What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Informatics Pharmacist position at Geisinger?
Job Summary
Collaborates with both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy IT and Clinical Informatics for the selection, implementation, and evaluation of automated technology and computerization of pharmacy-related patient care activities including decision support. Works with other external departments to coordinate drug delivery and pharmaceutical care.
Job Duties
Position Details
Must-Have Skills
Bachelor's Degree-Pharmacy (Required), Master's Degree-Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science (Preferred)
Experience
Minimum of 4 years-Related work experience (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)
Licensed Pharmacist - Default Issuing Body
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.
Collaborates with both inpatient and outpatient pharmacy IT and Clinical Informatics for the selection, implementation, and evaluation of automated technology and computerization of pharmacy-related patient care activities including decision support. Works with other external departments to coordinate drug delivery and pharmaceutical care.
Job Duties
- Works in the build, implementation, integration, and maintenance of automation and technology to assure safe and appropriate use of medications.
- Assures appropriate testing of all integrated applications.
- Evaluates and tests system upgrades, new functionality, program implementation changes relative to the changes in pharmacy practice.
- Facilitates problems with pharmacy technology and issues related to decision support and database management.
- Provides pharmacy technology related in-service education for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and external department staff.
- Provides support for workflow analysis and training during implementation of new EMR go lives.
- Is a resource for Revenue Cycle and Revenue Management to troubleshoot charge errors in Siemens or Epic.
- Responsible for updating the Charge Description Master for medications.
- Including descriptions, coding and charges.
- Provides support for the 340b Director for charge and dispense information going to the 340b accumulator from electronic systems.
Position Details
Must-Have Skills
- Strong understanding of related applications, including Epic
- Critical thinking
- Problem Management
- Communication
- Teamwork
- IT Project planning
- Epic
- Other pharmacy IT systems (Medication dispensing cabinets, labeling systems, prepackaging systems, other robotics)
Bachelor's Degree-Pharmacy (Required), Master's Degree-Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Science (Preferred)
Experience
Minimum of 4 years-Related work experience (Required)
Certification(s) and License(s)
Licensed Pharmacist - Default Issuing Body
OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.