DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES/ SENIOR PHARMACEUTICAL SPECIALIST (CHIEF PHARMACIST) (ONE(1) POSITION)– ADVERT NO. 02/ PROM /2025/04

Job Description

Basic Salary Scale: Ksh. 124,630 – 172,350 p.m. CPSB 03 (J/G ‘R’)

Allowances as per the SRC Circulars attached to the position For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have: –

1. Served as Assistant Director Pharmaceutical Services/ Pharmaceutical Specialist II for a minimum period of three (3) years;
2. Bachelors of Pharmacy (B Pharm) degree from a recognized institution by the Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
3. Master’s degree in any of the following fields; Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis and Formulation, Pharmacognosy and Complementary Medicine, Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, Medicine Supplies Management, Medicines Regulation, Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Control, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Tropical and Infectious Disease, 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.
4. Certificate in Strategic Leadership Development Programme lasting not less than six (6) weeks from a recognized institution;
5. Certificate of registration by the Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board;
6. Valid practising License from Pharmacy and Poisons Board;
7. Certificate in Computer Application Skills from a recognized institution; and
8. Demonstrated a high degree of professional competence and administrative capability in the management of health services in a large health institution

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Analysing reports on adverse drug reactions and poor-quality medicines;
2. Setting up and running poison information centres;
3. Conducting research and dissemination of the findings on medicine utilization;
4. Assessing and evaluating research proposals involving medicine use;
5. Analysing medicines for quality assurance;
6. Coordinating pharmaceutical services in public health programs;
7. Monitoring and evaluating effectiveness of medication therapy;
8. Facilitating detection, prevention, response and provision of information on global public health crisis as per the International Health Regulations;
9. Preparing work / strategic plans; and
10. Supervising and training staff.