Job Description:

About the Job

This is a promotional internal position within the County Government of Kakamega, serving officers on Permanent and Pensionable Terms of Service, in the Department of Health Services. The role involves preparing and assessing research proposals, analyzing reports of adverse drug reactions, and analyzing medicines for quality assurance.

Responsibilities

Preparing and assessing research proposals involving medicine use.
Receiving and analyzing reports of adverse drug reactions and poor-quality medicines.
Analyzing medicines for quality assurance.
Providing expertise and pharmaceutical care in approved areas of specialization.
Coordinating medicines and Therapeutic Committee activities.
Assessing and evaluating research findings on medicine utilization.
Identifying areas of research and disseminating research findings on medicine utilization.
Carrying out laboratory tests of medicines and medical devices to ensure quality assurance.
Keeping custody and safe use of licit psychotropic and narcotic substances.
Carrying out pharmaco-vigilance activities (monitoring, reporting of adverse drug reactions and poor-quality medicines).
Training, coaching and mentoring of pharmacy interns and students.
Coordinating setting of targets and performance management.
Supervising disciplining and developing staff.

Requirements

Served in the grade of Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical Services/Senior Pharmaceutical Specialist, Job Group CPSB 03/‘R’ for a minimum period of three (3) years.
Bachelors of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) degree from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Master’s degree in any of the following fields: Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis and Formulation; Pharmacology and Complementary Medicine; Toxicology; Clinical Pharmacy; Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, 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 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.
Certificate of Registration by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Valid practicing license from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board.
Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP) lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.
Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.
Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results.