NGO Jobs – Quality Assurance & Control Chemist/ Officer at Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU)

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Organisation: Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU)
Duty
Station: Kampala, Uganda
About
HAU:
Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU)
(national organization) has been working in Uganda since 1993 and has promoted
modern methods of pain and symptom control as well as “whole-person” (holistic)
care for patients living with cancer and HIV/AIDS. HAU strives to uphold
excellent clinical standards and provide quality education courses and advocacy
activities to promote spread of palliative care throughout Uganda and Africa.
Hospice Africa Uganda has a head office in Kampala, site offices in Mbarara and
Hoima Districts.
Job
Summary: The Quality
Assurance & Control Chemist/ Officer will offer quality assurance and
quality control for the Pharmacy and Morphine Production Unit to ensure
quality, safe oral morphine products and adherence to good manufacturing, and
pharmaceutical practices
Key
Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Ensures
    adherence to good manufacturing and pharmaceutical practices; good quality
    of all supplies and materials to the MPU;
  • Ensure
    proper documentation as per manufacturing standards;
  • Advise
    on and ensure continuous quality improvement in the morphine production unit,
    pharmacy and dispensing areas/ functions;
  • Ensures
    necessary laboratory tests are done in accordance with procedure and
    protocol;
  • Monitoring
    and evaluation, and audits for the MPU; with the Pharmacist liaise with
    the National Drug Authority for external inspections;
  • Act
    as a lead on corrective and preventative interventions to reach required
    local and international standards;
  • Authenticate
    the morphine production process; provide leadership of efforts to extend
    the shelf life of oral liquid morphine.
Qualifications,
Skills and Experience:
  • The
    Pharmacist/ Chemist or Biochemist should possess qualifications in quality
    assurance and quality control, and in managing/ participating/ supervising
    small scale pharmaceutical manufacture.
  • Preferable
    experience small scale pharmaceutical manufacture.
  • Experience
    with morphine, training in Good Manufacturing Practices and HSP will be an
    added advantage.

How to Apply: 
All interested applicants
should send a detailed CV, copies of certificates and a cover letter to: Human
Resource & Administration Director; Hospice Africa Uganda; Plot 130
Makindye Rd, P. O. Box 7757, Kampala, Uganda or to our site office – Little
Hospice Hoima (LHH), and Mobile Hospice Mbarara (MHM), Or by email on
humanresource@hospiceafrica.or.ug For details about our work, please visit our website:
www.hospiceafrica.or.ug

NB: Only successful candidates will be
contacted. HAU is an equal opportunity employer and considers applications for
all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, national
origin, disability, sexual orientation, citizenship status or any other legally
protected status.

Deadline:
2nd August 2013
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