Job Title: Pharmacy Technician – 6 Positions
Organisation: TASO Uganda
Duty Station: Entebbe, Uganda
Other locations: Jinja, Mbarara, Mbale, Rukungiri and Gulu
Reports to: Medical Services Technical Lead
About Organisation:
The AIDS Support Organization (TASO Uganda), is an organisation contributing to a process of preventing HIV infection, restoring hope and improving the quality of life of persons, families and communities affected by HIV infection and disease.
Job Summary: To administer pharmaceutical services at the Centre, and ensure that the service provision complies to set. pharmaceutical procedures, regulations and standards.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Participate in planning and budgeting for the medical department
- Dispense prescribed drugs to TASO clients and staff
- Counsel clients and staff on drug indications/contraindications, dosage, drug interactions, and side effects
- Enter patient and prescription order information into the pharmacy system
- Oversee the acquisition and disbursement of drugs and medications from the center stores to the pharmacy
- Provide technical guidance and training to Dispenders and other staff involved in giving out drugs
- Monitor patient medication compliance and over -usage patterns
- Collect and document information on adverse drug reactions
- Establish and maintain good methods and manner of storage and record keeping systems to provide for safekeeping of pharmaceuticals
- Follow established TASO policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards
- Prepare and submit periodic reports on the pharmaceutical services of the Centre
Key Outputs
- TASO Clients provided with drugs as prescribed
- Protocols on drug use observed
- Drug stores and inventory controlled
- Periodic reports prepared and submitted
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Minimum Academic Qualifications: Diploma in Pharmacy Technology
- Additional Trainings Required:
- Minimum Experience and Exposure: 3 years in a dispensing Special Knowledge
- Knowledge of drugs and their indications, contraindications, dosing, side effects, and proper administration.
- Knowledge of patient care charts and patient histories
- Knowledge of policies and regulations pertaining to the disbursement of pharmaceutical drugs.
- Computer knowledge
- Key Skills: Basic counselling skills and Communication skills
- Other Qualities/Attributes: Integrity and Emotional Control
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates who meet all the above requirements are invited to submit their resume, copies of certified academic certificates, testimonials, and three referees, two of whom should be the present employer immediate supervisor or last employer if unemployed, or any other if it is the first employment being applied for. None of the referees should be a relative, friend, or business associate. All referees’ designations should be stated and contact details included i.e. physical address, telephone/ mobile numbers, and email contacts.
All interested Candidates MUST fully fill out the TASO Online Job Application Form, scan and save all the relevant documents as one document (labelled with the candidate’s full names), and forward only online applications with the relevant credentials to the link below.
Note:
- Also, note that only applications received online shall be considered.
- While TASO appreciates all interested applicants, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. In case you do not hear from TASO Uganda One (01) month after the closing date, please consider yourself unsuccessful.
- Please note that any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.
Deadline: 26th November 2025
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Level of Education: diploma
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 36