[Hiring] IT Pharmacist @Virtua Health

Role Description

The IT Pharmacist maintains clinical application systems for pharmaceutical support services provided by pharmacy staff, nursing, and other operational staff as needed. Responsible for evaluation, design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of computerized pharmacy information. This position will also work with the Clinical Informatics team to serve as liaison to Virtua’s Clinical Pharmacy leadership and staff.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for daily routine maintenance of any Information System related to Patient Medication Workflow and the Virtua Pharmacy Department.
• Assist in coordinating and monitoring the implementation and utilization of the systems to ensure the systems work efficiently and according to design.
• Supports and troubleshoots all computer-related needs at the request of management.
• Coordinates design, build, and implementation of routine database modification.
• Assists in performance of necessary system upgrades.
• Collaborates with Information Services and Change Management to maintain system integrity.
• Supports emerging technology and periodically reevaluates to incorporate new technology with existing system.
• Identifies, supports, and uses technologies and methods to maximize performance within IS (Support) and Virtua Pharmacy (Operations) that will enhance the value provided by IS to support the overall Virtua initiatives and workflow process.
• Serves as the IS Liaison to the customer base.
• Demonstrates leadership and ability to coordinate pharmacy operations, support staff, Clinical Informatics, and facilitate appropriate pharmacy system functioning.
• Provide 24x7 On-Call support for all Pharmacy and Patient Medication Workflow Related Systems.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a hospital pharmacy role.
• Must possess practical experience and formal training in a Pharmacy discipline.
• Comfortable with highly specialized drug naming conventions, pharmacy workflow, terminology, and operations of a hospital-based pharmacy.
• Knowledgeable in various aspects of information systems terminology, information systems processing, and desktop solutions.
• Ability to set priorities and work independently.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.
• Epic certified analysts preferred!
• Active Epic Willow Ambulatory and/or Epic Willow Inpatient Certification or a clinical Pharmacy background required.

Benefits

• Medical/prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement).
• Paid time off.
• Paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws.
• Short-term disability and optional long-term disability.
• Colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.