Dispenser Assistant

Job Description

Title: Dispenser Assistant

Company Name: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Vacancy: --

Age: 18 to 60 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Experience:
∎ At least 1 year

Published: 29 Jul 2024

Education:
∎ Diploma

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 60 years
∎ Minimum 1 year experience in related field.
∎ Applicant must have experience of working in Rohingya Registered Camp.
∎ Minimum bachelor/diploma in Pharmacy Pharmacy council registration (A or B category) is mandatory.
∎ Required to be a great teammate with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
∎ Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work in difficult, high-pressure situations. Basic computer literacy for reporting purposes.
∎ Minimum 1 year experience in related field.
∎ Applicant must have experience of working in Rohingya Registered Camp.
∎ Minimum bachelor/diploma in Pharmacy Pharmacy council registration (A or B category) is mandatory.
∎ Required to be a great teammate with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work under pressure in a stressful environment, displaying patience, compassion, and diplomacy.
∎ Ability to live in challenging conditions and ability to work in difficult, high-pressure situations. Basic computer literacy for reporting purposes.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Day-to-day dispensing of drugs at the health facility/mobile clinic.
∎ Ensuring appropriate storage of medical drugs, equipment, and supplies.
∎ Dispense medicines to all patients according to the doctor’s prescription.
∎ Provide counseling to patients regarding the proper usage of prescribed medications.
∎ Routinely monitor the expiry dates of medicines; those medicines with short expiry dates will be used first before they become expired.
∎ Keep the drug store clean and store the medicine appropriately with up-to-date bin cards, in order to be checked easily and issued properly.
∎ Monitor and ensure optimum room temperatures are maintained and chart room temperatures regularly.
∎ Prevent physical damage and contamination of drugs.
∎ Work with other health staff to ensure clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies.
∎ Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ With Support from Clinical Supervisors and Dispensers, perform IRC pharmacy inventory management including inventory checks using IRC standard inventory tools.
∎ Program Brief
∎ Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading agencies working in post-conflict and development contexts, supporting communities in over 40 fragile, failed and developing states. In this capacity, we work to restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted, struggling to endure and wishing to advance on a path of development.
∎ The IRC has been present in Bangladesh since 2017 and obtained registration with the NGOAB in March 2018. Since the IRC obtained registration in March 2018, it has moved quickly to expand its integrated emergency health and protection response through both direct and partner-based programming focused on primary healthcare, women’s protection and empowerment, sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence and child protection. Recently IRC has also introduced two new programs: Protection Rule of Law (PROL) and Education. IRC will continue working in both the camps and host community; while meeting the significant needs of both refugee and host populations, as already existing vulnerabilities are compounded with cyclical monsoon and cyclone seasons that impose additional threats to the lives and protection of those refugees as well as vulnerable host populations. IRC will grow over time its geographic coverage within Cox’s Bazar and to other parts of the country, thus expanding its networks and partnerships around emergency preparedness and response work, reaching beyond the Rohingya refugees, also targeting the vulnerable host groups in Cox’s Bazar and other parts of Bangladesh.
∎ Purpose of the Role
∎ The Dispenser Assistant is a member of the IRC health team and will be responsible for supporting the implementation of the IRC’s emergency and primary healthcare activities in the Rohingya Refugee Camp. (S)He will primarily be responsible to assist in dispensing medicines to patients and ensuring the implementation of medical stock recording, tracking, and management systems. The position is responsible for overseeing and implementing the following specific activities:
∎ Day-to-day dispensing of drugs at the health facility/mobile clinic.
∎ Ensuring appropriate storage of medical drugs, equipment, and supplies.
∎ Line Manager: Clinical Supervisor
∎ Workstation: Kutupalong Registered Camp and Nayapara Registered Camp
∎ Contract Duration: Till 31st December 2024(with high possibilities to extend)
∎ Highlights of Key Responsibilities
∎ Pharmaceutical Management:
∎ Dispense medicines to all patients according to the doctor’s prescription.
∎ Provide counseling to patients regarding the proper usage of prescribed medications.
∎ Routinely monitor the expiry dates of medicines; those medicines with short expiry dates will be used first before they become expired.
∎ Keep the drug store clean and store the medicine appropriately with up-to-date bin cards, in order to be checked easily and issued properly.
∎ Monitor and ensure optimum room temperatures are maintained and chart room temperatures regularly.
∎ Prevent physical damage and contamination of drugs.
∎ Work with other health staff to ensure clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies.
∎ Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ With Support from Clinical Supervisors and Dispensers, perform IRC pharmacy inventory management including inventory checks using IRC standard inventory tools.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Gratuity, Insurance, Mobile bill
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries
∎ Two retention benefits in a year equivalent to two basic salaries

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Read Before Apply:

Standard of Professional Conduct:

The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion:

The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.

Company Information:
∎ International Rescue Committee (IRC)
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Address::
∎ 3rd floor, Sayemon Heritage Residence, Baharchora, Cox’s Bazar
∎ The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and in 26 U.S. cities, our dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education, protection and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Founded in 1933. David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom.

Application Deadline: 4 Aug 2024

Category: NGO/Development