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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

Equal Opportunity Employer-Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.