Pharmacists
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About MSF USA | Doctors Without Borders
Pharmacists
MSF pharmacists play a crucial role in training national staff to store and manage life-saving medications. They also ensure that enough medications are flown in to address sudden malaria outbreaks. Their responsibilities include making sure essential medicines are available when needed, well-managed, and stored and transported appropriately.
Responsibilities
As a pharmacist working with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will work closely with locally and internationally hired MSF colleagues to ensure good pharmaceutical practices and adherence to national rules. You will be responsible for the quality, appropriateness, and smooth coordination of the medical supply lines, including the storage, distribution, and ordering of drugs and medical equipment. You will analyze consumption and medical data and advise on local purchases, drug disposal, and medical donations. As a pharmacist you will supervise colleagues dealing with the daily management of drugs and medical equipment.
Requirements
- Minimum two years of relevant post-qualification work experience
- Experience in supply management organization of stocks
- Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training)
- Relevant travel or work experience in contexts similar to where MSF works (armed conflicts, disasters, public health emergencies, or situations of healthcare exclusion)
- Available for an international assignment for a minimum of 9 to 12 months
Assets
- Relevant experience in hospital settings or remote locations
- Knowledge of other language (Arabic, Spanish, French)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (especially Excel)
Before you apply
As you consider applying to undertake an MSF assignment, it is essential that you have a well-informed and realistic personal reflection. Assignments often mean long hours with a heavy workload, basic living conditions, and working and living in often chaotic and volatile environments.
Security and Safety
Because Doctors Without Borders’ purpose is to bring medical assistance to people in distress, the work may occur in settings of active conflict, or in post-conflict environments, in which there are inherent risks, potential danger and ongoing threats to safety and security. MSF acknowledges that it is impossible to exclude all risks, but it does its utmost as an organization to mitigate and manage these risks through strict and comprehensive security protocols.
International staff will be fully informed of the risk associated with a potential assignment before accepting a particular posting. Working for MSF is a deeply personal choice; individuals must determine for themselves the level of risk and the circumstances in which they feel comfortable, based on a full and transparent understanding of the possibilities they may face. Once in the assignment, all MSF staff must strictly observe security rules and regulations; failure to do so may result in dismissal.
Terms of Employment
MSF staff are employees with a salary and benefits.
MSF encourages the completion of multiple assignments. In the medical, non-medical, and coordination streams, there are many possibilities for professional growth within the organization.
Final Thoughts
As you consider applying to undertake an MSF assignment, is it essential that you have a well-informed and realistic personal reflection. Assignments often mean long hours with a heavy workload, basic living conditions, and working and living in often chaotic and volatile environments.
Despite such challenges, thousands of people have worked with MSF over the years and found their experiences in the field to be deeply rewarding, even life-changing. More than anything else, being an MSF international worker means acting in solidarity with people facing unimaginable medical challenges. Your presence alongside people in times of need sends a profoundly meaningful and human message: “You are not forgotten.”
Equal Opportunity and Accommodations Statement:
MSF-USA is dedicated to creating a diverse, impartial, and inclusive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences protected by applicable laws.
We seek a diversity of experience and skills for our workplace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our openings.
We also provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at recruitment@newyork.msf.org.
We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented communities in the Humanitarian Aid sector to apply.
Safeguarding Statement
All Employees and Representatives of MSF USA have a duty to treat the individuals, families, and communities with whom we interact and serve with dignity and respect, and to ensure their safety and protection. We are committed to fostering a workplace and organizational culture that is safe, inclusive, and free from harassment, abuse, exploitation, and discrimination. This commitment is supported by policies and procedures that promote an environment where misconduct and abuse are not tolerated.
Employment may be contingent upon satisfactory reference checks and/or background screening appropriate to the responsibilities of the role.
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