Kaiser Permanente-posted 4 months ago
Sterling, VA
Ambulatory Health Care Services

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is also responsible for leading implementation and driving market and/or organization wide adoption of pharmacy medication safety and quality system projects; leveraging quantifiable results of medication safety and quality initiatives to promote sustainable and repeatable medication safety behaviors; implementing standardized processes and best practices to achieve and prioritize quality goals and safety, and proactively avoid risk; executing risk assessments using medication safety reporting systems and performing medication error analysis (e.g., Root Cause Analysis, Gap Analysis, Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) to assess, plan, and help implement process improvements; collaborating with pharmacy leadership to recommend and implement risk reduction strategies; serving as a medication safety subject matter expert by being an educational resource and facilitating educational opportunities; supporting creation of policies pertaining to medication safety; active involvement, leadership, and communication with interregional and national medication safety committees, forums, professional associations, and other committees supporting medication and patient safety agendas; creating a culture of safety and risk management to maintain and improve medication safety practices; ensuring regulatory and accreditation compliance for medication safety through regular safety audits.

  • Promotes learning in others by proactively providing and/or developing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and members.
  • Builds relationships with cross-functional/external stakeholders and customers.
  • Listens to, seeks, and addresses performance feedback; proactively provides actionable feedback to others and to managers.
  • Pursues self-development; creates and executes plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses.
  • Leads by influencing others through technical explanations and examples and provides options and recommendations.
  • Adopts new responsibilities; adapts to and learns from change, challenges, and feedback.
  • Demonstrates flexibility in approaches to work; champions change and helps others adapt to new tasks and processes.
  • Facilitates team collaboration to support a business outcome.
  • Completes work assignments autonomously and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area and business knowledge to generate creative solutions.
  • Encourages team members to adapt to and follow all procedures and policies.
  • Collaborates cross-functionally and/or externally to achieve effective business decisions.
  • Provides recommendations and solves complex problems; escalates high-priority issues or risks, as appropriate.
  • Monitors progress and results.
  • Supports the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
  • Identifies resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines.
  • Identifies, speaks up, and capitalizes on improvement opportunities across teams.
  • Uses influence to guide others and engages stakeholders to achieve appropriate solutions.
  • Independently leverages systems and implements programs and tools related to analytics and informatics to track prescription use data.
  • Collaborates with and co-leads meetings and relevant committees to support front-line operations.
  • Exercises a patient focus throughout one's technical expertise and activities.
  • Identifies patient-related issues, challenges, possible improvements and takes action to ensure the downstream patient impacts are being followed up on.
  • Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to implement pharmacotherapy safety practices and initiatives.
  • Implements pharmacy operations initiatives and programs that directly support the day-to-day functioning of a specified set of pharmacies or locations.
  • Maintains various operational needs (e.g., workflow management, policy management, systems improvement, etc.).
  • Ensures policy compliance and identifies possible process or system improvements.
  • Leads efforts to create, design, and help implement strategic plan to support improvements to service, quality, people, affordability, and regulatory initiatives.
  • Evaluates data trends and aids in the creation of tools and dashboards to enable implementation of new programs and initiatives.
  • Reviews and mentors others to conduct sweeps of new laws and rules from regulatory agencies.
  • Ensures application into operations (e.g., FAQs to markets).
  • Builds and socializes new tools to ensure awareness and use.
  • Evaluates accuracy of inputs and builds accountability dashboard to ensure rules are followed.
  • Aligns own operations goals and assists junior colleagues to adhere to key affordability metrics.
  • Maintains awareness of current internal policies and relevant external laws, regulations, and standards.
  • Serves as a source of expertise within certain defined areas.
  • Independently coordinates committees and projects that provide input and guidance on various improvement initiatives.
  • Develops, conducts, coordinates, and identifies quality improvements related to medication safety for assigned clinical area.
  • Researches and reports related material.
  • Anticipates issues, weighs practical considerations in addressing issues and seeks input from engagement manager/sponsor to resolve.
  • Guides members, patients and/or healthcare providers to understand appropriate use and application of prescribed medication.
  • Provides drug information to relevant healthcare providers.
  • Applies advanced strategy to ensure achievement of member financial and therapeutic objectives.
  • Analyzes, tracks, and reports detailed member data to help assess plan outcomes.
  • Minimum four (4) years of experience in Pharmacy Improvement, Quality Assurance, or Medication Safety.
  • Doctorate of Pharmacy or equivalent degree (i.e., Bachelors of Pharmacy from a School of Pharmacy).
  • Minimum one (1) year of experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
  • Pharmacist License (from any state) required at hire.
  • Pharmacist License (Virginia) within 12 months of hire.
  • Knowledge of Medication Safety.
  • Knowledge of Medication Risk Analysis.
  • Negotiation skills.
  • Applied Data Analysis skills.
  • Trend Analysis skills.
  • Work Process Design skills.
  • Pharmaceuticals Distribution Compliance knowledge.
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