Job Description

Right to Care is recruiting Pharmacists across Mpumalanga with 2 positions in Ehlanzeni District, 2 in Nkangala District and 2 in Gert Sibande District.
Governance and Communication

• Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with relevant partners within the province
• Provide pharmaceutical management support for the district
• Ensure that PTCs are conducted according to policy and all standing agenda items are addressed
• Assist with trends analysis and ensure feedback is provided for ADRs reported, CCMDD, SVS, Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and medicine use evaluations to be presented at PTC
• Participate in the District task teams and technical working groups such as CCMDD, SVS, National Adherence Strategy, Essential Medicines List committee, AMS, etc
• Monthly and quarterly reporting of programme activities to both DoH and RtC

Supply chain management

• Analyse the assessments conducted in facilities, identify gaps and develop intervention strategies to address the identified gaps
• Develop quality improvement plans in collaboration with the facilities and the DoH District Pharmacist.
• Liaise with the DoH District Pharmacist, Area Pharmacists and the District Management Teams to suggest and support interventions to improve medicine availability.
• Ongoing training, mentoring and coaching to improve medicine availability and management
• Promote rational use of medicines - assist the District Pharmacists with evaluating medicine usage in the district
• Ensure compliance with good pharmacy practices, good dispensing practices, National Core Standards and all other regulations

Professional Development

• Identify training needs for pharmacy personnel and other health care workers
• Co-ordinate pharmacy related training, develop and implement differentiated training and other skills development within the district
• Ensure continued professional development for all staff and build capacity for PAs to ensure optimal support for all programmes

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Compiling and reporting monthly and quarterly statistics and reports form Pharmacists Assistants
• Asist the district with establishing and maintaining ADR reports database and monitoring framework
• Ensure the M&E framework for CCMDD is implemented
• Assist with patient satisfaction survey.
• Monitoring of service delivery at facility level and PuPs for CCMDD programme
• Undertake operational research to monitor outcomes of programme implementation

Programme Implementation

• Supervise Pharmacists Assistants in the District
• Liaise with Provincial Medicines Liaison Officers (PMLOs) for effective programme coordination (SVS and CCMDD)
• Ensure that SOPs are available and implemented
• Monitor the reporting and completeness levels and provide strategies for improvement for SVS
• Assist with second-line support for challenges that could not be resolved at facility
• Monitor escalated challenges, (such as software and device related challenges, service availability or connectivity, device loss, theft or damage and device repair and/or replacement) to ensure that they are resolved within the stipulated turn-around times.
• Assist with customising district formularies to improve completeness of reporting
• Provide technical support for development of District CCMDD implementation plan
• Identification and recruitment of pick-up points (PuPs) in consultation with districts.
• Conduct PuP assessments, facilitate the registration of PuPs with the National Treasury (Central Supplier Database)
• Quarterly assessments of the PuPs
• Orientation & training of Pick-up points once appointed and follow up with support visits.
• Provide TA for hospital pharmacy managers to ensure that pharmaceutical services are implemented effectively and efficiently
• Monitor the utilisation of Rx solution and ensure that hospitals are reporting to the National Surveillance Centre

Required Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• B. Pharm degree
• Registration with the SA Pharmacy Council
• 3 years' experience post Community Service

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

• A postgraduate qualification in Pharmacy or public health Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• HIVAIDS Management course
• Registration as a tutor
• 5 years' experience post Community
• Previous public sector experience
• Experience preferably within a PEPFAR funded organisation

Skills Required