[Hiring] Principal Informatics Pharmacist @Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Role Description

The Principal Informatics Pharmacist is responsible for supporting and optimizing pharmacy applications to ensure accurate medication workflows across VUMC locations. This role manages updates related to medication build, formulary adjustments, order set build, and medication billing. Leads collaboration with team members to maintain system reliability and compliance with regulatory requirements, contributing to safe and timely medication delivery.

• Performs critical clinical duties on the Pharmacy Informatics team, which manages medication safety configurations for workflows across the enterprise.
• Applies critical pharmacy practice knowledge to ensure clinically appropriate updates to medication dosing, formulary, drug preparation, and shortage management.
• Has ownership of maintaining order sets, ensuring accurate medication build, and adapting workflows to regulatory and clinical changes that directly impact patient care and safety throughout the medication use process.

(Note: This role is open to remote work from most US locations)

Qualifications

• Experience with Epic Pharmacy applications (Epic Willow certification strongly preferred).
• Familiarity with Omnicell-Epic interface preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree (required) / Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - strongly preferred.

Requirements

• Technical Analysis (Advanced): Understands core functionality of assigned products and their interactions with other systems.
• Configuration Management and Planning (Intermediate): Applies knowledge to support configuration plans and schedules.
• Testing (Advanced): Participates in test planning and execution for moderately complex scenarios.
• Product Knowledge (Intermediate): Demonstrates solid understanding of Epic Willow and other pharmacy applications and related systems.
• Problem Management (Intermediate): Handles incident tracking and problem reporting for routine and moderately complex issues.
• Business Knowledge (Intermediate): Understands core business processes and how technology supports them.

Benefits

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Health
• Disability
• Retirement
• Wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.