Enterprise Diversion Compliance Director

Ardent Health; Brentwood (TN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ardent Health is seeking an Enterprise Diversion Compliance Director to lead the enterprise Medication Diversion Program, ensuring DEA and Joint Commission compliance across the system. This role manages training, policy development, and investigations to minimize diversion risks.

Candidates bring a Master’s degree or higher and 8+ years in audit/compliance, plus 5+ years of leadership; willingness to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in audit, investigation, compliance, or social sciences.
• 5+ years of management experience.
• Ability to travel up to 25%.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for enterprise controlled substance compliance and the Medication Diversion Program, including development of training, policies, and procedures.
• Researches and applies best practices to reduce variation in medication management processes.
• Lead the Corporate Medication Diversion Committee and oversee compliance with Joint Commission, CMS, DEA, FDA, and state/federal laws.
• Direct supervision of corporate medication diversion and compliance teams.
• Lead strategy for medication compliance audits at the facility level.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, informatics, IT, pharmacy, safety, risk, HR, legal, and communications to build a safe, reliable drug diversion program infrastructure.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Master’s degree or higher

Job description

Overview

Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U.S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access. Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000+ team members and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Enterprise Diversion Compliance Director leads the enterprise Medication Diversion Program. The position provides leadership and expertise in medication diversion prevention and controlled substance monitoring. In addition, this position will proactively manage medication triggers to provide a consistent approach to investigations and gap closures. This position is focused on development and memorialization of drug diversion related training and ensuring ongoing regulatory compliance with DEA requirements for Ardent Health Services.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the enterprise regarding controlled substance compliance, Controlled Substance Monitoring, and the Medication Diversion Program, including the development of training, policies, and procedures to support medication compliance


• Researches and applies best practices to develop and drive innovative solutions across the company to decrease variation in the medication management process


• Responsible for setting and enforcing consistent, safe and effective approaches for diversion prevention and medication compliance


• Responsible for leading the Corporate Medication Diversion Committee,


• Responsible for corporate oversite for Controlled Substance compliance for The Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration and state and federal laws


• Direct supervision of corporate medication diversion and compliance team


• Responsible for leading the strategy of medication compliance audits at the facility level


• Leads the strategy with key partners in physician, nursing, ancillaries, clinical leadership, informatics, IT (Information Technology), pharmacy, safety, security, risk management, human resources, legal, communications, and compliance to assess, plan, develop, and implement a safe, effective, and reliable infrastructure for the drug diversion prevention program

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or higher.


• 8+ years of relevant experience in audit, investigation, compliance, or social sciences


• 5+ years of management experience.


• Ability to travel up to 25%.