RN Medication Safety & Compliance Leader

Penn Medicine; Leaf Park (PA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health seeks an experienced Medication Safety & Compliance Nurse Specialist to lead medication safety initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The role collaborates with Nursing, Pharmacy, IT, and Quality to design, implement and monitor safety systems.

Responsibilities include audits, policy development, staff education, and participation in diversion prevention and accreditation readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse, issued by the PA State Board of Nursing.
• Five 5+ years of hospital/patient care experience.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the nursing leader and clinical expert for medication safety at Lancaster General
• Provides consultation regarding medication administration practices, medication-related policies, and safe medication-use systems
• Leads initiatives designed to reduce medication errors, adverse drug events (ADEs), and preventable patient harm
• Assesses medication-use processes and identifies opportunities to enhance safety and reliability
• Collaborates with Pharmacy, Nursing and interdisciplinary leaders to improve medication management systems
• Participates in root cause analyses (RCA), apparent cause analyses related to the medication use process
• Recommends and implements evidence-based medication safety practices and technologies
• Collaborates with informatics for bi-direction flow of information to advance the safe use of technology
• Monitors compliance with barcode medication administration (BCMA), smart infusion pump technology, medication reconciliation processes, and other medication safety initiatives
• Participates in and provides leadership to Medication Safety Committees and related patient safety workgroups
• Serves as the nursing lead for controlled substance diversion prevention and surveillance activities; collaborates with the Nursing and Pharmacy Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health seeks an experienced Medication Safety & Compliance Nurse Specialist to lead medication safety initiatives and ensure compliance with regulatory standards. The role collaborates with Nursing, Pharmacy, IT, and Quality to design, implement and monitor safety systems.

Responsibilities include audits, policy development, staff education, and participation in diversion prevention and accreditation readiness.