Job For Drug Dispenser at Médecins du Monde, 30th July, 2018

Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. We are recruiting to to fill the position below: Job Title: Drug Dispenser Location: Damboa, Borno Line Manager: Pharmacist Line reports: Pharmacist Length of contract: 6 months Possibility for extension: YES Main Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Pharmacist the Drug Dispenser (within Damboa team) will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:

Respond to different crisis identified by MdM needs assessment (epidemic and/or sudden mass displacement of population) as part of the emergency team.
Once a situation has been stabilized, the drug dispenser along with Damboa Medical team will be deployed to support the different MdM clinics within Damboa

Under the direction of the Field Coordinator, the drug dispenser is expected to:

Collect, computerize and analyze weekly pharmacy data
Ensure the security of MdM properties and to keep his/her supervisor inform about the security situation
Attend and report the required meetings
Participate in Rapid needs Assessment missions
Respond to the health needs associated with population influx and communicable disease outbreak(s)
Provide free of charge healthcare/dispensing of drugs to the affected populations with respect MdM mandates and principles
Follow the various MdM guidelines (PHC, SRH, MHPSS, GBV and Nut) and seek support from superiors when needed
Work closely with existing MdM teams and other partners in the area
Make appropriate patient referrals to the specified health facilities

Once an emergency has stabilized:

Under the supervision of the Pharmacist/Medical Supervisor of specified camp, and technically under PharmaCo, the Drug Dispenser will be responsible for the following main activities in order to ensure the quality of care in the mobile clinics:
- Stock management in link with mobile clinics
- Distribution of drugs during the mobile clinics
- Collection, computerization and analysis of pharmacy data
- Reporting and attendance to required meetings
- Supporting existing MdM healthcare teams during emergencies
- Filling personnel gaps where needed.

Tasks Description Stock management in link with mobile clinics:

Prepare all the necessary drugs, material and equipment for mobile clinics and ensure that everything is ready before to leave MdM office
Realize the pharmacy stock management (in/out) at the mobile clinic
Calculate daily consumption for each item in order to anticipate any shortage
Do a weekly physical inventory of mobile clinic pharmacy
Prepare drugs orders to MdM central pharmacy with the assistance of the medical doctors and paramedics staff

Distribution of drugs during the mobile clinics:

Explain the potential side effects of a drug to the patient
Fill in the daily consumption form for each item
Ensure patient confidentiality is respected and treat all the patients with respect and dignity.
Give the drugs according to the medical prescription.
Ask the medical doctor or the midwife to complete their prescription in case of incomplete information (dosage, duration…)
Indicate the name, presentation and dosage of the drugs on the dispensing bag.
Explain to the patient how to take the treatment and make sure that the explanations have been understood

Collection, computerization and analysis of weekly drugs consumption:

Collect the daily mobile clinic consumption
Participate to the weekly computerization and analysis of the drugs consumption

Reporting and attendance to different meetings:

Prepare a weekly activities report to submit to the pharmacist and team leader
Participate in a pro-active way to MdM internal meetings (medical, security…)
Participate to all the trainings organized by MDM.

Others:

Give suggestions to improve the functioning of MDM mobile clinics
Participate to the loading and unloading of the vehicles and to the setting up of the mobile clinics
Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
Responsible for the proper use and maintenance of assigned equipment
Perform other additional duties on request of the team leader
Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field

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