Pharmacist

Volunteering Medical & Health

Overview

Promote and maintain healthcare services for UN personnel in South Sudan.

You have:

• Minimum of 5 years of general experience in pharmacy practice.
• Experience in UN mission or another international agency is desirable.
• Solid computer skills, including full proficiency in MS Office applications.
• Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting and reporting skills.
• Ability to work and adapt professionally in a challenging environment.
• Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Sound security awareness.

Contract

This is a UNV International Specialist contract. This kind of contract is known as International UN Volunteer. It is normally internationally recruited only. More about UNV International Specialist contracts.

To promote and maintain the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of staff members through the provision of integrated quality healthcare services to the personnel of United Nations Mission in South Sudan, this position will be based in Juba under Health Services Section.

Under the general supervision of the CMO/DCMO, the incumbent will perform the following duties: • Developing, updating, and implementing a mission list for drugs and medical consumables, based on generic drugs produced according to the World Health Organization (WHO) standards. • Maintaining a system for ongoing inspections of drug safety in mission Level 1 Clinics. • Offering day-to-day advice on pharmaceutical issues. • Advising the medical administrator/requisitioner on the specification of drugs to be requisitioned. • Offering a prudent scale of issue for the planning of re-supply. • Contributing to the facilitation of an unimpeded supply of drugs, medical consumables, vaccines, condoms (male and female) and blood in the mission. • Monitoring the consumption of drugs, laboratory reagents, medical and surgical consumables at the Tomping Level-I Clinic. • Assisting the mission health team in the treatment and side effect monitoring. • Dispensing valid prescriptions and medical supplies to Level 1 Clinic patients. • Storing and record keeping of stocks of pharmaceutical products across the mission. • Accounting for the applicable medical supplies and equipment according to recommended guidelines. • Participating in logistics operations pertaining to the management of expired supplies and re-distribution of medical supplies within the Mission area. • Carrying out relevant and regular reporting on demand by Head Pharmacist. • Performing other related duties as required.

• Accountability • Adaptability and flexibility • Communication • Planning and organising • Professionalism • Integrity and professionalism • Teamwork and respect for diversity

• Incumbent of this position is required to have minimum of 5 years of general experience in pharmacy practice. • Experienced in UN mission or another international agency is desirable. • Solid computer skills, including full proficiency in various MS Office applications (Excel, Word etc.) and other IT applications and office technology equipment. • Have affinity with or interest in humanitarian relief, post-conflict situations, volunteerism as a mechanism for durable development, and the UN System. • Excellent oral and written skills; excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills. • Excellent interpersonal skills; culturally and socially sensitive; ability to work inclusively and collaboratively with a range of partners. • Ability to work and adapt professionally and effectively in a challenging environment; ability to work effectively in a multicultural team of international and national personnel. • Ability to work with tight deadlines. • Self-motivated, ability to work with minimum supervision. • Sound security awareness.

Living conditions vary between UNMISS duty stations. Each duty station where UNMISS has a field presence has basic residential camp facilities, which includes running water and electricity. Candidates should be aware that accommodation may be austere with the possibility of water shortages and power blackouts. On arrival in Juba accommodation will be on a share basis. Ablutions will also be shared. As the accommodation situation improves single unit accommodation, with an attached ablution, should become available in all locations. Hard wall accommodation is available in Juba.

All UNMISS duty stations apart from Entebbe, Uganda are considered non - family duty stations. The security level of UNMISS duty stations is classified by the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) who will brief on arrival. A number of locations in South Sudan are prone to conflict.

Primary health care services (preventive and curative) are provided in 11 United Nations Owned Equipment (UNOE) Level-I clinics, 21 Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) Level-I clinics, 4 COE Level-II medical facilities within the mission area and the establishment of contractual agreements for Level-III and Level-IIII care outside the mission area. The 4 Level-II facilities available in Juba, Bor, Malakal and Wau, run by the Troop Contributing Countries (TCC), take referrals from the Level-I clinics and provide hospital-based care.

The climate is tropical with a rainy season in many areas, which should normally span from around April to October. Ability to live and work in difficult and harsh conditions is essential.

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