The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the ECOWAS region. WAHO is seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates to fill the underlisted vacant position: Program Officer, Pharmacy & Allied Health<\/p>\n
Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n Job Title: Program Officer, Pharmacy & Allied Health<\/strong><\/p>\n Role Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Under the supervision of the Principal Programme Officer Human Resource in Health, the incumbent shall update course modules as well as lead the development and standardisation of training (basic and post-basic); within the region. Role and Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n The incumbent will:<\/p>\n \u2022 Organise workshops, seminars, and update courses for pharmacists and allied health professionals in the ECOWAS region. Qualification Required & Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 A minimum of a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Medicine or Pharmacy or Nursing or Medical Science or any of the Allied Health Sciences from a recognised university.<\/p>\n Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 At least 5 to 7 years of progressive responsible experience in the implementation of healthcare<\/p>\n JOB DESCRIPTION JOB CODE:<\/strong><\/p>\n programs;<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Knowledge of quality assurance standards in the ECOWAS region and Non Communicable Diseases strategy; ECOWAS Key Competencies<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 ability to persuade\/influence others to consider a certain point of view, adopt a new idea or implement new methods and practices; Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Accra<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The West African Health Organization (WAHO) is the health institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) charged with leadership and coordination of health improvement programs across the…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6721,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[130],"tags":[2027],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2nO32-gZu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6721"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joblistghana.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 S\/he shall advocate for the development of Pharmacy and Allied Health Profession as well as develop the harmonised drug regulation policy. \u2022 S\/he shall collaborate with the West African Postgraduate College of Pharmacists (WAPCP) in identifying suitably trained pharmacists, allied health professionals; and drug quality
\ncontrol.
\n\u2022 S\/he shall be responsible for the production of a regular journal,<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Maintain a directory and interact with pharmacy and allied health schools and related institutions.
\n\u2022 Identify appropriate training institutions for post-basic and specialist pharmacy and allied health training.
\n\u2022 Take a lead role in the development of curriculum for training pharmacists and allied health professionals.
\n\u2022 Develop a harmonised drug regulation policy for the sub-region.
\n\u2022 Publish suitable educational materials e.g. journals, modules etc. for the continuing education of pharmacists and allied health professional.
\n\u2022 Identity and maintain records of suitably trained pharmacist and allied health professionals for any Technical Assistance Programme to Member States.
\n\u2022 Develop of a drug policy for the sub-region.
\n\u2022 Collaborate closely with the West African Postgraduate Colleges to ensure their progressive development and expansion.
\n\u2022 Collaborate closely with ECOWAS member states and other relevant International Organisations and Partners in the development of human resources in pharmacy and allied health.
\n\u2022 Collaborate with appropriate regional Institutions and Organisations to ensure progressive development of the structures necessary for the maintenance of standards of training and practice of the Allied Health Professions and pharmacists in the region.
\n\u2022 Monitor and evaluate the training programme of institutions training pharmacists and allied health professionals.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Ability to manage relationship with partner organizations, Ministries of Health and other relevant regulatory bodies to foster solid cooperation.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 ability to lead a team of trainees\/junior staff and instill a spirit of teamwork to engage employees and achieve a well-defined set of activities;
\n\u2022 ability to respect chain of command in an appropriate manner;
\n\u2022 ability to resolve challenges that occur with minimal direction and\/or to recommend and explain solutions or alternatives for approval;
\n\u2022 ability to utilize the Code of Ethics to manage self, others, information and resources;
\n\u2022 ability to mentor others and create feedback loops with supervisors, colleagues and the subordinates to build strong working relationships and improve performance;
\n\u2022 contribute to maintaining organizational unit\u2019s performance goals and standards<\/p>\n