Medical Access Supply Chain Management Consultants Jobs in Uganda

Medical Access Supply Chain Management Consultants Jobs in Uganda

Overall Purpose of the Job

Seeking Potential Consultants in areas of Health Supply Chain Management, Laboratory, Medical Waste Management. The consultants shall provide strategic and technical support to strengthen laboratory and health supply chain management services in several developing countries globally.

Health Supply Chain Management Consultant:

Reviewing and/or developing relevant pharmacy standard operating procedures and other related documents. These may include but not limited to, dispensing guidelines, drug packaging guidelines, drug destruction guidelines, product tracking and prescription guidelines.

Developing health commodity national supply chain strategies, plans and policies.

Strengthening national health commodity forecasting and supply planning systems.

Providing technical support to national procurement and disposal systems.

Assessing warehouse management systems and provide technical support on infrastructure enhancement and optimization of use.

Strengthening health commodity distribution systems through distribution network analysis, and optimization.

Development of an effective health commodities’ logistics and information management system.

Developing and updating logistics information management policies and protocols including clearance /information sharing requirements in accordance with existing country policies.

Strengthening laboratory supply chain management.

Providing technical support to strengthen quality assurance systems.

Qualifications and Key Competencies

At least 8 years’ experience in the provision of support in the 3 areas

Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Health Sciences or any other health related field.

Master’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Inventory Management, Operations and Public Health or any other related field.

Language fluency in English, French is required.

Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.

Demonstrated experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular.

Laboratory Systems and Diagnostics networks Technical Assistance Consultant:

Development and updating of national strategic plans for the implementation of WHO guidelines for laboratory testing, treatment, and care.

Laboratory capacity assessment, development, monitoring and evaluation, and quality improvement in the integrated laboratory network.

Forecasting and quantification

Mapping and utilization of epidemiological and health systems data to optimize laboratory service delivery.

Designing of appropriate laboratory information systems and linkage to DHIS2

Review and designing of integrated specimen transport networks.

Projection modelling using epidemiological analysis and systems capacity data.

Improve quality of Viral Load testing and TB testing through

stepwise improvements to achieve accreditation to international standards.

Improve Supply Chain Management for lab and essential health commodities.

Optimizing laboratory equipment placements including utilization.

Qualifications and Key Competencies:

At least 8 years’ experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular.

Master’s degree or higher in Laboratory Services, Public Health, HIV/AIDS, supply chain management or other relevant field

Language fluency in English and French is required.

Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.

Healthcare Waste Management Consultant:

Assessments of healthcare waste management at national, sub-national, or facility levels, review of national or sub-national policies and investment plans, feasibility assessments of HCWM technologies, site-level planning for installation, operation, and sustainability of HCWM technologies

Developing public-private partnerships and sourcing related to HCWM

Developing policies, strategies and plans on waste management.

Analysis of strategies, polices and plans on waste management.

Development of reference guidelines on how to address health products waste management.

Develop waste management risk profile and the requirements for safe disposal.

Develop tools to assess national waste management capacity for health products.

Develop training materials on waste management.

Conduct trainings on waste management at the different levels of the health system

Qualifications and Key Competencies:

At least 8 years’ experience in the provision of support in the 3 areas

Postgraduate or other advanced university degree relevant in chemistry, environmental health, engineering, laboratory sciences, pharmacy, supply chain

Master’s degree in environmental science, Engineering & Law and Public Health

Language fluency in English and French is required.

Ability to work in Spanish, and Portuguese is an asset.

Demonstrated experience in low resource settings, in Africa in particular

How to Apply

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