Quality and Medication Safety Coordinator - Pharmacy

Presbyterian is seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Quality and Medication Safety Coordinator to join our Pharmacy Department. The Quality and Medication Safety Coordinator is a clinical practitioner who promotes medication safety, and thereby patient safety, by facilitating and developing improvements in the pharmacy department and throughout the Presbyterian Healthcare System. Under the direct supervision of the PDS Pharmacy Quality and Medication Safety Officer, the Quality and Medication Safety Coordinator is responsible for aiding in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Quality Improvement and Medication Safety initiatives for the pharmacy.

Serves as a medication safety resource to health care providers throughout Presbyterian Healthcare System and Presbyterian Health Plan. May lead or participate in departmental, hospital, or enterprise-wide projects, safety evaluations, and committees.

Type of Opportunity: Full Time (1.0 FTE/40 hours per week) Work Schedule: Varied Days and Hours

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Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Strongline Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Shift differentials for nights and weekends
• Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

• Bachelor of Pharmacy,
• Or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from an accredited college or university,
• Registered Pharmacist with the New Mexico Board of Pharmacy (RPh)
• 3 years of acute care pharmacy experience.
• Completion of an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency is preferred.
• Specialized training in performance improvement principles is preferred.
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, independent practice, flexibility, and time management skills.

• Act as a leader in medication safety and demonstrate appropriate assertiveness.
• Review and follow-up on adverse drug events (ADEs). This includes responding to ADEs in the risk event system, discussing events with staff, identifying opportunities for improvement, and initiating process improvement activities relevant to events.
• Collaborate with Risk Management, Patient Safety, Quality Department, Medical Staff, Nursing, and other departments in the review and follow-up of identified medication-related events.
• Facilitate process and system changes to reduce the likelihood of occurrence and recurrence of medication events.
• Develop process improvement ideas or projects, lead and organize projects, assess outcomes, and analyze data associated with projects.
• Organize, analyze, and summarize data from available sources to make recommendations that facilitate patient and medication safety improvements
• Manage changes in the medication-use system to enhance medication safety, ensure that appropriate measures are taken to address and resolve medication safety issues, and ensure hospital staff and faculty are supported in providing safe care for patients.
• Participate in the enhancement, spread, and understanding of a Culture of Safety and Just Culture throughout PHS by ongoing education of staff and leadership. Develop reports relevant to quality improvement and medication safety responsibilities or initiatives.
• Identify best practices for medication safety based on the assessment of literature, current practices, and process evaluation.
• Participate in the education of pharmacy staff, including residents and students, nursing, and other PHS employees on medication safety.
• Participate in the development, maintenance, evaluation, and data management of medication safety systems. Some of these systems include, Presbyterians IV workflow system, infusion pump libraries, medication validation and safety assessment in the CPOE system, automated dispensing cabinets, and inventory management systems.
• Precept students, residents, and pharmacy staff.
• Communicate within the Just Culture and Safety Culture framework.
• Apply safety principles, continuous quality improvement, and human factors engineering.
• Collect and analyze statistical and trending data and present and apply performance-improvement methodology and tools.
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members and the communities we serve. We are a locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system comprised of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 13,000 employees - including more than 1,200 providers and nearly 3,500 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 640,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.