Under the auspices of the Strengthening integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services project, with the objective to reduce the burden of HIV/AIDS in targeted areas of Nigeria, HU-PACE leads the project efforts to promote pharmacy best practices by providing technical leadership in strengthening pharmacy systems and pharmacists’ capacity to provide quality HIV/AIDS, STI, and TB pharmacy services both at the health facility and in the community.
We are hereby seeking qualified candidates registered with Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN) to fill the under listed positions.
Position: Pharmacy Specialist
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Locations: Adamawa, Anambra, Kano and Yobe States
The Pharmacy Specialist will provide technical and programmatic support in strengthening pharmacy systems and building pharmacists’ capacity on Pharmacy Best Practices including inventory control; and Pharmaceutical Care in Anti-retroviral therapy (ART), Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT), TB (Tuberculosis), Reproductive health (RH) and related services. S/he will support capacity building of pharmacy staff to implement quality services in these areas within supported health facilities and the community.
Minimum Requirement Standards:
- B.Pharm /Pharm D and at least 5 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS with international pharmacy development programs; or B. Pharm plus MSc/MPH in Public Health or related field, and at least 2 years relevant experience in HIV/AIDS with International development programs.
Job Circumstances:
- The job involves at least 30% local travel at short notice.
- HU-PACE has a competitive compensation package
- All positions require the ability to use key computing applications and knowledge of different database (e.g. MS Office Suite etc.); DHIS or LAMIS a plus
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Willingness to extend working hours to meet deadlines and at short notice
- Ability to function effectively in multi-disciplinary teams to produce excellent results under pressure
Method of Application:
Please forward electronically suitability statement, resume/curriculum vitae as a single MS word document on or before Tuesday, 3rd April 2013 to hucepace@sidhas.org .
Only applications sent electronically to the designated email address with the job title clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered.
