AMN Healthcare Partners with the Clinton Health Access Initiative to Recruit Volunteer Pharmacy Mentor for Haiti Post

SAN DIEGO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- AMN Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of comprehensive healthcare staffing and management services, is partnering with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to recruit a volunteer pharmacy mentor to work in Port au Prince, Haiti.

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As a result of the recent earthquake and resulting devastation, CHAI is seeking an entrepreneurial individual who can volunteer their time and expertise operating in a post-disaster environment.  To help find the pharmacist, CHAI turned to Rx Pro Health, an AMN Healthcare company.  

"Our work in Haiti has expanded in scope and become significantly more complex following the disastrous earthquake," said Anil Soni, CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative.  "We have an urgent need for a qualified professional to support the improvement of pharmacy systems and procedures on the ground.  Working with AMN Healthcare on this search for a qualified pharmacy mentor role is so helpful in filling this role," he added.

Ralph Henderson, AMN's Nursing and Allied Division President, said, "We're pleased to volunteer our services to help the Clinton Health Access Initiative find this critically important person.  We encourage all qualified pharmacist to contact us for additional information so countless Haitians can be helped."

Specific job requirements include a degree in pharmacy, pharmacology, or health economics with pharmacy related emphasis, fluency in French, and a minimum of five years experience. To apply for the volunteer position, go to http://www.rxcareercenter.com/search/ and insert "Volunteer Pharmacy Mentor, Haiti" in the key words box.

About the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other illnesses.  Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton, CHAI works in association with governments and other NGO partners and is focused on large scale impact.  To date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries.  In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with 22 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.

About AMN Healthcare Services

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of comprehensive healthcare staffing and management services. As a leading provider of travel nurse and allied staffing services, locum tenens (temporary physician staffing) and physician permanent placement services, AMN Healthcare recruits and places healthcare professionals on assignments of variable lengths and in permanent positions with clients throughout the United States, ranging from acute-care hospitals and physician practice groups to other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare also offers flexible, customized workforce management solutions to healthcare organizations through its managed services program and recruitment process outsourcing services. For more information, visit http://www.amnhealthcare.com

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