Senior Assistant Director of Pharmaceutical, Services/Pharmaceutical Specialist I at Machakos County Public Service Board

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating pharmaceutical services in a health facility;
• Coordinating medicine and therapeutics committee activities in health facility;
• Developing and reviewing standard operating procedures for all pharmaceutical services in the facility;
• Conducting research on medicine utilization;
• Providing continuous professional development education to pharmacists;
• Evaluating appropriateness of donated medical supplies;
• Maintaining pharmaceutical inventories;
• Participating in facility management committees;
• Providing medicinal information in preparation of patient drug management therapies;
• Coordinating preparation of annual work plans and ensuring they are adhered to;
• Coordinating capacity building and deployment of dental personnel.

Requirements for appointment

• Have at least eighteen (18) years of experience, five (5) of which should be in public service.
• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm) degree from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poison Board;
• Masters degree in any of the following: Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis and Formulation, Pharmacognosy and Complementary Medicine; Toxicology; Clinical Pharmacy; Pharmacovigilance and Pharmaco-epidemiology; Medicine Supplies Management: Medicine Regulation; Narcotic and Psychotropic substances Control; Pharmaceutics; Pharmacology and therapeutics; Pharmaceutical Analysis; Tropical and Infectious Diseases; Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Industrial Pharmacy; Health system Management; Pharmaceutical Care; Health Informatics; Health Economics; Epidemiology; Biostatics; Medical Statistics; Drug Design and Development; Clinical Trials; Quality Assurance; Radio Pharmacy; Public Health, Microbiology, or Molecular Pharmacology from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poison Board.
• Certificate of Registration by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
• Valid practicing license from Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Certificate in computer application skills from a recognized institution