Medication Use Program Coordinator

Avera; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO from day 1

Retirement matching

Mentorship opportunities

Job summary

Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD, seeks a Medication Use Program Coordinator to centrally coordinate medication-related requests across the pharmacy enterprise. You will manage intake, triage, governance, prioritization, and implementation tracking in a multidisciplinary setting.

The role emphasizes governance, portfolio management, and alignment with medication-use standards, while not performing system configuration or direct application ownership tasks.

Qualifications

• Pharmacist license required at hire.
• ASHP-accredited PGY1 (and PGY2 for some areas) preferred.
• BPS certification or equivalent within 1 year.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapy for patients.
• Coordinate pharmacy services across practice areas with governance groups.
• Lead and mentor staff and students through residency and precepting.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Direct development and maintenance of pharmacy services in specialty areas.
• Facilitate change management and lead projects/committees as needed.
• Monitor compliance with federal/state/local regulations and corporate policies.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Pharmacist license (Board of Pharmacy)

ASHP PGY1/PGY2 residency

BPS Certification (within 1 year)

Job description

Sioux Falls, SD

Full time

R-260030177

Location:

Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day/Evening/Weekend/Holiday Shift (United States of America)

Position Highlights

The Medication Use Program Coordinator serves as the centralized coordinator for medication-related operational and technology requests across the pharmacy enterprise. This position supports a standardized process for intake, triage, governance coordination, prioritization, implementation tracking, and communication of medication-use initiatives.

The coordinator facilitates movement of work between operational leaders, specialty committees, governance groups, and implementation teams while maintaining visibility throughout the lifecycle of medication-related requests. The role ensures requests are routed through the appropriate review pathway, supports governance processes and decision documentation, monitors progress of approved initiatives, and promotes alignment with established medication-use standards and organizational priorities.

This position functions as a coordination, governance, and portfolio management role and does not perform application build, system configuration, technical support, or application ownership responsibilities.

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

Coordinates pharmacy services in assigned areas of practice through participation in multidisciplinary teams, education, training, and mentoring of pharmacy staff including residents, interns, technicians, and other pharmacists. May serve as a pharmacist-in-charge based on service area assignment and ensure compliance at assigned site with applicable laws and regulations. Coordinates, leads and participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives through a variety of mechanisms within and outside of the Pharmacy Department. Coordinators provide direct patient care consistent with applicable regulations.

What you will do

• Ensures safe, appropriate, cost-effective medication therapy for patients through a variety of methodologies.
• Demonstrates proactive care of patients through counseling, multi-disciplinary planning, drug therapy protocols and coordinates pharmacy services in area of practices as assigned.
• Provides direction, mentorship and education to other pharmacy staff and students through residency and student precepting, system level competency development, literature analysis, preceptor developmental programming and residency projects.
• Contributes to the profession of pharmacy through several potential avenues with may include publications, peer reviewer, internal/external teaching, or active membership in professional organizations.
• With minimal assistance from pharmacy leadership, directs development, implementation, education and training and maintenance of pharmacy services in specialty area. Serves in all pharmacist roles as needed.
• Serves as a facilitator of the change process, assuring outcomes consistent with department goals and objectives. Leads projects/committees as assigned.
• Takes an active role in development of continuous quality improvement activities, reporting, and evaluation to promote patient safety.
• Audits pharmacy operations to identify any areas that are not in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, the Compliance Accountability Program, Code of Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures and coordinates correction of any deficiencies.
• Assists in obtaining and maintaining pharmacy and personnel licensure.
• Leads inventory management monitoring for diversion, prescribing and overall inventory levels for assigned areas.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Pharmacist - Board of Pharmacy License in state(s) of oversight Upon Hire

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

• Some College Completion of ASHP Accredited PGY1 (and PGY2 for some areas) Pharmacy Residency
• BPS Certification - Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) or other applicable credential within 1 Year
• 4-6 years of Pharmacy Practice experience in area in which they coordinate

Expectations and Standards

• Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.
• Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
• Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.
• Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

• PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.
• Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement
• Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

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