Principal Informatics Pharmacist (Remote Available)

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:  Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:

HealthIT Pharmacy Informatics Product Group

Job Summary:

The Principal Informatics Pharmacist is responsible for supporting and optimizing pharmacy applications to ensure accurate medication workflows across VUMC locations. This role manages updates related to medication build, formulary adjustments, order set build, and medication billing. Leads collaboration 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. Has ownership of 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)

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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).

• 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

HealthIT provides the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of:

• Delivering distinctively personalized care

• Improving the health care of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally

• Providing transformative learning programs

• Supporting compelling discoveries

Our tools, which form the digital arteries of VUMC, are either developed in-house by our innovative product teams or selected from the most cutting-edge solutions available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Our 500 colleagues provide ongoing support over each product’s entire lifespan, ensuring that the tools are meeting the evolving needs of the Medical Center’s 24,000 colleagues.

Our solutions are driven by the incredible work and research of our colleagues throughout Vanderbilt and supported through a close partnership with VUMC Information Technology (VUMC IT). The strong collaboration among our teams means that VUMC can respond to clinical and operational issues with agility and innovation. Together, we ensure VUMC remains a leader in its pioneering use of healthcare information technology.

Underscoring our entire department are our core values of accountability, transparency and execution, delivered with a strong Partner Promise.

Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings.

These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South.

Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

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Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Delivers projects/assignments that have a direct impact on goals/objectives of the unit/department that the job is in. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Conducts extensive analysis of situations or data to resolve numerous, complex issues; may involve the input/work of others. Breadth of Knowledge: Has in-depth level of knowledge within a professional area and working knowledge of other areas. Team Interaction: May lead mid-sized projects; coaches and guides team members.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Invests time, energy, and enthusiasm in developing self/others to help improve performance e and gain knowledge in new areas. - Builds and Maintains Relationships: Maintains regular contact with key colleagues and stakeholders using formal and informal opportunities to expand and strengthen relationships. - Communicates Effectively: Recognizes group interactions and modifies one's own communication style to suit different situations and audiences. Delivering Excellent Service: - Serves Others with Compassion: Seeks to understand current and future needs of relevant stakeholders and customizes services to better address them. - Solves Complex Problems: Approaches problems from different angles; Identifies new possibilities to interpret opportunities and develop concrete solutions. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Provides ongoing support and coaching in a constructive manner to increase employees' effectiveness. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Engages regularly in formal and informal dialogue about quality; directly addresses quality issues promptly. - Ensures Continuous Improvement: Applies various learning experiences by looking beyond symptoms to uncover underlying causes of problems and identifies ways to resolve them. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Understands all aspects of providing a safe environment and performs routine safety checks to prevent safety hazards from occurring. Managing Resources Effectively: - Demonstrates Accountability: Demonstrates a sense of ownership, focusing on and driving critical issues to closure. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Applies understanding of the departmental work to effectively manage resources for a department/area. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Demonstrates strong understanding of the information or data to identify and elevate opportunities. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Proactively identifies new ideas/opportunities from multiple sources or methods to improve processes beyond conventional approaches. - Applies Technology: Demonstrates an enthusiasm for learning new technologies, tools, and procedures to address short-term challenges. - Adapts to Change: Views difficult situations and/or problems as opportunities for improvement; actively embraces change instead of emphasizing negative elements.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

LIC-Pharmacist License - Tennessee

Work Experience:

Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level :

5 years

Education:

Doctorate

This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within Vanderbilt Health, supported by a comprehensive benefits package which may include health, disability, retirement and/or wellness offerings to enhance your well-being and professional growth.

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity.  EOE/Vets/Disabled.