Business Analyst - Pharmacist

Bon Secours Health System; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 40,000 - 66,000; Part time

Job summary

Bon Secours Health System is partnering with Meditech to implement Meditech Expanse across five hospitals by summer 2025, with the Pharmacy stream focused on building, configuring, testing and documenting the EHR.

The role of Business Analyst - Pharmacist (Part time) supports requirements gathering, dictionary standardisation, and end-user training within the Pharmacy Working Group, combining clinical pharmacy expertise with IT delivery in a hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification hospital experience is required.
• Ability to gather requirements and develop standards for data dictionaries.
• Clinical review of pharmacy drug dictionary entries following validation guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Play an instrumental role in the implementation and ongoing development of electronic medical records.
• Gather requirements, develop dictionary standards, develop site-specific and corporate content.
• Work with assigned user areas (pharmacy, nursing, inpatient medicine) regarding system optimisation and project work.
• Attend vendor education sessions and provide innovative solutions to add value.
• Collaborate with the pharmacy module readiness and READY Consultants as part of the stream.
• Recommend system functionality and access levels.
• Assist in developing processes and workflows for pharmacy information movement.
• Provide Business Analyst support, including system testing and high level validation.
• Assist in developing training materials and deliver end-user training as required.

Skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Education

M. Pharm. qualification

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst - Pharmacist (Part time)

Reporting to: Pharmacy Working Group Lead

Location:

Open to all Locations/Hybrid Working Model

Job Purpose:

BSHS is partnering with Meditech to implement Meditech Expanse, an electronic health record (EHR), across all five Bon Secours hospitals by the summer 2025. Working groups are divided into the following three streams:

• Revenue Cycle
• Technical
• Clinical

Within the clinical stream are ten different working groups: Patient Access, Pharmacy, Pathology/Lab, Diagnostic Imaging, Medical Records, Ambulatory/MAU, Inpatient Medicine, Theatre, Oncology, and Interprofessional/Nursing.

The role will participate in the Pharmacy working group which builds, configures, tests, documents the Electronic Health Record.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Play an instrumental role in the implementation and ongoing development of electronic medical records.
• Gather requirements, develop dictionary standards, develop site-specific and corporate content.
• Work with assigned user areas (pharmacy, nursing, inpatient medicine) in regard to system optimisation and project related work.
• Clinically review pharmacy drug dictionary entries (routes of administration, label comments, associated lab values, common doses associated with formulary medications) following defined validation guidelines.
• Attend vendor educations sessions as part of the working group and provide forward thinking innovative solutions and identify opportunities to add value to the project.
• Work closely with members of the Stream Leadership Team and READY Consultants for the pharmacy module.
• Recommend system functionality and access.
• Assist in the development of appropriate systems, processes and workflows to ensure the movement of information throughout the pharmacy Working Group.
• Provide Business Analyst support as required (System testing, including high level validation, functional integrated, and parallel testing).
• Assist in development of training materials for use in super-user and end-user training and provide end-user training as required.

Essential criteria:

• M. Pharm. qualification
• Registration with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) or entitlement to be registered.
• Have at least one (1) year of satisfactory post-qualification experience in a hospital setting
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Proven multi-tasking experience whilst maintaining a high attention to detail

Desirable criteria:

• Evidence of Continual Professional Development (CPD)
• Previous employment in a healthcare setting where an electronic health record was implemented
• I.T project / health informatics experience
• Familiarity with hospital pharmacy drug formularies, e.g. procurement rotations completed

Closing date for this role is: 01/10/2026

Bon Secours Health System is an equal opportunities employer. Our values of Human Dignity, Compassion, Stewardship, Service and Integrity guide everything we do.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees have the opportunity to thrive. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, abilities and perspectives, and provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require any assistance, please contact us.