Pharmacist Informatics Specialist - EPIC Required (remote)

  • Galveston
  • Utmb Health

Pharmacist Informatics Specialist - EPIC Required (remote) Galveston, Texas, United States New Allied Health UTMB Health Requisition # Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent and/or two years of related experience. Two years of IS-related experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) systems (i.e. Epic, Pearl, McKesson, Cerner, eClinicalWorks, Allscripts, GE Healthcare, etc), or has pharmacy informatics residency or fellowship training Must possess sufficient educational background and/or experience to conduct clinical application analysis and/or programming of intermediate to complex systems, analysis of clinical workflows, and system adoption strategies. Experience building and implementing EMR protocols in a multi-facility hospital and clinic environment. Licensed to practice pharmacy in the state of Texas, or eligible. Licensure must be obtained within 90 days of the start date. Preferred Qualifications: Doctor of Pharmacy Epic Willow certification strongly preferred 2 years of build experience Job Summary: This position is responsible for the design, configuration, implementation, optimization, maintenance, and support of intermediate to highly complex clinical systems related to pharmacy in compliance with all applicable regulations and organizational policies. In collaboration with Pharmacy Services and Information Services, Pharmacy Informatics Specialist participates in the analysis, design, implementation, education, and support of computer application systems (i.e. Epic, PACMed, Carousels, Robot, Pyxis, etc.); determines business requirements and user needs in developing solutions. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS INCLUDE: Analyzes complex clinical operations and structure processes to facilitate decision-making regarding clinical informationsystems. Participates in system analysis and research related to current and proposed clinical information systems. Participates in the planning, development, implementation, upgrading, maintenance, and evaluation of clinical information systems. Activities may include data collection, cataloging of gathered information, documentation of processes, and communication with members of IS and clinical services. Accurately and promptly analyzes the impact of information technology in clinical work processes. Communicates issues and topics with team members, pharmacy leadership, and ISleadership. Participates in interdisciplinary and process improvement teams to identify potential future uses of the information systems and potential improvements in the current use of the systems. Serves as a pharmacy informatics resource to individuals and teams throughout thefacility. Coordinates and facilitates on-going information system evaluation, including user accuracy, data integrity, and systemreliability. Develops and implements action plans as needed to support user accuracy, data integrity and system reliability. Participates in post implementation change evaluation and supports users in maintaining changed processes. Designs processes and plans for measurement and evaluation of system installation, routine utilization, and/orenhancements. Participatesineffortstowardmaintainingcomponentsoftheinformationsystems,includingrevisions, testing system changes, and integration of changes into the operationalenvironment. Salary Range: $126,692 to $202,708, commensurate with experience. Equal Employment Opportunity UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Compensation