The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) was established through an Act of the Parliament in 1960 to complement public authorities in humanitarian interventions with the mandate to prevent and alleviate human suffering at times of peace or conflict, and to support individuals and communities to respond effectively to emergencies, without any form of discrimination as to class, gender, race, political opinions or religion.
Under the direct supervision of the Field Operations Team lead, the Assistant Technical Officer - Essential Drugs (ATO-ED) will support the implementation of sustainable essential drugs supply component of delivering health and nutrition intervention to the Cameroon refugees and host communities in Calabar operations office.
Job roles and responsibilities
Provide Logistics support to the outreach team and PHCs focusing on reporting, distribution, storage, and warehousing of PHC essential drugs and commodities.
Support the PHC on product selection, quality assurance, receipt of commodities and efficient storage and distribution systems including laboratory logistics.
Support PHCs with appropriate tools and template for submission of PoC bills and follow up to ensure compliance and timely submission
Review and certify the encounter & referral bills from PHC, secondary and Tertiary facilities in line with provisions of the project
Provide feedback to PHC, secondary and Tertiary facilities on bills submission and address any discrepancy that may arise
Follow up with NHQ for payment of PoC bills
Ensure all bill are reported on electronic payment tracker
Work with the team in developing, maintaining, and improving a logistics management information for PHCs
Ensure establishment and strengthening of Performance Based Financing and Drug Revolving Fund systems committees for health facilities through engagement of host and refugee communities.
Support coordinated systems for NRCS to transport health commodities report and forecast delivery times, transport costs and performance to reduce stock-outs, eliminate wastes and lower costs.
Ensure that all documentation for health commodities in the team is complete and compliant to established standards.
Monitor disbursements of Medications, drugs and consumables to health facilities.
Coordinate the PBF intervention including independent monitors contract, deployment, facility gains and follow up on challenges reported by the facilities
Ensure PHC utilize the PBF gains for sustainable DRF according to the project plan
Support PHC to generate essential drug list based on NPHCDA minimum standards and ensure linkage of PHCs to vendors for procurement of commodities.
Liase with other team members for commodity distribution to other locations
Provide mentorship and guidance to health workers in PHCs on LMIS.
Support the team in the development of Terms of References for planned activities such as capacity building, missions, meetings, stakeholder engagements etc.
Review the teams weekly, monthly and quarterly project reports
Review retirements and other financial documents before submission to NHQ
Submit reports of Project activities to the NHQ
Qualifications and Experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy
Must be registered with Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria
Must possess a valid practicing license
At least two years’ experience in clinical work or humanitarian settings.
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
Ability and willingness to stay at the project sites is required
Ability to respect and maintain medical secrets and confidentiality at all times
Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long distance walking to distribution sites.
High level of integrity
Excellent written and oral proficiency in the local language.
Excellent Advocacy skills
In-depth Knowledge of PHC services in Nigeria
Excellent report writing
Coordination and team-building skills
Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
Ability to multitask and work with minimal supervision
Excellent MS Office skills (including Word, Excel, Power-point etc.)
Application Closing Date
25th November, 2022.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.