Clinical Pharmacy Safety Specialist

Rush University Medical Center; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is seeking a Medication Safety Specialist to advance safe medication use across the system within COMPAS. You will analyze events, support investigations, and drive safety improvements through process changes and technology.

The role requires strong analytical skills, collaboration with pharmacy, nursing, informatics, and Risk Management, and a focus on high-alert medications, smart pumps, CDS, and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Illinois Pharmacist License required.
• Minimum of four years of clinical pharmacy experience or PGY1 residency within last seven years.
• Knowledge of intravenous admixture, IV therapy, and chemotherapy.

Responsibilities

• Collect, review, and trend medication event data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support RCA/FMEA analysis for medication-related events under the MSO direction.
• Conduct surveillance of high-alert meds and risk-reduction initiatives.
• Maintain smart infusion pump libraries, CPOE sets, and CDS alerts in Epic.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy

Illinois Pharmacist License

PGY1 Residency (preferred)

Tools

Epic Systems

Power BI

CPOE

Job description

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is seeking a Medication Safety Specialist to advance safe medication use across the system within COMPAS. You will analyze events, support investigations, and drive safety improvements through process changes and technology.

The role requires strong analytical skills, collaboration with pharmacy, nursing, informatics, and Risk Management, and a focus on high-alert medications, smart pumps, CDS, and regulatory standards.