    Order, label, and count stock of medications and supplies, and enter inventory data into the system.
    Receive and store incoming supplies, verify quantities against invoices, and inform supervisor of stock needs and shortages.
    Mix pharmaceutical preparations according to written prescriptions.
    Compute charges for medication and equipment dispensed to hospital patients, and enter data in computer.
    Participate actively in the stock take which will be conducted on monthly basis.
    Deliver medications and pharmaceutical supplies to patients, nursing stations or theatre.
    Make sure proper entries are made in the system.
    Liaise with doctors, nurses on availability of required drugs
    Follow the set Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
    Any other duties as may be assigned.

  • GMP Quality Manager – EEA Medical Representative

    GMP Quality Manager – EEA Medical Representative

    Job Description

    Ensure compliance of the CPO organization with GMP legal and regulatory requirements and the Novartis Quality Manual and Policies.
    Ensure that all aspects of the handling, manufacturing and distribution of pharmaceutical products in the country comply with the requirements of the Novartis Quality Manual and Policies and meet all relevant cGMP regulatory and legislative requirements.
    Ensure that a local Quality System and Standard Operating Procedures are in place for all GMP/GDP related activities and that compliance with cGMP/GDP regulations is maintained through training and internal audits.
    Report monthly Key Quality Indicators (KQIs) related to GMP/GDP activities to CPO QA and monitor them and assure that gaps are addressed appropriately in order to mitigate risk.
    Maintain current knowledge of local and international regulatory and legislative requirements and trends to ensure that technical support on all quality related matters is provided to the country.
    Establish a good working relationship with the Supply Chain Management (SCM) and DRA departments.
    Ensure that co-ordinated contact is maintained with the Regulatory Authorities, the local partners (suppliers, third parties, licensees, and distributors) and Global Quality Assurance.
    Ensure that all drug products and Investigational Medicinal Products (IMP) are released to the market in accordance with the registered specifications and with local/international regulations.
    Ensure that an effective Change Control process is in place.
    Ensure quality oversight of third party and coordinate all required activities to guarantee that third party manufacture, (re-)packaging, (re-)labelling, storage and/or distribution of Novartis products is in compliance with Novartis Standards.
    Establish good working relation with External Supply Organization (ESO) allowing to keep QA oversight on all partners (e.g. third party activities).
    Ensure CPO readiness for all GMP/GDP regulatory inspections.
    Manage external inspections, complaints, deviations, recalls, counterfeits and product tampering according to the Novartis Corporate Quality Manual and local written procedures. Support / participate in NEM cases as required and ensure relevant CAPAs have been completed/closed.
    Together with Local Leadership Team members, ensure conduct of adequate training at the CPO for all GMP and GDP related activities by defining, planning and supporting training activities.

    Minimum Requirements
    Minimum 5 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry in a relevant field such as quality assurance, quality control, registration, production, distribution or a directly related area. .

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  • Registered Pharmaceutical Field Officer Clinic Manager Driver Front Office & Cashier

    Registered Pharmaceutical Field Officer Clinic Manager Driver Front Office & Cashier

    Ref No: PHARM/TEC/01/2018
    Requirements

    Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology
    Valid registration license by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board or awaiting registration
    At least 2 year working experience in a busy pharmacy.
    Good team player and upholds high integrity.

    Responsibilities

    Effectively manage the dispensing of all drugs and other commodities
    Check and advice on the expiry of the drugs and disposal of the same.
    Ensure proper management of Pharmacy Records in the system
    Ensure effective stock controls and conduct regular /monthly stock take.
    Prepare Comprehensive Monthly report to the Management.
    Coordinate distribution of GSN drugs.
    Perform any other duties which may be assigned by Management from time to time.

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  • Pharmaceutical Technologist Maintenance Officer Assistance Maintenance Officer Fitness Instructor

    Pharmaceutical Technologist Maintenance Officer Assistance Maintenance Officer Fitness Instructor

    Job Description

    Applicants should possess a Higher National Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology or
    Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology with 3 years working experience as a Pharmaceutical Assistant Scale 7 or its equivalent
    Must be registered by the Kenya Pharmacists and Poisons Board

     

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  • Availability Advisor

    Availability Advisor

    Overview
    Reporting to the Safe Care Manager, the Availability advisor provides technical oversight to the supplies chain management at the Ipas Africa Alliance to enhance availability of comprehensive abortion care and contraceptive services. He/ She develops and implements strategies designed to enhance availability and accessibility of abortion care technologies and commodities including Ipas MVA plus kits, MA drugs Contraceptive commodities and related supplies in all intervention facilities. He/ she works closely with the quality of care team and ASRH advisor to ensure to enhance program implementation and sustainable supplies in intervention counties. S/he is responsible for supporting the planning, development, and implementation of the organizational medical supplies quality assurance policy for sustainable Ipas programming. This position is based at the Alliance field office in Kisumu.
    Responsibilities

    Provides supplies oversight and coordination of the supplies chain process to ensure that Ipas procurement and product selection standards align to the national formulary and equipment specifications.
    Review and monitor organizational budgets for commodity and equipment and track utilization of the budgets for effective program implementation.
    Develops and maintains an organizational supplies schedule for commodities, supplies and equipment and liaises with the procurement unit to ensure timely scheduled procurement.
    Sets and reviews periodically the minimum and maximum stock levels for the organization.
    Liaises with the quality advisor on technical issues arising from health facilities and supplies management and participate in county and provide programmatic support as a member of the provider support team.
    Work with County Pharmacists to oversee inventory management for abortion care and contraceptive supplies and commodities within the Ipas storage facilities in liaison with the availability associates.
    Provide semi -annual status of stock/ equipment and distribution reports to the Senior Health management team and follow up recommendations to improve efficient and effective program implementation.
    Work with the technical lead to develop and implement a sustainability strategy for service delivery programs with regards to commodity and equipment security.
    Identifies and recommends suppliers of abortion care equipment, commodities and supplies in accordance to Ipas policies and processes and liaises with the other technical  that Ipas and service providers can implement cost effective programs that align to the value for money principle.
    Participate in relevant technical working group meetings at national and county level working on commodity security.
    Ensures compliance to the Ipas Medical supplies and Pharmaceuticals procurement and Quality Assurance Policy and standards.

    Requirements
    Minimum Requirements:

    Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy with 4+ years professional experience in supplies chain management/ Diploma in Pharmacy with 7+ years experience/Bachelor degree with 10+ years experience
    Must be familiar with the MoH National and County National Supplies Chain system
    Experience in working with MoH National/ County health management teams with good understanding of the public health delivery system and the community strategy.
    Previous experience on capacity building and supervision on supplies chain management in programming

    Preferred requirements

    Competency in use Microsoft office.
    Good analytical skills
    Good communication and presentation skills

    Commitment to Diversity
    Ipas is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, genetic information, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.