Website Right to Care
Right to Care is at the vanguard in supporting and delivering prevention, care, and treatment services for HIV and associated diseases. We work with government and communities to find pioneering solutions to build and strengthening public healthcare. We embrace a strong entrepreneurial culture and … read morefocused on innovation and the use of technology to enhance services, address skills shortages, and deliver quality healthcare outcomes. Our areas of expertise include HIV and TB care and treatment, pharmacy automation, medical male circumcision, and cervical cancer diagnosis and treatment. Research fortifies our work in every field. Our experts share their knowledge at conferences, through certified training and articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Our history In 2001, our founder Prof Ian Sanne registered Right to Care as a non-profit (Section 21) organisation in Johannesburg. A year later our first funding was received from the international aid agency USAID. In 2004, we moved into our current offices at Helen Joseph Hospital, Johannesburg, and began providing clinic services funded by the Pepfar, a fund administered by USAID. By this time, Right to Care had matured from a start-up, pioneer-led organisation to a well-established donor-funded NGO. Within a few years, we were providing tens of thousands of patient with ARV and TB treatment in multiple provinces. In 2010, with a growing compliment of 500 staff members, we were appointed principal recipient for the Global Fund (Round 10). Around that time, we began a USAID-led transition from direct service delivery to technical assistance, primarily to the Department of Health. Our partnership with the Department of Health was strengthened and a renewed focus was on supporting their initiatives. Today we have over 1500 staff members and this is growing. Our mission stretches beyond South African borders and we are providing assistance internationally. Our vision That every individual will have ready and affordable access to quality evidence-based medical services. Our mission To respond to public health needs by supporting and delivering innovative, quality healthcare solutions, based on the latest medical research and established best practices, for the prevention, treatment, and management of infectious and chronic diseases. Themba Lethu Wing Helen Joseph Hospital Perth Road Westdene Johannesburg 2092 South Africa
Description
Governance and Communication
Establish and maintain strategic partnerships with relevant partners within the province
Provide pharmaceutical management support for the district
Ensure that PTCs are conducted according to policy and all standing agenda items are addressed
Assist with trends analysis and ensure feedback is provided for ADRs reported, CCMDD, SVS, Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and medicine use evaluations to be presented at PTC
Participate in the District task teams and technical working groups such as CCMDD, SVS, National Adherence Strategy, Essential Medicines List committee, AMS, etc
Monthly and quarterly reporting of programme activities to both DoH and RtC
Supply chain management
Analyse the assessments conducted in facilities, identify gaps and develop intervention strategies to address the identified gaps
Develop quality improvement plans in collaboration with the facilities and the DoH District Pharmacist.
Liaise with the DoH District Pharmacist, Area Pharmacists and the District Management Teams to suggest and support interventions to improve medicine availability.
Ongoing training, mentoring and coaching to improve medicine availability and management
Promote rational use of medicines – assist the District Pharmacists with evaluating medicine usage in the district
Ensure compliance with good pharmacy practices, good dispensing practices, National Core Standards and all other regulations
Professional Development
Identify training needs for pharmacy personnel and other health care workers
Co-ordinate pharmacy related training, develop and implement differentiated training and other skills development within the district
Ensure continued professional development for all staff and build capacity for PAs to ensure optimal support for all programmes
Monitoring and Evaluation
Compiling and reporting monthly and quarterly statistics and reports form Pharmacists Assistants
Asist the district with establishing and maintaining ADR reports database and monitoring framework
Ensure the M&E framework for CCMDD is implemented
Assist with patient satisfaction survey.
Monitoring of service delivery at facility level and PuPs for CCMDD programme
Undertake operational research to monitor outcomes of programme implementation
Programme Implementation
Supervise Pharmacists Assistants in the District
Liaise with Provincial Medicines Liaison Officers (PMLOs) for effective programme coordination (SVS and CCMDD)
Ensure that SOPs are available and implemented
Monitor the reporting and completeness levels and provide strategies for improvement for SVS
Assist with second-line support for challenges that could not be resolved at facility
Monitor escalated challenges, (such as software and device related challenges, service availability or connectivity, device loss, theft or damage and device repair and/or replacement) to ensure that they are resolved within the stipulated turn-around times.
Assist with customising district formularies to improve completeness of reporting
Provide technical support for development of District CCMDD implementation plan
Identification and recruitment of pick-up points (PuPs) in consultation with districts.
Conduct PuP assessments, facilitate the registration of PuPs with the National Treasury (Central Supplier Database)
Quarterly assessments of the PuPs
Orientation & training of Pick-up points once appointed and follow up with support visits.
Provide TA for hospital pharmacy managers to ensure that pharmaceutical services are implemented effectively and efficiently
Monitor the utilisation of Rx solution and ensure that hospitals are reporting to the National Surveillance Centre
Requirements
Required Minimum Qualifications and Experience
B. Pharm degree
Registration with the SA Pharmacy Council
3 years’ experience post Community Service
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
A postgraduate qualification in Pharmacy or Public health
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
HIVAIDS Management course
Registration as a tutor
5 years’ experience post Community
Previous public sector experience
Experience preferably within a PEPFAR funded organisation
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