Senior Informatics Pharmacist (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville seeks a Senior Informatics Pharmacist to optimize pharmacy applications and medication workflows across VUMC locations. You will support updates to medication build, formulary, order sets, and billing, ensuring safe, accurate medicine use and timely delivery.

You will collaborate with the Pharmacy Informatics team to maintain system reliability, regulatory compliance, and provide onboarding, training, and ongoing support across enterprise

Qualifications

• Experience with Epic Pharmacy apps (Epic Willow certification strongly preferred).
• IV pump integration experience is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with Omnicell-Epic interface preferred.
• Bachelor's degree (required) / Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Designs, builds, configures, and maintains Epic Willow, Omnicell and other pharmacy systems to support clinical and operational workflows.
• Responsible for effective process design, translation of requests into system specifications, priority setting, troubleshooting and issue resolution, and ongoing management and support of the Pharmacy systems using knowledge of pharmacy practice and informatics concepts.
• Reviews and analyzes workflows supported by assigned products and their relationship to technical environments.
• Designs and plans testing, quality assurance, reporting, and product life cycle activities.
• Determines the clinical appropriateness of medication build and configuration, applies expertise in medication management in complex technical scenarios, and collaborates with customers and vendors to resolve issues and implement enhancements.
• Provides user support and assists with onboarding and training as needed.
• Performs routine maintenance and troubleshooting independently.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Skills

Pharmacy informatics expertise

Clinical workflow optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree (required)

Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - preferred

Tools

Epic Willow

Omnicell-Epic interface

Job description

Discover Vanderbilt Health

With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region's largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world‑class care to the people of the Mid‑South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you'll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated. We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.

Organization: HealthIT Pharmacy Informatics Product Group

Job Summary

The Senior Informatics Pharmacist is responsible for supporting and optimizing pharmacy applications to ensure accurate medication workflows across VUMC locations. This role assists with updates related to medication build, formulary adjustments, order set build, and medication billing. The analyst collaborates 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. The role applies critical pharmacy practice knowledge to ensure clinically appropriate updates to medication dosing, formulary, drug preparation, and shortage management. Responsibilities include 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)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs, builds, configures, and maintains Epic Willow , Omnicell and other pharmacy systems to support clinical and operational workflows.
• Responsible for effective process design, translation of requests into system specifications, priority setting, troubleshooting and issue resolution, and ongoing management and support of the Pharmacy systems using knowledge of pharmacy practice and informatics concepts.
• Reviews and analyzes workflows supported by assigned products and their relationship to technical environments.
• Designs and plans testing, quality assurance, reporting, and product life cycle activities.
• Determines the clinical appropriateness of medication build and configuration, applies expertise in medication management in complex technical scenarios, and collaborates with customers and vendors to resolve issues and implement enhancements.
• Provides user support and assists with onboarding and training as needed.
• Performs routine maintenance and troubleshooting independently.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with Epic Pharmacy applications ( Epic Willow certification strongly preferred).
• IV pump integration experience is strongly preferred
• Familiarity with Omnicell-Epic interface preferred.
• Bachelor's degree (required) / Doctor of Pharmacy ( PharmD ) - strongly preferred

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Technical Analysis (Advanced): Understands core functionality of assigned products and their interactions with other systems. Able to communicate with users and customers regarding various business functions in an easily understood manner. Possesses sufficient knowledge, training, and experience to be capable to successfully design build, configure, install, run reports, and perform maintenance support with minimal instruction or guidance from others. Participates in optimization efforts. May lead projects and delegate tasks.
• Configuration Management and Planning (Intermediate): Applies knowledge to support configuration plans and schedules. Handles multiple tasks and communicates effectively with stakeholders about technology changes.
• Testing (Advanced): Participates in test planning and execution for moderately complex scenarios. Identifies issues and works independently to resolve them.
• Product Knowledge (Intermediate): Demonstrates solid understanding of Epic Willow and other pharmacy applications and related systems. Contributes to projects and supports application development.
• Problem Management (Intermediate): Handles incident tracking and problem reporting for routine and moderately complex issues. Suggests solutions and escalates when needed.
• Business Knowledge (Intermediate): Understands core business processes and how technology supports them. Communicates effectively with users and team members about system impacts.

About the Department

Health IT

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