Manager - Opioid Stewardship Pharmacist - Remote

Job Description:

• Assists in the development of strategic goals and objectives for opioid stewardship and supports the development of compliance strategy for pharmacy and provides ongoing monitoring.
• Works collaboratively with physicians and other members of the healthcare team to develop programs/guidelines/order sets and/or evidence-based pain medication regimens.
• Collaborates with site opioid stewardship pharmacists to help with opioid-specific quality improvement initiatives and activities that promote positive patient outcomes (inpatient, outpatient, and community). These activities may include but are not limited to: Medication Use Evaluation (MUE), Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting, resolving drug therapy questions, therapeutic drug monitoring and identifying drug interactions and allergies.
• Reviews controlled substance formulary for the system on a regular basis and makes clinical recommendations on formulary management.
• Serves as a clinical resource to hospital, community and system leaders to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and organizational policies related to control substance prescribing and dispensing.
• Helps to create and implement training programs related to compliance initiatives for opioid stewardship, accreditation standards, regulatory standards, and other best-practice systems.
• Serves as a subject matter expert and supports ongoing review and development of opioid stewardship program workflows and procedures.
• Assists in the development and management of pharmacy quality metrics for opioid stewardship.
• Monitors opioid dispensing patterns and analyzes data to identify trends, potential risks, and areas for improvement in collaboration with providers.
• Provides critical oversight and monitoring of drug diversion tools and processes, ensuring adequate safeguards to prevent drug diversion.
• Assists site drug diversion committees and system leads with investigations relating to suspected and confirmed drug diversions.
• Maintains a proactive approach to evaluate new strategies and processes with regards to opioid stewardship and prevention of drug diversion.
• Builds relationships with hospital, ambulatory and system pharmacy teams and other business partners to support a culture of compliance.
• Assists in data collection and process review to gather information used to collaborate with legal counsel and pharmacy leadership to draft and update policies and standard operating procedures.
• Establish relationships with local, state, and national organizations working on opioid-related issues.
• Provides leadership on committees including but not limited to Pharmacy &Therapeutics Committee, Baptist Opioid Stewardship Committee, Pharmacy Medication Safety Committee and Drug Diversion Committee.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy or PharmD required.
• Kentucky Board of Pharmacy license required.
• Certification in Opioid Stewardship training preferred.
• 3 years of work-related experience OR completion of PGY-1 program.
• Experience in pharmacy compliance or risk management or related field work preferred.
• Strong knowledge of state and federal pharmacy laws and regulations preferred.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and analytical skills preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint and other pharmacy related applications preferred.