Medical Dispenser
Job Description
Title: Medical Dispenser
Company Name: WORLD CONCERN (Cox's Bazar)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline, Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Diploma in pharmacy and/or trained as a dispenser along with 1-2 years’ work experience
∎ Registered with Bangladesh pharmacy board
∎ Diploma or certificate in Public Health (Desirable)
∎ Training in humanitarian standards (Desirable)
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Technical - Pharmaceutical Management
∎ Dispense medicines to all patients according to the doctor’s prescription.
∎ Provide counselling 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 charting room temperatures regularly where appropriate
∎ Prevent physical damage and contamination of drugs.
∎ Ensure all stock related reports and inventories are completed.
∎ Notify the in-charge of the drug stock levels to ensure no stock outs.
∎ Work with other health staff to ensure clinic areas are appropriately stocked with essential equipment and supplies.
∎ Ensure regular inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ Staff Supervision & Development
∎ Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
∎ Provide support and mentorship to other clinic staff, providing on-the-job training where needed.
∎ Coordination & Representation
∎ Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities and other implementing partners.
∎ Monitoring & Reporting
∎ Ensure dispensary records including stock cards, bin cards, registers are maintained daily
∎ Submit daily reports in a timely manner.
∎ Perform daily inventory and consumption tracking of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ Work with relevant staff to ensure prompt requesting of medical drugs and supplies.
∎ Other Duties
∎ Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to Medair management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for health teams.
∎ Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop the health teams.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at least 18 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Fluent in written and spoken English
∎ Fluent in Bengali
∎ Fluent in Chittagonian dialect
∎ Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling
∎ Previous work within a natural disaster or mass casualty incident is an added advantage.
∎ Previous work with a humanitarian NGO
∎ Fluent in Rohingya language
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
Application Deadline: March 9, 2020
Company Information:
∎ WORLD CONCERN (Cox's Bazar)
∎ Address : Sikder house,A.K.N.J.C High School Road,Hijolia, Moddhom Raja Palong, Ukhiya,Cox's Bazar
∎ Web : www.worldconcern.org
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: Interested and motivated candidates must submit a CV and cover letter to apply for this position by 9 March 2020. Application can be submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. Please mention the name of the position in the subject line of the email.
