SFH is one of Nigeria’s largest non-governmental organisations, and it adopts social marketing and behaviour change communication to improve access to essential health information, health services, and health products.

Responsibilities

• Prepare supervision strategy plan that will be approved by the state programme manager (SPM)
• Develop a workplan to ensure adequate and systematic coverage of all community pharmacists (CP) for supervisory support
• Provide on-the-job or clinic-based supervision of community pharmacists (CP) to ensure they provide FP services in line with recommended quality standards
• Work with the SPM, state RH coordinator and master trainers to provide appropriate family planning training to community pharmacists in line with the project training manual
• Support SPMs to ensure availability of products, equipment and consumables
• Work with state master trainers and RH coordinator to supervise and mentor community pharmacists to ensure they achieve the number of insertion and removal of implant necessary for the achievement of competency
• Work with the PHC to ensure availability of commodities and consumable for the post-training practicals
• Maintain a list of all CPs trained and engaged on the project to monitor progress made on competency certification
• Review progress made by each of the CPs and develop a mentorship and supervision plan based on competency gaps
• Provide periodic report of all CPs based on position on competency scale and make appropriate recommendations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, minimum, in Nursing and Midwifery or an equivalent degree from a recognised/accredited school of nursing
• Three years, minimum, of experience in providing family planning service
• Experience in long-acting reversible contraceptives will be an added advantage
• Proficiency in providing family planning service and long-acting reversible contraceptives
• Good interpersonal communication
• Excellent presentation skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office applications, including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint

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