About this opportunity
Veterans Health Administration lists this Pharmacist (Facility Program Manager) opportunity in louisville, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
The Medication Safety Program Manager is responsible for medication safety activities for the Pharmacy Service and works independently under the Associate Chief of Pharmacy Operations and keeps pharmacy leadership apprised of trends/problems associated with their assigned activities.
Key Responsibilities
VA Careers - Pharmacy: Duties include but not limited to: Quality Improvement and Risk Management
Coordinates ongoing, proactive processes to evaluate and improve safe medication management strategies.
Manages or assists with management of data collection, analysis, and review of medication safety related events and practices, including reports of Adverse Drug Events and medication errors.
Participates and facilitates root-cause analysis of significant medication errors. Examines the system failures and human factors contributing to medication errors.
Identifies the extent of the health system's adherence to published best practices and guidelines relevant to medication-use safety.
Identifies opportunities for proactive change in the medication-use system suggested by published events or recommendations focused on medication-use safety.
Participates in medical center and pharmacy service quality improvement initiatives.
Legal and Regulatory Compliance
Ensures compliance with accreditation standards and with federal, state, and local regulations related to medication use.
Serves as a resource to pharmacy management and performance improvement departments on matters of medication safety.
Serves as a liaison representing the Pharmacy Service in safe medication practice issues.
Program Management
Assists the Associate Chief of Pharmacy in developing medication safety goals and objectives.
Assists pharmacy leadership in the development, approval, and implementation of policies and procedures that support medication safety.
Participates in collaborative interdisciplinary practice through active participation in hospital committees, including serving as Co-Chair of Medication Safety Subcommittee.
Coordinates interdepartmental and intradepartmental medication safety activities.
Ensures that all patient-specific and medication-specific information needed to support effective medication-related patient care decisions is readily available in a useful form to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other pertinent health care providers.
Consistently displays the principles of a Highly Reliable Organization supporting Just Culture and collaboration with other departments to improve the medication use process.
Medication Standardization and Storage
Ensures that parenteral solutions, medication concentrations, doses, and administration items are standardized whenever possible.
Minimizes the potential for errors associated with medication products due to labeling, packaging, or medication names that look or sound alike.
Ensures that medication storage is safe and secure throughout the institution and aligns with local and national policy.
Ensures the safety of product changes.
Medication-Use System Management
Ensures that processes for prescribing and monitoring medication therapy minimize the potential for medication errors.
Ensures that methods for the communication and transcription of medication orders minimize the risk of errors.
Ensures that double-check and other verifications are in place to ensure the safety of medications requiring special preparation (e.g. medications requiring extemporaneous compounding, antineoplastic agents, and new medication with unique preparation requirements).
Education and Training
Participates in the training and in-servicing of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and other medical center personnel as required.
Is skilled at using both written and verbal communication techniques in teaching others.
Serves as a preceptor for pharmacy residents and/or pharmacy students.
Research Pharmacist Back-Up
Coordinates the receipt and distribution of drugs in an investigational and/or clinical evaluation status upon patient discharge from the facility if Research Pharmacy Program Manager is unavailable.
Conducts and coordinates clinical drug investigations and research under FDA guidelines and regulations and approval by the local R&D Committee.
The employee is administratively accountable to the Associate Chief, Pharmacy Operations, for professional licensure, competency, and continuing education. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0730 - 1600 Telework: Adhoc only. Functional Statement #: 41314-F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Requirements & Education
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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Which agency is hiring for this position?
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
What is the salary for this position?
The posted pay range is $ – $ /yr.
Is this position remote or telework eligible?
This position is eligible for telework.
What security clearance is required?
This position requires a Other security clearance.
What is the application deadline?
Applications close on .
Who is eligible to apply?
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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Worksite address
louisville, KY, 40201, US
Who can apply
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