Dir - Medication Safety and Diversion Management (IL)

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 45 hospitals and has more than 300 outpatient locations in 14 states providing more than 2.6 million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation's leading health systems with nearly 50,000 employees and physicians. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

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The Director of Medication Safety & Diversion Management is responsible for oversight and management of systematic initiatives related to medication quality and safety programs, identifying opportunities to improve the safety of medication-use systems, drug diversion monitoring/prevention, and developing error and drug diversion prevention strategies targeted to reduce patient and associate safety risks. The Director of Medication Safety & Diversion Management will facilitate the increased reporting of adverse drug events, perform follow up on reported occurrences, review drug diversion cases, oversee analysis of data, and assist in development and implementation of process changes to improve medication safety and drug diversion prevention. This individual serves as a liaison to pharmacy, nursing, and the medical staff leadership personnel. The Director of Medication Safety & Diversion Management provides leadership in formulating policy and instituting models that promote medication safety and drug diversion prevention in all aspects of the medication management process.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Required qualifications:

Current state Registered Pharmacist License.
1. B.S. in Pharmacy or PharmD degree required
2. 5 years of previous pharmacy leadership experience required
3. 7 years of previous pharmacy work experience required
4. Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
5. Strong data analytic skills required.
6. Experience with medication safety and medication-use safe practices, pharmacy operations, pharmacy information systems, automated dispensing technology, drug diversion management, regulatory and accreditation compliance

Preferred qualification:

1. PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency completion preferred
2. Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) or completion of a Certified Medication Safety Officer (CMSO) program preferred