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

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 We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

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