Pharmacy Coordinator- Medication Safety

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• Duke Raleigh a Campus of Duke University Hospital
• 3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh North Carolina

• 7:30am-4:00pm
• Hybrid

The Pharmacy Coordinator within the Department of Pharmacy is a key leadership position for a pharmacist with responsibilities for being a team lead coordinating a program/practice group or being a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a specific area.

• Review of medication errors and participation in root and causes analyses.
• Analyze complex systems to identify and correct stsyem flaws.
• Participate in the application of technologies that improve the medication-use process.
• Communicate effectively and understand human factors that impact the safety of patient care.
• Work with the Director of Phammacy and other system leaders pharmacy leaders to establish objectives for safe medication programs.
• Support the educational mission through training of pharmacy residents students and pharmacy technicians and continuous professional growth.
• Identify and report trends to local and systemwide leadership establish and maintain medication safety scorecard metrics.

• The responsibilities of the Pharmacy Coordinator will vary based on specialty duties and responsibilities for all areas include the following:
• The Pharmacy Coordinator will serve as a leader for the Department of Pharmacy.
• This will include managing and/or coordinating employees within a work unit.
• Assists or is responsible for recruiting and onboarding of staff in the work unit.
• Establishes and maintains relationships with key leaders in specialty area.
• Maintains familiarity with all Division and Departmental programs and initiatives.
• Is responsible for personal and professional competency and growth.
• The SME and Residency Program Director (RPD) Coordinators maintain expertise and experience through staffing in primary area of specialty or similar activity related to work area.
• The SME Coordinator will deliver care in area related to the following functions and may coordinate care across Division(s) or Health System as appropriate: - Evaluate and coordinate delivery of care in practice area(s) - Serves as a leader for practice area - Chairs and participates in relevant meetings as appropriate - Serves as leader for medication related activities such as shortage planningcoordinate protocol development and revisions etc. or similar.
• SME Coordinators focus time on administrative activities pursuant to specialty projects process improvement and/or other departmental goals and initiatives.
• Ensures compliance where applicable for accreditation standards.
• The RPD Coordinators provide program management for a Residency Program and ensure compliance and documentation for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation standards and surveys including but not limited to: - Recruit hire and coordinate onboarding of resident(s) - Training schedule development and maintenance - Longitudinal progression of the resident(s) - Timely submission of learning experience evaluations - Training plans and quarterly reports - Preceptor selection and development - Learning experience development and maintenance - Designation of residency coordinator activities - Collaboration with the Pharmacy Research Committee to ensure completion of the residency project. - Preparation for ASHP accreditation survey.

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• Doctor of Pharmacy Degree or BS Pharmacy Degree and eligible for license as a Pharmacist by the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy.

• Two years of pharmacy practice experience required.
• Completion of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalent experience is strongly preferred and PGY2 Specialty Residency in area of specialty is strongly preferred.
• Managerial or supervisor experience if applicable is preferred.

• Licensed Pharmacist or eligible to practice pharmacy in North Carolina. Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) is required for employment.
• Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) in area of specialty if applicable is strongly preferred.