Duties and Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities at this level will entail: – 

• Coordinating pharmaceutical services in a health facility;
• Coordinating Medicine and Therapeutics Committee activities in a health facility; 
• Developing and reviewing standard operating procedures for all pharmaceutical services in the facility; 
• Researching medicine utilization; 
• Providing continuous professional development education to pharmacists; 
• Evaluating the 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; and 
• Coordinating capacity building and deployment of dental personnel.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

• Served as Assistant Director of Pharmaceutical Services/Pharmaceutical Specialist II Job Group CPSB 05/‘P’ for a minimum period of three (3) years;
• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B Pharm) degree from an institution recognized by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Master’s degree in any of the following; Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis and Formulation; Pharmacology 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 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 Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Valid practicing license from Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
• Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6)weeks  from a recognized institution;
• Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution; and
• Demonstrated professional competence and managerial capability as reflected in work performance and results