Pharmacy informatics specialist - inpatient and ambulatory services

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Job Title

Pharmacy Informatics Specialist - Inpatient and Ambulatory Services

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Remote Location

Department

Pharmacy IT-Pharmacy

Job Code

T36040

Shift

Days + Call

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Applicants must be licensed in Ohio or Florida and must reside within a commutable distance to a Cleveland Clinic Hospital.

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Pharmacy Informatics Specialist, a caregiver in this role will support medication-related Epic workflows for Cleveland Clinic London Hospital as part of a collaborative Pharmacy Informatics team based in Ohio and Florida. Responsibilities include conducting discovery and quality assurance for medication build requests, partnering with analysts on Willow Inpatient and Willow Ambulatory applications, developing implementation plans, and ensuring medication records support safe and effective ordering within Epic. This role plays an important part in patient safety by maintaining accurate medication records and is ideal for pharmacists with inpatient experience, strong analytical skills, and an interest in pharmacy informatics.

This role will support Cleveland Clinic London while working remotely from Ohio or Florida.

A caregiver in this position will work fully remote and must reside in Ohio or Florida. Caregivers will work Saturday and Sunday back-to-back during their assigned eighth weekend and may be required to work on-site at a Cleveland Clinic location.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Coordinate process design, redesign, system build, system testing and implementation of medication information technologies with interfaces and related IT projects.
• Facilitate the development of medication documentation and ordering systems with other disciplines.
• Ensure ongoing development of automated decision support tools related to the safe and effective use of medications.
• Assist users to modify processes to allow for implementation and efficient use of the clinical information system based on knowledge of clinical practice, patient care standards, elements of good service and cost effective/efficient measures.
• Identify computer capabilities and needs of clinical departments and assure that the objectives and goals of the clinicians are communicated and supported by the system and process improvements are implemented.
• Integrate the design of the medication use documentation systems across disciplines utilizing clinical knowledge.
• Maintain issue logs of requests and follow through with assigned items to completion.
• Communicate timely and accurately to the appropriate committees, project team members and clinicians.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Pharmacy Degree with current state licensure
• Two years working in an acute care setting as a Pharmacist and/or Pharmacy Informatics Specialist OR completion of a residency in Pharmacy Informatics

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Advanced degree in Pharmacy and/or a residency or fellowship training
• Current State licensure as a Registered Pharmacist (RPh) or eligible for reciprocation in current State within 90 days of hire
• Experience building in Epic
• PGY2 in informatics

Physical Requirements:

• Physical demands include periods of standing and walking.
• Dexterity sufficient to perform computer functions and communication via telephone.
• May be required to lift and transport up to ten pounds.
• Requires normal or corrected vision.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances. Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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