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• Working in liaison with
  Pharmacy coordinator ensure that the national and MUg Standards and
  Procedures in pharmaceutical logistics and supply management are in place
  and adequately followed
• Develop a mentorship
  plan and carry out regular on job mentorships of MUg pharmacy teams as
  part of support for continuous professional development in line with the organisational
  strategic aims
• Participate and give
  regular CMEs and updates in IDT, other staff development fora in line with
  HR and directorate goals for continuous skills enhancement and development
  of staff
• Ensure that the
  pharmacy team engage in HR skills development activities, participate in IDT/Journal
  clubs and other CME activities to promote staff professional
• Participate in Health
  systems strengthening capacity assessment exercises to assess pharmacy
  service delivery gaps in health facilities and other health provider
  organisations so as to plan for appropriate interventions
• Participate in capacity
  assessment of pharmacy staff and other health workers to identify training
  needs and make plans for mentorship to address gaps in pharmacy practice
• Working in liaison with
  Training and Clinical teams train and coach pharmacy staff and other health
  workers on relevant topics to strengthen human resource capacity
• Participate in
  development of guidelines, tools and SOPs as the need may be for rationalization
  and harmonized management of drug logistics activities
• Participate in the development
  and review of logistics management information systems
• (LMIS) in the districts
  to enhance compliance and dissemination of information
• To participate in and
  give technical support to the HSS-Supply Chain Officer in the provision of
  technical support supervision activities in HSS projects so as to support
  the functionalisation of drug supply systems in newly accredited health
  facilities and capacity building of facility health workers in areas of
  good pharmacy practice
• Carry out problem analysis
  and prioritization for identified critical gaps to inform decision-making
• Suggest intervention
  strategies and measures that provide a platform for management of the
  identified gaps
• Working with pharmacy
  coordinator, liaise with national medical warehouses ( MAUL, NMS & JMS)
  to conduct joint support supervision monitoring on supply chain activities
  in districts to exploit synergies, improve compliance and conformity to
  set standards
• Liaise with Regional
  managers and other HSS team staff for HSS projects to offer technical guidance
  on pharmacy issues and up dates with in the routine operations of the
  projects to
• ensure that medical
  logistics issues are inclusively and properly monitored in the project implementation
  towards the overall success of the project
• To participate in
  accurate documentation of HSS project activities in the pharmacy department
  so as to give timely feedback for organisational project progress monitoring,
  documentation of success stories and utilisation of feedback for
  performance review within the pharmacy teams

• To have technical oversight of implementation
  of pharmacy activities including pharmacy inventory management and quality
  assurance, working in liaison with Pharmacy coordinator and supervisors
  including implementation to ensure safe, reliable and quality medicines provision
  to MUg clients and in its supported sites
• To give technical guidance on handling of
  difficult pharmaceutical and logistics management issues to support
  quality services provision to MUg staff teams including HSS teams
• To actively participate in dispensing and
  inventory management in the department as part of team working, mentoring
  and execution of departmental activities
• Contribute to planning, development, review and
  integration of logistics business processes for ordering and reporting so
  as to ensure timely availability and access to affordable medicines and
  medical supplies by clients.
• To give technical oversight in the development
  of policies, manuals and procedures that guide decision making and
  implementation of pharmacy function at Mildmay Uganda
• Give technical input for equipment maintenance
  companies with regard to agreed maintenance schedules to ensure that
  equipment management and repair policies are adhered to for proper storage
  environment for medicines and vaccines
• Keep abreast with up to date information on
  pharmacy practices, so as to continually inform the organisation on
  changing policy environment ensuring that MUg is aligned to national policies,
  kept relevant and to support expansion of MUg ‘s medicines logistics and
  supply chain management profile
• To ensure that the ‘Family-Centered’ model of care
  is maintained in all forms of pharmacy services given to the clients and
  targeted communities in line with the MUg strategic objectives

• Ensure that a total quality management
  philosophy is instilled in the team by emphasizing quality, safety and
  competitiveness of products and services to protect safety and health of clients
  
• To be a Technical Lead to guide the pharmacy
  team to translate the quality policies into good pharmacy practice and
  meet the desired quality objectives as part of the MUg directorate quality
  assurance function
• Take lead and carry out metrology (science of
  measurement)activities focused on providing confidence that quality
  standards are conformed to
• To take lead and ensure that the pharmacy
  function carries out quality improvement projects to continually improve
  the quality and efficiencies in the pharmacy services provision
• To support Compliance with regular inspections
  and quality audits to ensure conformity with national and MUg standards,
  guidelines and regulations
• To support quality practices for consistent and
  regular documentation, accountability, data control, process control and
  control of non conformity
• Carry our regular inspections and quality
  audits to ensure compliance with national and
• MUg standards, guidelines and regulations
• Carry out preventive and corrective quality
  improvement actions to address unintended and undesirable results so as to
  meet public health standards

• To contribute to the development and execution
  of the organizational strategic plan
• To contribute to the planning and
  implementation of departmental team activities
• To participate in contribution towards the
  achievement of effective teams to deliver quality clinical care; ensure
  collegial working with other co- specialists
• To actively participate in team activities
  including Inter Disciplinary Team (IDT), mortality audits, Quality
  Improvement, Clinical directorate and staff meetings
• To promote cohesive team working , ensuring
  that all Mug staff are treated with respect and high standards of
  professionalism
• Ensure compliance to the following: consistent
  and regular documentation, accountability, data control, process control
  and control of non conformity to cohesive team working
• To undertake personal and engage in
  organizational skills development activities so as to enhance own skills
  as a contribution to the pharmacy teams proficiency
• To provide and communicate regularly to the
  Director Medical services and Pharmacy coordinator personal plans for work
  schedules and activity plans to support the smooth coordination of the
  team operations
• To comply with HR time management regulations
  so as to demonstrate contribution to team working and performance
  management 

• The candidate
  should possess Bachelor of pharmacy from a recognised university
• A Masters
  related to pharmaceutical/ pharmaceutical logistics management
• Must be
  registered with the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU)
• Three or more years
  in pharmaceutical services ( and at least 1 year of specialist level (Msc
  Pharm)
• Knowledge and
  experience in drug Logistics and supply chain management, HIV health systems
  strengthening programming
• Research
  experience Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in
  various MS office packages and working knowledge of English and local
  language(s) are crucial.
• Hard working,
  trust-worthy, and holding the highest levels of integrity and confidentiality.
  
• Must be
  flexible, reliable, able to work under pressure; and in sympathy with the
  Christian values of Mildmay Uganda.
• Evidence of a
  non-judgemental approach regarding race, religion, culture, sexuality and
  lifestyle is critical. 

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