QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Ordinary Level (GCSE)/Grade 12 Certificate
• Diploma in Pharmacy
• At least 3 years’ experience

Desirable Required Qualification and Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience
• Diploma in Pharmacy

TECHNICAL AND BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES

• Confidence & Self Control
• Ethics and Integrity
• Initiative
• Planning and Organizing
• Professionalism

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Issuing medicines to patients, furnishing information and advice to patients about the use of medicines.
• Counselling patients on the proper use of drugs they are taking.
• Determining patient compliance with the therapy and follow up to ensure that patient’s medicine related needs are
• being met.
• Evaluating patient’s medicine related needs by determining the indications, safety and effectiveness of therapy.
• Document medication errors and interventions made during dispensing.
• On-going adherence monitoring of patients.
• Involvement in Pharmacovigilance activities
• Clinical Pharmacy to ensure efficacy, safety and continued access to ARVs for inpatients.
• Ensure continuous supply of medication for patients accessing care from pharmacy and areas that we support.
• Facilitate multidisciplinary team approach to patient care.
• Provide Technical support and mentorship to all supported facilities in the respective hubs.
• Ensure that all supported clinics have stock cards and files for managing stock.
• Ensure that stock cards are kept up to date and maintained.
• Support implementation and functionality of electronic stock management systems (eLMIS) used in the district.
• Ensure that facilities are reporting medicine availability as required on Stock Visibility System (e.g., SMS 4 Life)
• Assist the facilities to maintain data and ensure accurate reporting.
• Ensure that all purchase orders, invoices, discrepancy reports and goods received vouchers (GRVs) are kept in a file per SOPs.
• Support implementation of alternative access to chronic medicines (e.g., ART Adherence clubs, and ART Community support groups
• Coordinate the implementation of Differentiated models of ART delivery projects (e.g., MMSD, Home deliveries and Community Pick up points)
• Provide training and mentorship on Differentiated models of ART delivery projects.
• Monthly/weekly reports on the implemented Differentiated models of ART delivery projects
• Provide data for indicators for DSR and WSR meetings on supply Chain updates.
• Compile weekly /monthly stock status reports.
• Report and submit pharmacovigilance information and data.

• Applications in the form of a cover letter and CV must be submitted to [email protected]



• All applicants are required to complete an online competency assessment accessible using this link - https://my.assessio.com/right-to-care-pharmacy-technologist---chiengi
• Only applicants that complete the two steps above will be considered.