Patient and Medication Safety Officer

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Patient and Medication Safety Officer

Marshfield, WI

The Medication Safety Officer coordinates the medication safety program across Marshfield Clinic Health System, partnering with regional Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees, the Medication Safety Committee, the Risk Committee, and the Quality Cabinet. This role leads the standardization of medication safety initiatives, builds a culture of medication safety across the enterprise, and ensures the quality and safety of medication administration by all employees at all facilities.

• Coordinate enterprise-wide medication safety initiatives and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Partner with Pharmacy, Therapeutics, and Risk Committees to develop and enforce medication safety protocols.
• Lead data collection, analysis, and reporting on medication safety metrics.
• Educate staff on best practices and support continuous quality improvement in medication administration.
• Advise leadership on medication safety strategy, risk mitigation, and resource allocation.

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm
  
  D) degree from an accredited institution.
• Master’s degree in a related field is preferred.
• Minimum two years of experience in medication safety or pharmacy practice; ASHP accredited residency is preferred.
• License in good standing with the State Board of Pharmacy in the state(s) of practice.

• Cost Center:  Pharmacy-Admin
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  40
• Employee Type:
  Regular
• Work Shift:
  
  Mon‑Fri; 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (United States of America)

Marshfield Clinic Health System is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Employee may not at any time have been or be excluded from participation in any federally funded program, including Medicare and Medicaid. This is or the Health System’s Compliance Officer if he/she is threatened with exclusion or becomes excluded from any federally funded program.