Job Title: Quality Control Officer
Organization: National Medical
Stores (NMS)
Stores (NMS)
Duty Station: Entebbe,
Uganda
Uganda
Ref: NMS/2017/06
Report to: Chief Pharmacist
About US:
National Medical Stores is an autonomous Corporation that was
established by an Act of Parliament 1993. Our mandate is to procure, store and
distribute medicines and other medical supplies to public health facilities in
Uganda.
established by an Act of Parliament 1993. Our mandate is to procure, store and
distribute medicines and other medical supplies to public health facilities in
Uganda.
Job Summary: The Quality
Control Officer will primarily develop a set of activities that ensure quality
medicines and medical supplies within NMS warehouse are maintained.
Control Officer will primarily develop a set of activities that ensure quality
medicines and medical supplies within NMS warehouse are maintained.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- Formulate systems to assure quality
according to given set standards. - The jobholder will also develop robust
procedures for ensuring that medicines are test against set standards - The Quality Control Officer will identify
defects of medicines and medical supplies and correct them before they are
delivered to facilities - Ensure that activities and techniques are
developed to maintain quality of medicines and medical supplies - The Quality Control Officer will find and
eliminate sources of quality problems within warehouse - The jobholder will collect and analyse
samples of medicines and medical supplies - Administer analytical testing of samples
against set standards - Inspect and verify medicines and medical
supplies and be able to detect defects and advise whether quality
indicators for medicines are improving. - Identify any risk(s) noted during the
course of execution of your duties and formally report to your immediate
supervisor.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The applicant for the National Medical
Stores (NMS) Quality Control Officer job opportunity should hold an
Honours Bachelors Degree of Pharmacy. - A minimum of four years of working
experience in laboratory analysis of medicines and Medical supplies - Broad knowledge and understanding of Good
Manufacturing Practices - Good analytical skills
- Computer literacy skills
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their
application letters with updated CVs, copies of the academic documents/
transcripts, documents supporting your work experience, names and contact
details of three professional referees addressed and delivered to the Head of
Human Resource and Support Services, National Medical Stores (NMS), Plot 4-12,
Nsamizi Road, P.O Box 16, Entebbe, Uganda.
application letters with updated CVs, copies of the academic documents/
transcripts, documents supporting your work experience, names and contact
details of three professional referees addressed and delivered to the Head of
Human Resource and Support Services, National Medical Stores (NMS), Plot 4-12,
Nsamizi Road, P.O Box 16, Entebbe, Uganda.
Deadline: 11th September
2017
2017
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