Pharmacy Assistant (1 Position) – Berdale, Somalia

SOS Children’s Villages invite applications from suitably qualified and interested candidates who fulfill the eligibility criterion for the below position.

Position title  :          Pharmacy Assistant (1 Position)

Reporting to  :          Doctor in Charge

Location         :           Berdale, Somalia

Position Summary

The Employee assists with the preparation and distribution of pharmaceuticals, inventory management, and documentation. They will work within a scope of responsibilities, code of ethics and understanding of the regulatory requirements in the Hospital Pharmacy

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Check for expired medications
• Notify the pharmacist when stock is low
• Take in and handle out prescriptions
• Dispense prescriptions
• Use store’s computer systems to generate label and stock lists
• Help in maintaining reasonable dispensary stock levels
• Receive and/ or unload incoming goods coming in the hospital pharmacy
• Deliver pharmaceuticals goods to sites within a pharmacy department and clinical  areas/wards/departments
• Sell over the counter medicines
• Pre-pack, assemble and label medicines
• Answer queries on the availability and supply of medicines
• Respond to face to face and telephone enquiries of a routine nature from members of the  public, patients, their representatives and a wide range of staff groups
• Create and maintain patient profiles
• Promote an environment of physical, occupational, ethical and legal safety
• Observe safe work practices, rules and instructions relating to work, and be proactive in   hazard management
• Willingly co-operate in the achievement of all health and safety goals and initiatives
• Cleaning and sterilizing dispensing bottles and instruments
• At all times ensures that personal data of donors, sponsors, SOS CV beneficiaries and their families as well as SOS co-workers is handled confidentially and in accordance with prevailing SOS-Kindergarten International data protection laws.

Child safeguarding Policy:

SOS Children’s Villages Somalia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates’ value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes. SOS Children’s Villages organization is committed to safeguarding the rights of the children and therefore, is expected that every individual who joins with SOS Children’s Villages Somalia understands his/her responsibility in protecting and keeping children always safe.