Job Title: District Supply Chain Officer (Fresher Jobs)
Organisation: Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI)
Duty Station: Masaka, Uganda
Reports to: Field Office Coordinator
About US:
Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is an independently governed institute within the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University and has the mission “To strengthen health systems in Africa, with a strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development.” IDI has operations across Uganda as well as in a number of other African countries and has a staffing of over 1,000 managing multiple projects in research, clinical services, public health and training.
Job Summary: The Cluster Medical Supply Chain Officer supports in monitoring and providing on-site support of medical logistics management in the supported districts/health facilities according to MOH standards. He/she will ensure close monitoring of medicines and health supplies. He/she will further ensure availability of quality medicines, responding to dynamic changes in demand, managing increased volumes of commodities and minimizing pilferage and misuse.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Capacity building of health facility staff in supply chain management systems and utilization of MOH LMIS tools including, NMS- ERP customer service portal, Rx Solutions, WAOS, TWOS, RASS and PIP.
- Support health facility forecasting, commodity ordering- through both manual and electronic Logistics Management Information Systems (eLMIS).
- Coordination of deliveries including inter facility and inter district stock transfers.
- Follow up on activity plans developed by the medicines management supervisors and organize collaboration meetings to assess progress.
- Coordinate and Leverage on SPARS for support supervision and mentorship of health workers.
- Establish facility surveillance systems to detect and notify adverse drug reactions to drug regulatory authorities in a timely manner.
- Support design and implementation of appropriate differentiated ART service delivery models in line with national policies and the PEPFAR community framework.
- Support health facilities to compile and submit accurate HMIS and programmatic reports according to project, donor and Ministry of Health timelines.
- Support health facilities to ensure quality and timely data collection and Logistics management Information Systems (LMIS) reporting – to the district, Ministry of Health, and other stakeholders that feeds into the national Stock Status Reports
- Support improved supply chain data quality through routine supply chain data quality assessments and CQI projects to systematically address the identified data quality gaps.
- Ensure accurate data collection and use of all supply chain data for proper commodities management
- Support health facilities to ensure appropriate accountability and use of health commodities.
- Any other assigned duties in line with your roles
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Two years of experience in pharmacy practice in HIV prevention, care and treatment as well as knowledge in national medical logistics management systems.
- Excellent communication & organizational skills with basic computer literacy skills including word processing, excel, internet and power point
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested applicants should apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 6th February 2024