PHARMACIST CLINICAL IT

About Us

At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies, and research protocols. We offer competitive rates and compensation programs, a comprehensive benefits program for full and part-time employees, attractive working conditions, and opportunities for career growth through professional development.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Hospital Pharmacy Department to develop, improve, and maintain IT programs that affect Pharmacy.
• Assist in achieving the goals of the Department of Hospital Pharmacy and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Evaluate and test system code changes relative to changes in the state of pharmacy practice.
• Recommend upgrades and suggested changes in computer equipment and software for the Pharmacy Department.
• Respond to pharmacy departmental requests for statistical reports and software evaluation.
• Coordinate all aspects of application/upgrade planning, design, development, testing, communication, and maintenance of existing or new functionality of the Pharmacy system.
• Assure system integrity of the Pharmacy Application.
• Maintain issue management (logging of points).
• Maintain change control documents for Pharmacy Application.
• Apply and make recommendations for script testing of Pharmacy Application.
• Maintain the formulary.
• Support medication dispensing machine issues.
• Participate in committees as assigned by the Department.
• Train all pharmacists on the pharmacy information system.
• Work collaboratively with IT infrastructure, Networking, Server, and Data exchange teams to coordinate technical activities related to the Pharmacy application.
• Develop and maintain support documentation, service desk routing, and knowledge base entries.
• Perform workflow analysis and document workflows and processes using appropriate tools.
• Develop and enhance effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes.
• Demonstrate analytical skills and understanding of client business processes and functional requirements.
• Work with key internal and external staff to recommend efficient, cost-effective solutions that support client business processes and functional requirements.
• Represent IT in Pharmacy technology-related meetings and work with cross-functional teams.
• Identify problem processes, applications, and troubleshoot issues.
• Create and maintain test scripts in support of new installations, projects, and/or system updates.
• Assist with administrative, technical, and customer-facing duties surrounding the successful project implementation of system updates and changes.
• Understand pharmacy end-user workflow.
• Serve as a liaison between end users, subject matter experts, and technical support.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and work independently to maintain application stability and enhance client experience.
• Perform on-call duties as assigned.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and organizational core values.

Beacon Preferred

• Collaborate with oncology end users to analyze workflows, identify risks, and develop solutions to optimize functionality.
• Strong knowledge of clinical oncology care necessary to build Beacon treatment, supportive, and research protocols.
• Comprehensive understanding of system build and knowledge of a wide range of functionality that supports oncology patients through the trajectory of cancer care, including diagnosis, staging, tumor board, navigation, treatment, supportive care, and survivorship.
• Working knowledge of facility structure, department, and pharmacy build.
• Experience in Epic Ambulatory and Willow preferred.
• Experience with oncology-based 3rd party systems preferred.

Requirements

• Healthcare IT experience required or minimum 5 years hospital-based IT experience, along with enrollment in a higher education program.
• Clinical/Medical/Pharmacy certification or degree preferred.
• Bachelor's of Science in PharmD degree preferred.
• Epic Certification in Willow or in-process of obtaining Epic certification is preferred.
• Experience in healthcare information technology with solid knowledge base of Epic backend (Cache).
• Experience in Current Windows 20XX Server and server-side printing, Citrix Server, relational databases, programming, and file structure creation and transfer preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement.