VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: CLINICAL PHARMACIST.
The African
Union, established as a unique Pan African continental body, is charged with
spearheading Africa’s rapid integration and sustainable development by
promoting unity,
solidarity, cohesion and cooperation among the peoples of Africa and African
States as well as developing a New Partnership worldwide. Its Headquarters is
located at Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.
In
seeking to achieve these objectives, the African Union intends to strengthen
its human resourced by filling in all its vacant posts.
Thus the Commission of the African
Union invites applicants who are citizens of Member States for the post of a CLINICAL
PHARMACIST at the Directorate of Medical Services.
Job Title:
Grade: Department: Supervisor: Duty station:
CLINICAL
PHARMACIST
P3
Medical
Services Directorate
Director
of Medical Services
African Union Commission, Addis Ababa.
1. MAJOR
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of The Director
of Medical Services, the Clinical Pharmacist at the AU Medical Services will
be responsible for the day to day pharmaceutical duties as follows:
i.
Oversees,
and allocates activities of employees engaged in dispensing prescribed
medications, drugs and other pharmaceutical products for patient care,
according to laid down procedures in professional a manner.
ii.
Maintains
responsibility for the management of the inventory for essential drugs; orders
and maintains stock levels at all times.
iii.
Initiate
and fully involved in the procurement processes of pharmaceutical products in
collaboration with the Procurement Division.
iv.
Provide
consultative advise to physicians on the inherent dangers of drugs and their
eventual side effects as well as occasionally agree with them on the
prescription of correct doses.
v.
Participate
in continuing medical education programs for Medical staff,
vi.
Maintains established procedures concerning quality
assurance, security
of controlled substances,
and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
vii.
Develops and implements methods and procedures for
monitoring work
activities, such as
preparation of records of expenditures, progress
reports, etc.
viii.
Furnishes pharmacy unit budget and reports for the
Director of Medical Services.
ix.
Evaluate employee performance, and recommend disciplinary
action. May instruct interns and other medical personnel on matters pertaining
to pharmacy.
x.
To perform any other duties as assigned by the Director.
2. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
REQUIRED:
x Must
have a Master Degree in Pharmacy
x Deep knowledge on pharmacokinetics of
drugs and therapies is essential. x Skills
in working with technical automated equipment and information systems have an
added advantage.
x At least 8 years of service as a
registered clinical pharmacist of which 3 years should be at managerial level;
x Relevant
work experience within a government hospital, private practice, university
teaching hospital or international organization as unit, team, section, or
department head.
3. OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS:
x Must
be computer literate;
x Management experience, excellent
interpersonal skills, ability to organize and motivate others, and to work in a
multi-cultural environment; x Excellent
drafting and reporting skills;
4. Language
Requirement:
Proficiency in one of the
African Union working languages. Knowledge of one or several
other working languages would be an added advantage.
5. Age
Requirement:
Candidates must preferably be between 35 and 45 years old.
6. Tenure of Appointment:
The appointment
will be made on a fixed term contract for a period of three (3) years, of with
the first twelve months will be considered as a probationary period.
Thereafter, the contract will be for a period of two years renewable, subject
to satisfactory performance and deliverables.
Candidates
from the following least represented countries are encouraged to apply:
Eretria, Central African Republic, Cape Verde, Comoros, Congo (DRC), Djibouti,
Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Sahrawi Arab Republic, SaoTome
and Principe, Seychelles and Somalia.
7. Gender Mainstreaming:
The AU Commission is an equal opportunity employer and
qualified women are strongly
encouraged to apply.
8.Remuneration::Indicative basic salary of US$ 35,300.00 per annum plus other
related entitlements e.g. Post adjustment (46% of basic salary), Housing
allowance 14,414.40perineum), education allowance (75% of tuition and
other education related expenses for every eligible dependent up to a maximum
of US$7,800.00 per child per annum), etc for internationally recruited staff of
the Commission.
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