Pharmacist
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, CO
Days

Description

Medication Safety Pharmacist Coordinator

Location: UCHealth Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion, Aurora, CO

Department: Pharmacy Inpatient

Work Schedule: Full Time, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks)

Shift: Days

Pay: $64.68 - $90.55 / hour. Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option

Summary:

The Medication Safety Coordinator serves as a key leader driving a culture of safety and continuous improvement in medication use across the UCH hospital. This role directs the review, triage, and resolution of reported medication safety events, ensuring timely follow-up by designated pharmacy stakeholders and maintaining comprehensive documentation of interventions and loop closures.

With a strategic, data-driven, and systems-oriented approach, the coordinator proactively identifies emerging safety trends and leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of process improvement initiatives to reduce risk and enhance medication safety. In partnership with the Manager of Quality and Medication Use Systems and the medication safety and quality pharmacist, the coordinator champions the local execution of system-level medication safety strategies, aligning them with regional goals.

Core responsibilities include leading pharmacy case reviews, Root Cause Analyses (RCAs), and Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEAs) related to medication management. The coordinator serves as a primary consultant and decision-maker on safety issues, ensuring safeguards are embedded from design through implementation during workflow changes or policy updates.

Additionally, the Medication Safety Coordinator drives education and communication efforts, presenting safety trends and mitigation strategies to local and system committees, aligning nursing and pharmacy education initiatives, and mentoring pharmacy students and residents to cultivate strong medication safety practices within the profession.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree of Pharmacy from an accredited school of pharmacy.
• State licensure as a Pharmacist.
• 2 years post graduate experience.

Responsibilities:

• Review of medication safety events reported through the identified reporting system and task appropriate designated pharmacy stakeholders for follow-up as needed.
• Identify trends in medication safety events and possible opportunities for process improvement projects at xxx region.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop action plans to address safety concerns
• Track appropriate follow-up and loop closure on significant medication safety events in collaboration with the Manager of Quality and Medication Use Systems
• Serve as a consultant for medication safety to ensure safeguards are proactively embedded in processes and workflow changes.
• Collaborate with medication safety team members and throughout the system on projects and initiatives
• Facilitate the operationalization of the system medication safety strategy locally in collaboration with the Manager of Quality and Medication Use Systems
• Participation in Collabortive Case Reviews (CCRs), medication-related RCAs, and FMEAs focused on medication management opportunities in conjunction with the Manager of Quality and Medication Use Systems
• Presents medication safety trends and action plans to the System Medication Safety Subcommittee, the local Medication Safety Subcommittee, and/or other pertinent committees to share information and/or request input as needed
• Collaborates with the nursing medication safety team members in education efforts to ensure that pharmacist medication safety is accurately represented
• Supports students, PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residency programs through rotations and projects with the medication safety lens as applicable each year.
• Proactively identifies and facilitates error-prevention strategies based on best practice standards, external error reports, and literature review

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Recognition

• Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October during the third year of employment.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

Health and well-being

• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Access to 24/7 mental health and well-being support for employees and dependents.
• Discounted gym memberships and fitness resources.
• Free Care.com membership.
• Voluntary benefits such as accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal plan, identity theft protection, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: Paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Employer-provided basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage with buy-up coverage options.
• Employer-provided short-term disability and long-term disability with a buy-up coverage option.

Retirement and savings

• 403(b) plan with employer matching contribution.
• Additional 457(b) plan may be available.
• Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent day care; health savings account available when enrolled in high-deductible (HD) medical plan.

Education and career growth

• UCHealth provides access to academic degrees and certificate programs to promote professional and personal growth.
• Up to 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
• Other programs may qualify for up to $10,000/year pre-paid by UCHealth or up to $5,250/year in the form of tuition reimbursement.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning, which offers thousands of virtual courses and seminars, and internal professional development opportunities.
• Employees have access to free assistance navigating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and submitting their federal student loans for forgiveness.

*Eligibility for some programs is based on an employee's scheduled work hours.

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UCHealth always welcomes talent. This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

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