Pharmacist

Job Description

Title: Pharmacist

Company Name: Partners in Health and Development (PHD)

Vacancy: 1

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Minimum Salary: Negotiable

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 5 Feb 2025

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ B. Pharm (Hons.) with related certification.
∎ At least 2-years' experience, preferably, pharmacy or clinical services in primary and emergency healthcare center, tropical infections and diseases.
∎ Based at PHCC in camp level, with potential visits to Cox’s Bazar office or other field locations.
∎ Must be flexible and adaptable to working in a semi-emergency humanitarian setting.
∎ Academic:
∎ B. Pharm (Hons.) with related certification.
∎ At least 2-years' experience, preferably, pharmacy or clinical services in primary and emergency healthcare center, tropical infections and diseases.
∎ Working Conditions:
∎ Based at PHCC in camp level, with potential visits to Cox’s Bazar office or other field locations.
∎ Must be flexible and adaptable to working in a semi-emergency humanitarian setting.
∎ Collaboration:
∎ Work closely with clinical staff & medical logistics team to support the treatment plans and enhance patient outcomes to ensure safety and quality in overall pharmacy services. Participate in health awareness sessions related to medication adherence and safety.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Set up the pharmacy initially, optimizing medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies.
∎ Implement a drug management system including drug flow, consumption recording and reporting, buffer stocks, security stocks, alert levels, to avoid stock outs & over-stocks.
∎ Prepare medication, explaining to patients how medications should be taken
∎ Dispense drugs to patients with valid prescription forms according to SOP of dispensing.
∎ Maintain FEFO method in pharmacy management.
∎ Include the proper description on the tablet bag, which will include name of the patient, Name of the drug, Dosage, Duration of treatment, Expiry date, and indicate when to take the drugs.
∎ Provide an explanation to the patient how to take the treatment.
∎ Ask the patient to repeat the instructions as patient feedback as a part of counselling.
∎ Give the first dose of treatment on the spot if prescribed so or if single dose treatment (see specific instructions and protocols)
∎ Fill in the pharmacy consumption tool & tracker on daily basis.
∎ Send monthly consumption tools to Med-log focal through Senior Officer/Officer-Pharmacy.
∎ Keep tally of daily drugs consumption ensuring minimum stock requirement is maintained and drugs are ordered from pharmacy as required
∎ Assist in the preparation of bi-weekly reports as requested.
∎ Assist in emergency response to disease outbreaks, as needed.
∎ Follow all related instructions from Medical Logistics Management.
∎ Perform any other relevant work appointed by their line manager.
∎ PHD is a not-for-profit organization, working in Bangladesh for more than 3 decades towards improving the life of the people, particularly of marginalized and the less privileged. PHD under the partnership of Save the Children, funded by ECHO is going to start the project activities e.g., outdoor service and mobilization at primary health care center in camp 21, Cox’s Bazar district.
∎ The Pharmacist will work as a part of H&N team, reporting to Senior Officer-Pharmacy/ Clinical Coordinator. S/he will be working in different camps of Teknaf Upazila or Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) to dispense drugs and medical supplies to patients, providing appropriate counselling on how to safely and effectively take any prescribed treatment. S/he will ensure safer dispensing with patient counselling and management of rational use of drugs and maintain proper record in daily/weekly tally sheets, consumption tools, different trackers and template, as well as prepare consumption reports, stock checks and stock management in field level according to SOP, Med-Log instructions & GMT guidelines and contribute data and knowledge to produce supply requests in an interval.
∎ Duties and Responsibility:
∎ Set up the pharmacy initially, optimizing medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies.
∎ Implement a drug management system including drug flow, consumption recording and reporting, buffer stocks, security stocks, alert levels, to avoid stock outs & over-stocks.
∎ Prepare medication, explaining to patients how medications should be taken
∎ Dispense drugs to patients with valid prescription forms according to SOP of dispensing.
∎ Maintain FEFO method in pharmacy management.
∎ Include the proper description on the tablet bag, which will include name of the patient, Name of the drug, Dosage, Duration of treatment, Expiry date, and indicate when to take the drugs.
∎ Provide an explanation to the patient how to take the treatment.
∎ Ask the patient to repeat the instructions as patient feedback as a part of counselling.
∎ Give the first dose of treatment on the spot if prescribed so or if single dose treatment (see specific instructions and protocols)
∎ Fill in the pharmacy consumption tool & tracker on daily basis.
∎ Send monthly consumption tools to Med-log focal through Senior Officer/Officer-Pharmacy.
∎ Keep tally of daily drugs consumption ensuring minimum stock requirement is maintained and drugs are ordered from pharmacy as required
∎ Assist in the preparation of bi-weekly reports as requested.
∎ Assist in emergency response to disease outbreaks, as needed.
∎ Follow all related instructions from Medical Logistics Management.
∎ Perform any other relevant work appointed by their line manager.

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf)

Read Before Apply:

Read Before Apply:

Special Note: PHD maintain ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and any harm to Child. All employees are expected to abide by the code of conducts and Protection from Sexual Exploitation/GBV and Child Safeguarding Policy of PHD. Women are encouraged to apply, and Smokers are discouraged from applying. As such, our selection process includes rigorous background checks. 

Apply Procedure:

Only online application will be acceptable and interested candidates can apply online to hr@phd-bd.com on or before 13th February 2025 with their CVs, a cover letter and a passport size photograph addressing to the Managing Director, Partners in Health and Development (PHD), House # SWD 12A, Road # 8, Gulshan-1, Dhaka 1212. Mention clearly the name of position in the mail. Only short-listed candidates will be called for interview.