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 selecting, quantifying, procuring, and warehousing medical supplies, monitoring cold storage, and making inventory entries.

Responsibilities

Selecting, quantifying, procuring and warehousing of medical supplies.
Monitoring effective storage of specialized medical supplies requiring cold storage.
Making entries into the relevant inventory management records and registers.
Participating in ward rounds to monitor medicine use, interactions and adverse drug reactions.
Carrying out continuing medical education for health workers in general.
Conducting health education on appropriate use of medicines to patients.
Participating in multidisciplinary clinical team activities of patient care.
Reporting adverse drug reactions and poor-quality medicines.
Timely preparation of relevant monthly reports and submission to relevant offices.
Training and mentoring of interns and students attached to the facility.
Keeping safe custody and maintenance of up-to-date narcotic and psychotropic substances records.
Running of poison information centers.
Disseminating and providing new drug information to health workers and the general public.
Supervising pharmaceutical services at lower-level health facilities.

Requirements

Served as a Senior Pharmacist, Job Group CPSB 06/‘N’ for minimum period of two (2) years.
Bachelors of Pharmacy (B.Pharm) degree 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 Senior Management Course (SMC) lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized institution will be an added advantage.
Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution.
Shown merit and ability as reflected in work performance and results.