Coord Diversion Prevention

St. Elizabeth Healthcare•Lawrenceburg, IN

About The Position

The Coordinator Diversion Prevention is responsible for coordinating the Controlled Substance Diversion Prevention Program for the health system’s inpatient Pharmacy departments. The position exists to ensure that the health system has processes in place to minimize the risk of controlled substance diversion, thereby enhancing patient safety and decreasing risk for the organization. The position will assist site-based pharmacy leadership in developing workflows that minimize the risk of diversion and will coordinate and perform audits to ensure compliance with established procedures. Demonstrate respect, dignity, kindness and empathy in each encounter with all patients, families, visitors and other employees regardless of cultural background.

Requirements

High School graduate
Adept in use of Microsoft Office, especially Excel

Responsibilities

Create, implement, manage, and maintain a comprehensive surveillance, auditing, and review program to assist in the prevention and detection of controlled substance diversion.
Conduct random and specific audits to address areas of high-risk institution wide.
Lead St. Elizabeth Drug Diversion Committee.
Review of diversion analytic reports with appropriate escalation of any concerning activity, including quarterly summary report for senior leadership.
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 leaders to promote awareness of findings, deficiencies, areas of risk and make recommendations for process improvements.
Maintain knowledge and understanding of controlled substance law at the federal, state, and local level.
Conduct staff training as necessary.
Performs other duties as assigned.