IMAOBONG EKIDEM

USAID funded Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria-5 (ACE-5) Project

• Functions as the Pharmacist on the Community ART Management (CAM) team of the ECEWS ACE 5 project in Akwa Ibom state.
• Ensures observance of Pharmacy Best Practices ideals in assigned Community ART Management (CAM) team
• Actively supports implementation of DDD models such as CPARP, CARC, CARG and DARF to enhance clients' access to drug refills, improve retention, viral suppression and improve clients' satisfaction.
• Supports active linkage of clients identified by the CAM team to facility and other DDD models in the community.
• Devolves eligible and willing clients to the various DDD models in the community and facility with the aim of de-congesting high volume sites, improving access to ARV refills, clients' retention, and viral suppression.
• Supports Community Pharmacies to distribute commercial HIVST kits through a Total Market Approach (TMA) and the linkage of reactive clients to facilities for confirmatory testing and HIV care and support services.
• Supports the initiation of all identified positive HIV clients who have been provided HIV education and adherence counselling and are ready, to commence life-long ART.
• Monitors and screens all ART clients for drug therapy problems including Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs), medication errors, medication non-adherence and provide appropriate interventions to resolve them.
• Promotes clients’ retention in care across all facilities and community ART sites by profiling them to identify their unique adherence barriers and resolving them to keep them on treatment.
• Ensures medication adherence and viral suppression of assigned clients in the community and facility through provision of quality optimal adherence counselling at ART initiation and during every drug refill visit.
• Provides Enhanced Adherence Counselling (EAC) to unsuppressed clients in the community and facility using the necessary job aids and tools as well as monitor the clients throughout the EAC sessions.
• Supports facility level Drug and Therapeutic Committee/Pharmacovigilance Committee (DTC/PVC) to discharge its responsibility of ensuring rational drug use to optimize drug therapy.
• Takes responsibility for the provision of pharmaceutical care to assigned clients in the community and facility ART dispensing settings.
• Responsible for effective and efficient inventory management of ARVs and OI medications used in CAM teams and hub facilities and, carry out weekly stock reconciliation between the hub and the CAM team.
• Supports monitoring of consumption and stock levels of all drugs to ensure adequate quantities of ARVs are available for PLHIVs in the community and facility setting.
• Ensures accurate and real time documentation of all pharmacy services provided at the various ART dispensing points using the standard project specified tools.
• Responsible for writing CAM team weekly, monthly or quarterly program report with validated service data. - Responsible for generating, validating, and submitting HIV medicines drug requisition requests (CRRF and PPR) for assigned health facilities.
• Ensure there is optimal quantity of medicines and related commodity in CAM teams and health facilities with minimal expiries and zero losses.

USAID funded Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) Project

• Directly responsible for dispensing Anti-retroviral drugs and other drugs for opportunistic infections to seropositive clients identified in the communities after clinical evaluation.
• Counseling and education of ART clients and caregivers on HIV, ARV drug use, administration, adverse effects and adherence.
• Ensuring refills for booked client's and viral load samples taken as at when due.
• Documentation of daily activities in clients' folders, daily worksheet and appointment dairy and updating on the LAMIS software.
• Reporting daily, weekly and monthly activities using the tools and templates provided.
• Ensuring ARV drugs stock levels are checked regularly to avoid theft and discrepancies.
• Preparing bimonthly Combined Requisition Request Form (CRRF) and Patient Per Regimen (PPR) report for resupply of drugs to the various facilities.
• Reporting all data generated from weekly and monthly activities in the facilities to central office.
• Conducting Drug and Therapeutic Committee (DTC) meetings at the various facilities.
• Ensuring all staff are mentored properly on the demands of their job.
• Ensuring all devolved ART clients remain in care and receive their drug needs.
• Supervising activities to ensure professionalism and best practices.
• Preparing bimonthly Combined Requisition Request Form (CRRF) and Patient Per Regimen (PPR) report.
• Ensuring all reports of activities are collated monthly.

• Registration of Premises with Pharmacist Council of Nigeria
• Management and administration of the sales and supplies of medicines and medical devices in the pharmacy.
• Responsible for the provision of exceptional, professional pharmaceutical services
• Supporting the development of the business.
• Managed social media pages and promoted health through online campaigns.
• Interviewed, hired and trained staff, enabling business to serve more patients.
• Managed pharmaceutical supply procurement and management processes.
• Reviewed prescription to confirm appropriate selection of drug, dose and check for interactions with other medications.
• Educated patients on medication, tools and equipment to promote patient-centered care and increase treatment adherence.
• Worked as preceptor to provide practice-based instruction to students at pharmacy practice sites.

• Evaluation of prescription and dispensing of over-the-counter and prescription only-medications
• Patient counseling of patients and education.
• Drug procurement and management.
• Supervision of other pharmacy sales personnel.
• Pharmaceutical care services.
• Registration of Pharmacy premises with the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria

FCDA Staff Clinic, Area 11, Garki

• Evaluation of prescription and dispensing of medication to out-patients and in-emergency cases
• Proper counseling of patients and promotion of drug utilization.
• Monitoring patients progress to ensure best clinical outcome.
• Monthly stock taking and report presentation.
• Presentation of seminars and health talks

• Evaluation of doctor's prescription orders.
• Making proper interventions to prevent drug interactions.
• Provision of patient's (in-patients, out-patients and emergencies) medication and non-drug needs
• Proper counseling of patients and caregivers and promotion of drug utilization commensurate to best patient care.
• Monitoring patients' progress to ensure best clinical outcome.
• Monthly stocktaking, presentation of monthly report and clinical seminars.