Medication Diversion Program Manager - West Orange, NJ at RWJBarnabas Health – West Orange, New Jersey

Job Overview:

The Medication Diversion Program Manager will provide leadership, oversight, and coordination of activities related to diversion prevention monitoring procedures and practices. The Manager will be responsible for development and maintenance of a comprehensive controlled substance surveillance program based on regulatory body requirements including but not limited to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), New Jersey Department of Health and best practices. The Manager will also create and execute a comprehensive auditing program for controlled substances as well as a format for event investigation and review.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy required
• 3-5 years’ experience in a pharmacy practice environment or a combination of related or equivalent experience
• 3+ years’ experience conducting data analysis, auditing, or related experience
• Pharmacist licensed to practice in good standing with the NJ Board of Pharmacy
• Working knowledge of controlled substance law
• Previous formal leadership experience
• Excellence in communicating with peers, supervisors, team members, interdisciplinary colleagues, and external stakeholders
• Familiarity with Joint Commission® Medication Management Standards

Preferred:

• PharmD preferred

Essential Functions

• Create, implement, manage, and maintain a comprehensive surveillance, auditing, and review program to assist in the prevention and detection of controlled substance diversion
• Lead process improvement initiatives as it pertains to controlled substance diversion monitoring and auditing processes
• Conduct random and specific audits to address areas of high risk institution-wide
• Investigate suspected or confirmed events of controlled substance diversion generated from area auditing tools and protocols
• Utilize technical skill to generate reports and monitoring mechanisms to identify areas of risk, gaps in current process, and area trends
• Work with internal and external leaders to promote awareness of findings, deficiencies, areas of risk and make recommendations for process improvements
• Maintains knowledge and understanding of controlled substance law at the federal, state, and local level
• Conduct staff training as necessary

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.