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

 Duties/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.

Requirement for Appointment

• Be a Kenyan Citizen;
• 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 a Pharmacist by the pharmacy and Poison Board.
• Valid practicing license from Pharmacy and Poison Borad
• Certificate in strategic Leadership Development Programme Lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in computer application skills from recognized institution and 
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.