What You Will Do• Provides leadership, vision, and strategic planning for medication safety across the Health System for oncology related practice and medication use systems.
• Establishes medication management standards through literature review, benchmarking, and collaboration.
• Collaborates with administrative staff, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, IT&S, and others to develop and maintain safe medication practices.
• Responsible for conducting medication safety assessments, developing/reviewing guidelines and policies, chairing the Medication Safety Committees, and for providing education and consultation regarding safe medication practices.
• Monitors, reviews, and synthesizes recommendations from reported adverse drug events and trends.
• Participates in RCA, FMEA, and quality reporting activities.
• Participates in the formulary review process.
• Participates in the review of relevant technologies and processes.
• Work at each facility to appreciate site specific workflow.
• Ensures compliance with relevant regulatory, accreditation, and manufacturer IFU standards.
Additional Responsibilities • Performs other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.
• For specific duties and responsibilities, refer to documentation provided by the department during orientation.
• Must abide by all requirements to safely and securely maintain Protected Health Information (PHI) for our patients. Annual training, the UH Code of Conduct and UH policies and procedures are in place to address appropriate use of PHI in the workplace.
Qualifications:Education - Pharm.D (Required) or
- Master's Degree Of Science in pharmacy (Required)
Work Experience - 5+ years Of hospital pharmacy experience or equivalent (Required)
- PGY - 1 and PGY - 2 residency (Preferred)
- Performance improvement and regulatory experience (Preferred)
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities - Computer systems skills in spreadsheet, database and word processing (Preferred proficiency)
- Must demonstrate highly effective written and oral communication skills (Required proficiency)
- PGY-1 and PGY-2 residency (drug information/medication safety) (Preferred proficiency)
Licenses and Certifications - Registered Pharmacist (R.Ph) in the State of Ohio (Required)
Physical Demands - Standing Frequently
- Walking Frequently
- Sitting Rarely
- Lifting Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Carrying Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Pushing Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Pulling Frequently up to 50 lbs
- Climbing Occasionally up to 50 lbs
- Balancing Occasionally
- Stooping Frequently
- Kneeling Frequently
- Crouching Frequently
- Crawling Occasionally
- Reaching Frequently
- Handling Frequently
- Grasping Frequently
- Feeling Constantly
- Talking Constantly
- Hearing Constantly
- Repetitive Motions Constantly
- Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Constantly
Travel Requirements 
