Medication Safety Officer

7 days ago


Baltimore, Maryland, United States LifeBridge Health Full time
Job Summary

The Medication Safety Officer is responsible for ensuring the safe management of medications throughout the LifeBridge Health system. This role involves identifying, evaluating, and reducing the risk of human injury and loss to the organization through education, monitoring, and compliance with regulatory standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • Ensure compliance with statewide, national, CMS, and TJC standards and regulations.
  • Promote and ensure compliance with TJC, CMS, and National Patient Safety goals and regulations pertaining to safe medication practices.
  • Conduct recurring and ad hoc audits and/or special projects to assess for medication safety compliance, concerns, and/or potential risk issues.
  • Maintain current knowledge of all relevant regulatory, accrediting compliance requirements and disseminate pertinent information to the respective leadership and staff.
  • Work in conjunction with others to develop policies and procedures related to Medication Safety and serve as a resource for the development of medication safety policies.
  • Responsible for oversight of all activities specific to compliance with National Patient Safety Goals.
  • Develop and enhance the system-wide culture of receptivity to medication safety.
  • Serve on patient care and medication safety related committees as a member or ex officio.
  • Coordinate in conjunction with medical staff and hospital leadership the quality and medication safety initiatives/priorities systemwide.
  • Evaluate and monitor therapeutic medication utilization procedures.
  • Utilize in-depth knowledge of patient/healthcare information systems to lead quality improvement processes.
  • Apply legal requirements and accreditation standards including TJC (The Joint Commission), Title XXII, DHS, DEA, FDA, and USP.
  • Take appropriate actions in a complex and dynamic environment and in emergent situations.
  • Actively participate in the overall improvement of organizational performance.
  • Implement and maintain a system for identifying, collecting, analyzing, and reporting of medication safety related performance data.
  • Reviews, tracks, and evaluates services that are affected by quality/medical safety/regulatory issues, identifies barriers, makes recommendations for improvement, and monitors services to ensure that safety/regulatory recommendations are implemented and the desired results are obtained.
  • Utilize proven statistical methods and techniques to facilitate performance improvement and medication safety activities.
  • Reviews occurrence reports, collects and summarizes performance and risk management data routinely, identifies trends and opportunities for improvements, makes recommendations for actions, and develops action plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.
  • Prepare and present clinical outcome and performance data on a routine basis.
  • Make recommendations for performance improvement activities related to medication safety in efforts to improve the safety of patients, visitors, and employees.
  • Reviews and investigates all medication events reported through reporting sources, including near misses.
  • Collects and summarizes medication safety performance data, identifies trends and opportunities for improvements, makes recommendations for actions, and develops action plans in collaboration with the healthcare team.
  • Reports medication harm events to risk management and participates in RCAs specific to medication events.
  • Develops appropriate medication safety quality measures and benchmarks for reporting regularly to medical staff committees, nursing quality committees, unit-specific forums, and the Boards of Directors.
  • Provide education to staff and physicians.
  • Provide medication safety orientation and continuing educational programs for providers, management, and staff to enhance awareness of their role in medication safety, risk reduction, event reporting, and regulatory issues.
  • Participate in education of staff on PI, risk management, and medication safety activities/issues.
  • Facilitate medication safety activities and act as a resource person on related strategies.
  • Serve as a liaison among clinical departments and advise the staff and physicians.
Requirements
  • Seasoned professional knowledge; equivalent to a Master's degree; knowledge in more than one discipline.
  • Graduate from a college of Pharmacy accredited by the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education is required.
  • PharmD and Post Graduate Residency preferred.
  • 5-7 years of experience.
  • Current Maryland Pharmacy license.

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