Medication Safety Coordinator

Summary

Parkview Health is accepting applications for a medication safety coordinator.

Position Details: 

The Medication Safety Coordinator is responsible for supporting medication quality and safety programs, identifying opportunities to improve the safety of medication-use systems, and assisting in the development of error-prevention strategies targeted to reduce patient safety risks across Parkview Health. Additionally, this role includes ensuring regulatory readiness for the Parkview Health System acute care and hospital outpatient department facilities.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Develop, implement, and assist in the daily functions of the pharmacy medication safety and quality program and initiatives, promoting a strong organizational safety culture.
• Evaluate medication practices and systems for safety, quality, and effectiveness, including using data analytics tools, such as Excel, to analyze trends and identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify, investigate, and report medication errors and adverse drug events, leveraging medication safety reporting software and technology to ensure comprehensive documentation and analysis.
• Participate in, or lead, multidisciplinary teams concerned with medication errors, adverse drug events and reactions, near misses, policy review, safe medication use, new product review, and patient safety to identify risk points and prioritize system improvements to reduce the potential for medication errors and patient harm.
• Participate in the development, implementation and integration of patient-focused medication quality and safety initiatives in collaboration with other leaders and key stakeholders.
• Provide education and training on medication safety to front line coworkers
• Ensure compliance with state and federal medication safety regulatory and legal requirements.
• Participate in the development and revision of medication policies and procedures.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, new medications, and regulatory changes related to medication use.
• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of pharmacy automation and technology systems to identify and mitigate risks, recognizing how automation can both prevent and contribute to medication errors.
• Precept pharmacy learners in a medication safety learning experience.

This is a full-time, 1.0 FTE position with no weekend or evening staffing requirement. There will be some opportunity for remote work to be agreed upon by the applicant and Pharmacy Director, Quality & Patient Care Services. However, most of the worked hours will be spent at Parkview Regional Medical Center, Parkview Hospital Randallia, or Parkview Business & Technology Center.  Benefits associated with this role include paid time off, annual volunteer time off, and quarterly Compt Lifestyle benefits to be used for personal well-being needs. Relocation costs provided. Salary and sign-on bonus are negotiable.

More about Parkview Health & Parkview Pharmacy:

Parkview Health’s world-class clinical teams provide the highest levels of compassionate care. In turn, we are committed to equipping them with state-of-the-art technology and facilities. Parkview strives to be a partner with civic leaders on the frontlines of safety, wellness, and prevention. And, because we are the region's only not-for-profit health system, you can be sure of the most important thing of all -- our patients come first.  Parkview Health consists of 14 hospital facilities, 2 free-standing Surgery Centers, and over 1000 employed providers - all on the Epic© platform.  

Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC), a member of Parkview Health, is a major regional medical center located in Fort Wayne.  It provides comprehensive medical services to patients in northeastern Indiana, northwestern Ohio, and southern Michigan.  PRMC is a tertiary medical center currently with 544 beds (all private) and is a Level II Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center.  In addition to the medical and surgical populations, it also has specialty centers for stroke, cardiology, orthopedics, and oncology.  The Women’s and Children’s Hospital sits on the PRMC campus and houses a 41-bed Level III NICU, a dedicated and comfortable family birthing center, and pediatrics care.

Parkview Pharmacy has provided advanced pharmacy services in a variety of areas for decades.  Parkview offers a progressive pharmaceutical care environment in a variety of practice settings. Inpatient services include extensive interdisciplinary rounding, graduate medical education engagement, and surgical/critical care and oncology satellite pharmacies.  We have also had tremendous growth in ambulatory pharmaceutical care including primary care, hospital-based clinics, specialty clinics, multiple retail pharmacies, and specialty pharmacy. Parkview Pharmacy leadership includes a team with dedication to each facility and service type, including Inpatient and Ambulatory Clinical Services, Distribution Services Managers for Parkview Regional Medical Center and Parkview Hospital, Oncology Manager, and Retail & Specialty Managers. Additionally, there are supervisors in each area to help support daily needs and department projects in conjunction with lead pharmacists and lead technicians. 

Parkview pharmacy is an early adopter of and a best-practice site for integrated technologies, including Epic©, Pyxis® MedStations™, Pyxis® CII Safe™, BD CatoTM, Parata ATPTM, Tecsys inventory management and vertical carousels, a centralized acute care pharmacy distribution center, smart intravenous infusion systems, and Baxa EM 2400™ TPN compounder.

Awards & Recognition:

• In 2025, all five Parkview Family Birthing Centers in Indiana were honored with the INspire Hospital of Distinction award. Parkview Regional Medical Center received the INspire Category of Excellence.
• In late 2024, Parkview Health ranked No. 7 overall on Newsweek’s list of the Top 200 Most Loved Workplaces nationwide.
• In November 2024, all six eligible Parkview hospitals received “A” grades for Hospital Safety Grades by The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit focused on patient safety in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.
• Parkview was named to the CHIME Most Wired list for the 11th consecutive year in October 2024. In the 2024 survey, Parkview was certified at Level 9, the second-highest rating, in both acute and ambulatory care categories.
• In September 2024, Parkview Health was named the No. 3 nonprofit, No. 18 in North America and for the first time, ranked No. 19 globally by Inspiring Workplaces Group for our culture.
• In September 2024, Parkview Health was named NRC Health Excellence in Patient Experience Award winner across medium size health systems, for the second consecutive year.
• In July 2024, Parkview was ranked No. 1 by Epic for planned downtime
• In the fall of 2024, PRMC recognized by US News and World Report as No. 4 Indiana Hospital, “High Performing” in seven categories.
• In September 2024, Parkview Health was named to Newsweek’s list of Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces, for the second consecutive year, recognized in five additional categories aside from outstanding employee sentiment and satisfaction.
• In August 2024, Parkview was named to the Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers, for the third consecutive year.
• In 2024, the ECMO team received the Gold Level Center of Excellence Award from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO).
• In July 2024, PRMC received multiple American Heart Association “Get with the Guidelines® Gold Plus” awards, recognizing the hospital for excellent atrial fibrillation (AFib), stroke and Type 2 diabetes care.
• In April 2024, Parkview Health was selected to Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare list.
• In March 2024, Parkview received Stage 7 Validation awards from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), a globally recognized adviser in health information technology.
• Parkview Regional Medical Center (PRMC) was named as one of the best community hospitals for cardiovascular care in the 2024 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals list compiled and published by Fortune/PINC AI in February 2024.

Position Qualifications:

• Pharmacy degree from an ACPE-accredited institution

• Pharmacy licensure or eligibility in Indiana
• Completion of a PGY1 pharmacy residency with a PGY2 in Medication Safety or equivalent acute care experience.
• The candidate will need to be comfortable with autonomy, able to self-motivate and function with minimal supervision, skilled in conflict management, willing to actively learn new concepts, and able to deconstruct a process to drive improvement. They will be diligent and able to effectively multi-task. The ideal candidate will also understand the nuances of team dynamics and understand how their words and actions impact others.

Applications:

Official applications can be submitted online at 

.  Two letters of reference should be sent to Abby Todt, PharmD, Pharmacy Director, 11109 Parkview Plaza Drive, Fort Wayne, IN 46845 or .

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