Specialist, Drug Diversion

Lifepoint Health • Hickory, NC

10d

About The Position

Frye Regional Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health , a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Diversion Specialist joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve. Frye Regional Medical Center employs more than 1500 professional and clinical staff. Our medical center is a 355-bed acute care facility which offers a broad array of inpatient and outpatient care. Frye Regional Medical Center provides patients with a full range of services to meet the healthcare needs of our community. We believe our employees are our most valuable assets in accomplishing this goal and we have made great strides to ensure employee satisfaction. If you are passionate about changing lives, we are looking for you! We are looking for a dynamic Diversion Specialist who is passionate about helping others and is a team player! The Drug Diversion Specialist performs audit, investigation, and program development functions in collaboration with Lifepoint’s Quality, Compliance, HR, IT, Pharmacy, and Security leadership. The Diversion Specialist reports to the DOP, with indirect reporting to the LifePoint VP of Pharmacy Quality and Safety Operations. The Diversion Specialist is accountable for maintaining compliance and oversight of drug diversion prevention program, to include controlled substance trend analysis and auditing activities. In addition, the Diversion Specialist will prepare programmatic written reports and presentations as directed.

Requirements

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, practice management, computer science, business, pharmacy or related field - Required.
• Education requirements may be waived in exchange with equivalent years in pharmacy and/or management experience.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting required.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Pharmacy Technician Preferred
• Master's Degree preferred.
• Five years in hospital pharmacy and/or healthcare operations.
• Prior experience with hospital pharmacy, drug diversion investigations, compliance, regulatory, and/or hospital clinical operations and program development preferred
• Drug diversion certificate program through ASHP can be done on the job in the first 3 to 6 months.
• Cerner experience Preferred
• Previous experience in Omnicell or Pyxis

Responsibilities

• Assists with generating and reviewing Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) transaction reports in collaboration with pharmacy leaders, formats reports as needed, and sends data to clinical managers and others as directed.
• Performs review of relevant reports on a regular basis and prepares reports of findings as directed.
• Provides support to clinical leaders by auditing medication transactions when outlier status or other indicators provoke concern.
• Has the authority and responsibility to elevate potential concerns with urgency to local leadership and the Pharmacy Director.
• Performs focused auditing to investigate cases of suspected drug diversion as directed.
• Supports the Directors of Pharmacy (DOP), other leadership, and LifePoint enterprise personnel in the investigation of suspected drug diversion incidents, by reviewing documentation in the EMR, data from automated dispensing systems, and other information deemed pertinent.
• Contributes to and oversees the secure diversion database containing data from the hospital that may relate to diversion or mishandling of controlled substances and other drugs with abuse potential.
• Collects, analyzes, and trends diversion-related data from the hospital, including but not limited to controlled substance discrepancy reports, medication handling compliance issues, medication security issues, DEA-106 data, concerns about relevant healthcare associate/provider behavior/performance, and patient complaints related to unrelieved pain.
• Analyzes data regarding controlled substances, high-cost medications, and other medications that have an appeal for diversion.
• Assists with identification and implementation of diversion mitigation strategies.
• Works collaboratively with all relevant departments and serves as a diversion resource for all leaders.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant electronic medical record, automated dispensing cabinet, and analytics programs as well as clinical processes relevant to diversion investigations.
• Contributes to the achievement of established department goals and objectives and adheres to department policies, procedures, quality standards and safety standards.
• Complies with governmental and accreditation regulations.
• Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Financial & Career Growth : Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan Assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development : Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees