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• In charge of supporting health workers in
  health facilities in their dispensing and storage management duties;
  supporting on-site training, and assisting in the development of better
  pharmacy practices and systems (especially drug storage, distribution and
  tracking systems) at the clinics;
• Supporting districts to develop district
  pharmacy systems;
• Carrying out overall supervision of the
  logistics system for the projects; and spearheading the planning and
  forecasting for the ART, basic care, laboratory and other medical supplies
  Identify and support; strategic interventions in strengthening the process
  of Supply Chain Management of MOH supplies;
• In charge of identifying the roles of the different
  stakeholders in the process of medicines management in the health
  facilities;
• Defining and strengthening the process of
  tracking and accountability for all pharmaceutical products and related
  supplies used by the projects;
• Responsible for standardizing the quality
  assurance requirement and procedures for Pharmaceutical products and
  related supplies used by the projects;
• In charge of strengthening of
  pharmacovigilance and adherence issues in the projects;
• Making specifications and quantifications of
  project pharmaceutical supplies to be procured and distributed;
• In charge of coordinating technical aspects
  related to the projects training targets (including development of a
  training plan to achieve training targets);
• Supporting proposal development related to
  outreach programme;
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the
  Pharmacy Logistics Specialist (Outreach)

• The applicant for the Infectious Diseases
  Institute (IDI) Pharmacy Field Team Lead should hold  a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy;
• A post graduate diploma in project planning
  and management will be an added advantage.
• Prior experience related to working with the
  district health systems and MoH;
• A minimum of two years’ experience in the
  HIV/AIDS clinical setting;
• Broad working knowledge of pharmaceutical
  principles, practices, equipment and supplies;
• Working knowledge of Ugandan law regulating
  pharmacology and the use of controlled substances;
• Working knowledge of proper record keeping
  practices when managing ARV’s and related supplies;
• Proven ability to understand prescriber’s
  oral or written prescription orders involving standard symbols and
  terminology;
• Previous exposure and experience in analysis
  and reporting of data for programme decision-making; and
• Good report / proposal writing and
  presentation skills.
• Fluency of the local languages within the
  supported districts is desirable.

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