INFORMATICS PHARMACIST . Full Time

Breakthrough Maker Opportunity at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) offers countless ways to change lives. Our diverse community of more than 20,000 Breakthrough Makers will inspire you to pursue passions, develop expertise, and drive innovation. CHOP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, or any other legally protected categories in any employment, training, or vendor decisions or programs. Participates in planning, implementing, supporting and optimizing Pharmacy based projects related to Information Systems & Applications within the CHOP Pharmacy department - Inpatient, Retail, Specialty Care and Home Care.
Serve as a liaison between the Pharmacy Department and EPIC Willow to coordinate and facilitate Pharmacy requests for changes, maintenance, and enhancements.
Participates in support, implementation, and troubleshooting of the Epic EHR system, identifying potential problems, and implementing resolutions in collaboration EPIC Willow and other EPIC Clinical teams as needed.
Maintains the integrity of automation systems, relevant databases and interfaces.
In collaboration with Information Services and product vendors configures, implements, and maintains Pharmacy automation and technology to optimize pharmacy practice, pharmacy systems, and the medication-use process.
In concert with Medication Safety, Biomedical Engineering, and Clinical Pharmacy, maintains and updates smart pump infusion databases.
Track, maintain, prioritize and manage Pharmacy EPIC maintenance/ enhancement requests
Assesses problems and recommends solutions related to Epic interfaced Pharmacy applications and the medication dispensing process.
In collaboration with Epic Willow, evaluates, develops, implements, and maintains Epic / Pharmacy Automation test systems functionality to meet clinical objective
In concert with Epic Willow, perform testing of Epic interfaced Pharmacy applications prior to Epic upgrades
Works with Pharmacy Department - Inpatient, Retail, Specialty, Homecare to determine operational needs and available technology options
Performs continual assessment of available application enhancements and department requirements to facilitate continued improvements in software capability as required to meet the Department of Pharmacy goals
System analysis, design, and implementation of software systems where applicable
Assists in installation and support of vendor applications
Supports application implementation, upgrades and maintenance where applicable. Software installations : including; Database maintenance
In concert with EPIC Willow and application vendors, identify interface requirements to support build by the interface team to then allow coordinated testing of the interface between applications
Identify need for custom programming logic and validate implemented logic within the application
Serves as liaison between department stakeholders and vendor representatives during assessment of applications and application configuration processes
Coordinates with staff members and vendor to prepare for implementation and support of new and existing application upgrades
Assists in initial and on-going user training and education in the use of new department applications
Provides on-going user support and/or assist in education for enhancements to existing applications
Participates in project planning
Participates in the management of projects directly related to Pharmacy applications or other hospital projects impacting pharmacy as designated by department management
Prepare/review project documentation. current procedure review, functional requirements, project management plans (PMP), test plans, solution requirements documents (SRD), meeting minutes, request for change (RFC), issues documentation or other documentation required by department management and/or Information Services
Participates in application optimization and training
Provides onsite optimization and support of department applications
Continuous review of application upgrade release notes to determine benefits and feasibility of implementation
Works with department leaders and educators to prioritize and determine timelines for scheduling of training for end-users as necessary for upgrades, changes to functionality or workflows and optimization of current functionality
Works with department leaders and educators to facilitate integration of new applications or system enhancements into department SOPs and work processes
In concert with stakeholders, provides communication to department staff regarding planned systems outages and ensures downtime materials are up to date and staff is trained
Assists with staff training, particularly in conjunction with new implementations and significant upgrades
Communicates enhancement requests to application vendors
Monitors Pharmacy Informatics Status
Prepares quarterly status summary of submitted Pharmacy change/maintenance/ enhancement requests and projects for presentation to department Informatics subcommittee and other stakeholders
Co-chairs the Pharmacy Informatics sub-committee
Collaborates with department leadership to summarize and prioritize Pharmacy Information Services (IS) project requests for presentation at Pharmacy / IS leadership bi-monthly committee meetings
Updates pump library databases per recommendations of the Infusion Pump Data Set Advisory Group and Medication Safety Team
Provides recommendations for optimal pump library protocol build for integration with Epic
Coordinates new library releases with Medication Safety, Epic Willow, and Biomedical Engineering

Bachelor's Degree Pharmacy - Required
Doctorate Pharmacy - Preferred
At least two (2) years Pharmacy experience in a hospital - Required
PGY1 Residency training or equivalent clinical experience - Preferred and
PGY2 in Pharmacy Informatics, Master's Degree in Healthcare Informatics or equivalent Informatics experience - Preferred
Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service and understanding of general hospital operations

• Must possess strong oral and written communication skills including the ability to translate computer technology to user friendly language
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of pharmacy and the medication use process, pump technologies and databases, perpetual inventory management software, automated dispensing cabinets, medication carousels, dispensing robots, point-of-sale cash registers, and barcode medication administration
• Demonstrates strong project management skills through project plan development, tracking and workflow analysis. 340B split-billing software (Preferred proficiency)

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