Pharmacy Engagement Specialist

CereCore Intl; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

HCA Healthcare is seeking a Pharmacy Engagement Specialist to liaison between the Corporate Medication Management Alignment Team and divisional facilities. You will track MMA standards alignment, perform gap analyses, and define implementation timelines while traveling up to 25% of the time.

You will lead the rollout of a unified medication build in Expanse, communicate progress to senior leadership, and support facility and division leadership through change management.

Qualifications

• Licensed Pharmacist (US-based) required.
• Graduate of an accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency; PGY2 Informatics preferred.
• 2+ years acute care pharmacy experience; 1+ year healthcare leadership experience.
• Experience with EHR and informatics implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of a unified build approach to medications in Expanse.
• Communicate how current and future initiatives advance patient care.
• Support engagement and change management within facilities and divisions.
• Promote Expanse initiatives and learning across the organization.
• Foster an environment for practice improvement and learning.
• Develop implementation timelines with divisions and facilities.
• Serve as a resource to divisions implementing standards.
• Support inventory analysis and procurement gap resolution.

Skills

Leadership

Change management

Communication

Healthcare informatics

EHR systems

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Education

Pharmacist license

PGY1 residency

PGY2 Informatics residency

Job description

The Pharmacy Engagement Specialist works independently, as a liaison between HCA Healthcare’s Corporate Medication Management Alignment Team (MMA) and divisional facilities. The Pharmacy Engagement Specialist will be tracking alignment of MMA Standards across applicable divisions and facilities. Activities may include completion of standards gap analysis, detailing 3rd party system impact and defining implementation timelines. This role requires up to 25% travel (on average one trip every 1-2 months).

Major Responsibilities

• Leadership of the implementation of a unified build approach to medications in Expanse.
• With direction from the Sr. Director of Pharmacy Informatics and Engagement, executes the Medication Management Alignment process and effectively communicates how current and future initiatives/projects advance patient care.
• Support engagement and change management of facility and division Pharmacy leadership.
• Actively and enthusiastically promotes both current Expanse initiatives as well as ongoing Expanse learning and innovation.
• Cultivates an environment for ongoing practice improvement/organization learning.
• Partner with divisions and facilities on development of implementation timeline and ensure completion of implementation activities.
• Serve as a resource to divisions and facilities implementing standards, answering questions and providing feedback to MMA Team at Corporate.
• Support development and implementation of inventory analysis, including inventory run down plans and procurement of medication inventory gaps identified in gap analysis.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years Acute Care Pharmacy experience – Required
• Minimum 1 year of leadership experience in healthcare – Required
• Minimum of 1 year Clinical/Pharmacy Informatics and Electronic Health Record experience required with experience in implementations – Preferred

Education, Licenses, Certifications, & Training

• Licensed Pharmacist (U.S. based) – Required
• Graduate of an accredited PGY1 and PGY2 pharmacy residency program – Preferred
• Graduate of an accredited PGY2 Informatics residency program – Preferred

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Behaviors

• Leading through Vision and Values – Keeping the organization’s vision and values at the forefront of associate decision-making and action.
• Driving Execution – Translating strategy into operational reality; breaking down strategies or business initiatives into key tasks and identifying accountabilities; aligning communication, people, culture, processes, resources and systems to ensure effective implementation and delivery of required results. Ability to define and execute strategies and solutions to loosely-defined business problems/opportunities.
• Operational Decision Making – Securing and comparing information from multiple sources to identify business issues; committing to an action after weighing alternative solutions against important decision criteria.
• Empowerment / Delegation – Sharing authority and responsibilities with others to move decision making and accountability downward through the organization, enable individuals to stretch their capabilities, and accomplish the business unit’s strategic priorities.
• Core Competencies in Business Analysis and Communication – Experience in business needs assessments, prioritization techniques, and business case development as well as strong communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills and excellent organizational skills, with special attention to detail.
• Healthcare and Electronic Health Record – Experience and knowledge about working with EHR and clinical informatics solutions within a healthcare system and progressive experience and solid understanding of the healthcare industry with a focus on enhancing clinician workflow via technology solutions to improve outcomes.