Director Of Pharmaceutical Services/Senior Pharmaceutical Specialist at Machakos County Public Service Board

Duties and Responsibilities

• Setting up and running poison information centers
• Conducting research and dissemination of the findings on medicine utilization
• Assessing and evaluating research proposals involving medicine use
• Analyzing medicines for quality assurance
• Coordinating pharmaceutical services in public health programs
• Monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of medicine therapy
• Facilitating detention, prevention response and provision of information on global public health crisis as per the international Health Regulations
• Preparing work/strategies plans and supervising and training staff.

Requirement for Appointment

For appointment to this grade an officer Must have;

•  Served in the position of a deputy director for a period of 3 years.
•  Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm) degree from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons board
• Masters’ degree in any of the following: Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis and formulation pharmacognosy and Complimentary Medicine, Toxicology Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaco-epidemiology, medicines Supplies Management, Medicines Regulations, Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances control, Pharmaceutics, pharmacology and Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical analysis, Tropical and infectious diseases, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, industrial pharmacy, health systems management, pharmaceutical care, health informatics, health economics, epidemiology, biostatics, medical statics, drug design and development, clinical trials, quality assurance, radio pharmacy, public Health, microbiology or molecular pharmacology from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons board.
• Certificate of Registration as a Pharmacist by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
• Valid practicing license
• Certificate of Computer application skills from a recognized institution and
• demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability.