Job Description:

About the Job

The Medical Specialist I – Physician Internist position is a permanent and pensionable role with allowances as per SRC guidelines, offered by the County Government of Machakos.

Responsibilities

Coordinating Pharmaceutical services
Coordinating Medicine and Therapeutics activities
Developing and reviewing standard operating procedures for all pharmaceutical services
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

At least eight (8) years of experience in public service
Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree (B Pharm) from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poison Board
Master’s degree in any of the following: Pharmaceutical policy Analysis and formulation Pharmacognosy and Complementary Medicine; Toxicology; Clinical Pharmacy Pharmacovigilance and Pharmaco-epidemiology; Medicines supplies Management; Medicines Regulation; 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; Biostatistics; 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 Poisons Board
Registration Certificate by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board
Valid practicing license from Pharmacy and Poisons Board
Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution
Certificate in Computer application skills from a recognized institution