Pharmacist

Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and dis-aster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

•             Manage hospital pharmacy operations and ensure uninterrupted availability of essential medicines and medical supplies.

•             Dispense medications accurately based on physicians' prescriptions and established treatment protocols.

•             Review prescriptions for appropriateness, dosage, drug interactions, and contraindications.

•             Maintain proper storage conditions for medicines, including temperature-sensitive products, according to MoPH standards.

•             Monitor stock levels and prepare timely requests to prevent stock-outs and overstocking.

•             Maintain inventory records, stock cards, bin cards, and pharmaceutical reports.

•             Conduct regular physical inventory counts and reconcile stock discrepancies.

•             Monitor expiry dates and ensure proper disposal of expired, damaged, or unusable medicines.

•             Ensure compliance with national pharmaceutical regulations, essential medicines list, and hospital policies.

•             Participate in Drug and Therapeutic Committee (DTC) activities where applicable.

•             Report adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and medication errors through established pharmacovigilance systems.

•             Provide medication counseling and health education to patients and caregivers.

•             Support rational medicine use initiatives and antimicrobial stewardship activities.

•             Train and mentor pharmacy technicians and other relevant health staff on pharmacy management and medicine safety.

•             Prepare and submit monthly pharmacy consumption, stock status, and pharmaceutical service reports.

•             Collaborate with medical, nursing, logistics, and administrative departments to improve pharmaceutical services.

•             Participate in supportive supervision, quality improvement, and hospital accreditation activities.

•             Perform any other pharmacy-related duties assigned by hospital management.

•             Any other assigned task by supervisor.

•             Graduated from pharmacy department (Pharm-D) from a recognized university.

•             Minimum 1 year work experiences at a similar position.

•             Work experience with other health organization.

•             Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to work and deal successfully in a multi-cultural environment.

•             Problem solving skills.

•             Excellent English and Proficient in local languages (Dari and Pashto).

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.

Please Mention the announced position vacancy number in the email subject please like (RI-NIM-SAFE-2026-16)

Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV: :

https://www.acbar.org/Document/5489070751.DOCX

Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.

Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Safeguarding

Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.

Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Relief International values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

Inclusiveness

Transparency and Accountability

Agility and Innovation

Collaboration

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