Pediatric Medication Safety Leader

Nicklaus Children's Health System; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Nicklaushealth is seeking a leader in medication safety to design, implement, and maintain standardized medication safety systems across the organization. You will collaborate with Patient Safety officers, pharmacy leadership, and quality teams to drive a comprehensive program and provide expert guidance on system-wide medication use processes.

The role includes directing safety-focused projects, developing staff training for pharmacy and clinical teams, and leading committees related to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Science or related field.
• Medication Safety Certification required within 1 year in position.
• 2-4 years of pediatric hospital experience related to medications safety.
• 2-4 years of clinical pediatric program development experience in a pediatric hospital.

Responsibilities

• Monitors external environment for best practices and evaluates them for implementation.
• Provides direction for prioritization of the organization’s medication system improvement projects.
• Develops structured approach for employee orientation & training for pharmacy staff & others involved in medication-use process related to medication safety as it applies to specific job category.
• Provides ongoing medication safety education for pharmacy staff and other health care professionals to promote safe medication practices.
• Facilitates availability of educational programs and materials to improve medication safety and regulatory compliance.
• Participates in departmental, organizational, & regional committees related to emergency medications, drug shortages, adverse events, medication errors, policy review, safe medication use, etc.
• Analyzes current medication-use practices that may contribute to medication errors using quality improvement methodologies.
• Develops strategies and provides solutions to improve patient safety such as the project management of corrective and preventative action plans.
• Oversees and creates reports for Antidotes and Adverse Drug Reactions.
• Serves as chair for Medication Safety, attends P&T committee, and presents Medication Safety Reports to management, PI committee, and patient safety committee.
• Leads the Clinical Quality Improvement Committee and solutions for patient safety (SPS).
• Partners with Medication Safety Committee to conduct ongoing analyses for improvement to identify priorities for medication safety and solutions for patient safety.
• Works in collaboration with risk management to provide data for CEI scorecards across NCHS.
• Facilitates medication related Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and collaborates with leaders to assure improvement actions are completed.

Skills

Medication safety

Quality improvement

Project management

Education and training

Data analysis

Effective communication

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Science

Master's Degree (preferred)

Tools

Pharmacy information systems

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Job description

Nicklaushealth is seeking a leader in medication safety to design, implement, and maintain standardized medication safety systems across the organization. You will collaborate with Patient Safety officers, pharmacy leadership, and quality teams to drive a comprehensive program and provide expert guidance on system-wide medication use processes.

The role includes directing safety-focused projects, developing staff training for pharmacy and clinical teams, and leading committees related to