What are the responsibilities and job description for the Drug Diversion Specialist position at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health?
Overview
Full Time/ Partially Remote Position
The Drug Diversion Specialist supports the daily operations of the Dartmouth Health Drug Diversion Prevention Program, including without limitation diversion education, surveillance, auditing, and investigation activities across Dartmouth Health member locations. Reporting to Director, Drug Diversion Prevention Program, the position will be primarily assigned to Drug Diversion Prevention Program activities at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hithcock Clinics, with additional health system responsibilities and duties at other Dartmouth Health locations as assigned.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with 5 years of experience in healthcare safety/quality improvement, regulatory compliance, and leadership.
- Master’s Degree in Nursing, Analytics, or Healthcare-related field.
- Experience with nursing, pharmacy, hospital, and clinical operations, required.
- Experience in drug diversion prevention, detection, and response processes, preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to develop positive relationships with key stakeholders, strong conflict management skills.
- Ability to work with data and draw inferences from multiple sources and types of information.
- Ability to analyze complex issues, and develop relevant and realistic improvement plans/recommendations.
- Experience planning and managing complex projects.
- Demonstrated excellence in facilitation and teaching.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
- Microsoft Office Suite competence: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Familiarity, and ability to stay current, with relevant DEA, Board of Pharmacy, FDA, Joint Commission, CMS standards and regulations.
- Must thrive working in fast-paced, innovative environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient.
- Ability and willingness to be available on call.
Required Licensure/Certifications
- Registered Nurse with New Hampshire and Vermont eligibility.
