IT Pharmacist, Willow Ambulatory, Remote

Virtua Health; New Jersey; On-site; USD 111,000 - 178,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription

Dental and vision insurance

403(b) retirement plan

Paid time off

Paid sick leave

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Virtua Health IT Pharmacist role maintains clinical application systems for pharmacy support services, coordinating with Clinical Informatics to support leadership and staff.

The position focuses on evaluation, design, implementation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of computerized pharmacy information with on-call duties and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a hospital pharmacy role with knowledge of drug naming conventions and hospital workflow.
• Familiarity with information systems terminology and desktop solutions; ability to set priorities and work independently.
• Active Epic Willow Ambulatory and/or Inpatient Certification or a clinical Pharmacy background.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily routine of any Information System related to Patient Medication Workflow and the Virtua Pharmacy Department.
• Coordinate and monitor the implementation and utilization of the systems to ensure they 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 data base modification.
• Assists in performance of necessary system upgrades.
• Collaborates with Information Services and Change Management to maintain system integrity.
• Provides 24x7 On-Call support for Pharmacy and Patient Medication Workflow Related Systems.

Skills

Epic Willow

Clinical Pharmacy

Hospital Pharmacy

IS Liaison

On-Call Support

Education

PharmD

BS in Pharmacy

Tools

EPIC Willow

Pharmacy Information Systems

Job description

Active Epic Willow Ambulatory and/or Epic Willow Inpatient Certification or a clinical Pharmacy background required.

Epic certified analysts preferred!

Active Epic Willow Ambulatory and/or Epic Willow Inpatient Certification or a clinical Pharmacy background required.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm

Summary

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 data base 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, 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.

Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required

3+ years of experience in a hospital pharmacy role. Must possess practical experience and formal training in a Pharmacy discipline such that they are comfortable with highly specialized drug naming conventions, pharmacy workflow, terminology, and operations of a hospital-based pharmacy. Needs to be knowledgeable in various aspects of information systems terminology, information systems processing, and desktop solutions. The IT Pharmacist needs to be able to set priorities and work independently.

Required Education

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

Salary

Salary: $110,912 - $177,972 Yearly

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
• optional long-term disability
• colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance
• tuition assistance
• an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions

Eligibility for benefits is governed by the applicable plan documents and policies.