At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work.

Roles/responsibilities

The Pharmacy Business Specialist performs professional work with knowledge and experience in own discipline, while continually acquiring higher level expertise and skills; Builds knowledge of the organization’s policies, processes, and procedures regarding controlled substances; Forms a solid understanding of State and Federal regulatory agencies St. Luke’s is governed by and the regulations set forth by those agencies.

Diversion Support Pharmacy Business Specialist responsibilities:

• Assist with ensuring policies and procedures are compliant with State and Federal regulations.
• Collect and analyze data from various systems;  generate reports and conduct research of controlled substance activity throughout the Health System to identify trends and anomalous activity.
• Monitor software settings and transactions to detect and prevent controlled substance diversion and to ensure compliance with policies.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary individuals and teams to optimize the effectiveness and efficiency of the Controlled Substance Diversion Prevention Program while creating and maintaining positive relationships.
• Assist with controlled substance process audits and support the completion of corresponding action plans.
• Assist with developing, maintaining and presenting standardized controlled substance diversion prevention education.
• Provide support during diversion investigations and assist in organizing key stakeholders.
• Assist in identifying diversion risk points and forming risk mitigation strategies.
• Assist individuals, sites, departments with questions, concerns, and requests regarding controlled substances and/or diversion
• Assist with supporting sites/departments through external audits and/or surveys.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors degree or experience in lieu of degree
• Experience: Three (3) years Pharmacy, Nursing or other clinical healthcare experience strongly preferred
• Licenses/Certifications: None

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Personify Health Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.