Title: Dispenser (1 post)
Location: Mbarara
JOB PURPOSE:
Professionally maintain the pharmacy and implement MOH/NDA policies and regulations. Training the nurses and other health professionals in the team in the use and dispensing of drugs, and training other health professionals on placement and on course
SPECIFIC DUTIES:
The Pharmacy
Has full control of the pharmacy and the dispensing of medicines and to the home care on a day to day basis.
Supervises other members of the health care team in dispensing medications.
Help in procurement of the cost effective medication as per essential palliative care drug list.
Ensures that there is always sufficient stock of each drug and any other supplies necessary in the pharmacy
Maintains a stock card system to account for usage of drugs and supply for daily dispensed drug records
Accounts for drugs used on a monthly basis before ordering new stock to a as required by periodically.
Dispensing
Dispenses drugs to patients
Gives detailed explanations to patients on how to take drugs correctly using the patient medicine chart.
Record keeping
Updates the register for class A drugs on a daily basis
Files all prescription for class A drugs according to the formulation indicated thereon
Ensures that authorized prescribers of class A sign the prescription
Ensures that the doctors, nurses, and caretakers sign for class A drugs received by them to give to a particular patient
Ensures that class A drugs are kept in a manner acceptable to NDA and the Ugandan and International law.
Stock check
Ensures that all Class A drugs recorded are updated daily and any discrepancies e.g expired, spirage are entered into the register and signed
Checks nurse’s medical bags on a regular basis
Storage
Ensures safe storage of stock of class A drugs
Ensures that all medications are put away into locked cupboards when the dispenser or nurses dispensing are not in the pharmacy.
Training
Teaches on courses and is prepared to teach on a day to day basis, team members and professionals attached to Hospice training.
Constantly disseminates knowledge regarding the dispensing of drugs to the terminally ill, to other health professionals, volunteers and family members.
Assists in building up a reservoir of resource persons, materials and audiovisual aids for training in the pharmacology of drugs used in palliative care.
Ensures that the library is kept up to date with relevant information on drugs.
Is up to date on advances in the management of pain and symptoms in the terminally ill as well as wider issues in dispensing and pharmacology.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
At least a diploma in pharmacy with two years experience in pharmacy- Additional qualifications in palliative care will be an added advantage.
To apply:
Qualified and interested candidates may hand deliver, email or post a detailed resume with a cover letter indicating three work related referees to the address below. Emails must not exceed 2MB. Deadline for receiving applications is 20th January 2012.
The Human Resource and Administration Director
Hospice Africa Uganda
PO Box 7757 Kampala
Makindye Rd, opposite ARA,
Email: humanresource@hospiceafrica.or.ug
