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Location: Atlanta
Job Type: Full-time
JOB SUMMARY
The Medication Safety Officer serves as the authoritative expert in safe medication use. Prevents adverse outcomes or injuries (e.g., patient harm) stemming from the medication-use process, including procedures and systems used to provide medication therapy to patients, medication procurement, storage, prescribing, transcribing, preparing, dispensing, administration, documentation, and monitoring.
- Collects, reviews, and analyzes medication-use, medication error, and adverse drug reaction data. Uses appropriate data analysis techniques to identify improvements or error-reduction strategies and collaborates with others to implement.
- Uses performance improvement methodologies and tools to monitor/measure performance improvement initiatives.
- Monitors trends and developments to stay current in the medication and patient safety field for best practices and evaluates for implementation in the organization.
- Provides direction for prioritization of the organization's medication system improvement projects. Ensures compliance with state and federal regulatory/legal requirements relating to medication safety.
- Assists in the accreditation process by ensuring that the system's medication-use processes meet applicable medication management standards.
- Participates in or leads departmental and interdisciplinary committees focused on safe medication use, quality improvement, and patient safety.
- Assists in development, review, and implementation of medication-use pharmacy and system-level policies.
- Contributes the medication-safety perspective to guide design, implementation, and maintenance of technology and automation systems (Smart pumps, EPIC). Periodically reviews and updates clinical support decisions tools (EPIC alerts; order sets).
- Serves as an authoritative resource on medication safety to the organization.
- Provides medication safety education to healthcare professionals through written communication, CBLs, posters, etc. Assists in managing and communicating medication safety issues across disciplines.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (PharmD) is required.
- Five or more years of clinical/management experience is required.
- ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health and dental insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Continuing education opportunities
- Professional development programs
- Employee assistance program
Equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.