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TITLE : Pharmacy Manager, Ebola Treatment Centre
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Health
LOCATION: Freetown
GRADE:
TBC
CONTRACT LENGTH:
TBC
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week
or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country
programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police
checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Pharmacy Manager is responsible for the pharmacy set up and management to ensure that patients
admitted to the Ebola Treatment Centre have uninterrupted access to appropriate drugs and medical supplies,
and that staff have access to infection control materials.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Medical Team Leader; dotted line to Pharmacy Adviser
Staff directly reporting to this post: Pharmacy assistants (about 2-4)
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
 Set up the pharmacy initially, optimising medicine storage conditions and organization to ensure safety
and effectiveness of drugs and medical supplies.
 Hire and train national pharmacy staff
 Implement a drug management system including drug flow, consumption reporting, buffer stocks, alert
levels, early international and local orders to avoid stock outs
 Prepare drugs for use in the patient areas – to be provided to staff on their entry to the centre.
 Ensure all pharmacy staff understand principles of patient care and infection control and the importance
of supporting team members to ensure safety.
 Ensure that prescription, administration, cold chain management, control drug management and disposal
are according to drug management guidelines.
 Liaise with health and logistics teams to support good communication and effective planning to prevent
stock-outs.
 Ensure daily/weekly consumption reports, stock checks and supply requests and cold chain monitoring.
 Prepare international and national orders, to be signed off by Medical Team Leader.
 Provide training on drug management to national pharmacy staff and clinical staff.
 Raise issues of concern on poor practice and key risks to Medical Team Lead.
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling
Save the Children values
 Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom
to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance
and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
DATE: 04.09.14
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
Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages others to do the same
 Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 Future orientated, thinks strategically
Collaboration:
 Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
and supporters
 Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
 Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
 Honest, encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential
 Registered pharmacist with at least 5 years experience.
 Previous experience of working in a hospital isolation unit, strong understanding of infection control
risks.
 Previous experience working within health facilities in low income countries.
 Previous experience of working in stressful situations.
 Ability to motivate and support team in stressful situations.
 Strong communication skills.
 Experience of working in a multidisciplinary, multi-cultural team.
 Excellent fluency in English including pharmaceutical terminology.
Desirable
 Previous experience and knowledge of West Africa.
Date of issue: Author: September 2014 Lizzy Berryman
DATE: 04.09.14