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Masaka, Uganda

Full-time

Deadline: 

6 Feb 2024

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) is a Ugandan not-for-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen health systems in Africa, with strong emphasis on infectious diseases, through research and capacity development. IDI has six operational areas through which it works to achieve its mission: Prevention, Care and Treatment; Training, Research, Laboratory services (including the CAP-certified IDI Core Lab & Translational Lab), Global Health Security and Health System Strengthening.

District Supply Chain Officer job at Infectious Diseases Institute

Infectious Diseases Institute

General 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 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

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Person Specification

  • At least 2 years’ 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

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