Associate Director Pharmacy Informatics

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Responsible for delivering solutions to pharmacy and clinical operations that support the delivery of patient care, specifically related to pharmacy aspects of the care delivery. The pharmacy informatician plays an integral role in translating pharmacy operation’s needs to information technology solutions. They do this through all phases of the technology and software development lifecycle including analysis, build, testing, training, and support. Specifically, the informaticist is responsible for providing clinical pharmacist insight and guidance into the system design.

Job Duties:

• Demonstrates a strong understanding of assigned and related application(s); Proficiency in navigating through the Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Demonstrates critical thinking and analysis skills to identify and evaluate wholistic solutions.
• Remains current with clinical pharmacy work process and changes to facilitate the alignment of the IT systems with those processes.
• Understand the legal and operation needs surrounding pharmacy practice and works to develop processes to address those needs.
• Facilitate and actively contributes in meetings by being an engaged listener and offering both feedback and input.
• Communicates effectively with peers, informaticians, stakeholders, project teams, and leadership. Provides regular updates regarding work status and demonstrates appropriate issue escalation.
• Completes system build and documentation in accordance with department guidelines and in adherence to change management policy.
• Produces documentation including current and future state workflows, pros/cons, gap analysis, needs assessments, design specifications, build documentation, test plans, project plans, status reports and transitionary documentation.
• Adheres to best practices regarding information security.
• Provides remote and/or on-site support as needed to end-users.
• Participates in system testing including scenario-based, integrated, and parallel testing.
• Provides feedback on training materials.
• Participate in on-call rotation as required.

Work is typically performed in an office environment. Travel may be required. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details:

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong understanding of related applications including Epic
• Critical thinking
• Problem management

Preferred Skills:

• Leadership
• Communication
• Teamwork
• IT Project Planning

Software, Tools, and Applications:

• Epic
• Other pharmacy IT systems (Medication dispensing cabinets, labeling systems, prepackaging systems, other robotics)

Certifications and Education:

• PharmD license required

Education:

Doctoral Degree-Pharmacy (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 8 years-Related work experience (Required), Minimum of 2 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

Licensed Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) - State of Pennsylvania

Skills:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Interpersonal Relationships, IT Project Planning, Leadership, Problem Management, Teamwork, Working Independently

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

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