Job Description

ECU Health

About ECU Health Medical Center
ECU Health Medical Center, one of four academic medical centers in North Carolina, is the 974-bed flagship hospital for ECU Health and serves as the primary teaching hospital for The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health Medical Center has achieved Magnet® designation twice and provides acute and intermediate care, rehabilitation and outpatient health services to a 29-county region that is home to more than 1.4 million people.
Position Summary

Pharmacist IS Specialist I - The Pharmacist IS Specialist role uses knowledge of information technology (IT) systems and medication-use processes to improve patient care by supporting technologies that lead to safer, more cost effective medication use across ECU Health. This role includes automation and technology systems management, clinical information systems, pharmacy computer systems, and training and education. This role supports multiple stakeholders as the resource for advanced requests related to pharmacy and medication use system changes. Completion of these requests requires an in depth understanding of operations and data analytics skills to ensure solutions meet the needs of the organization. This role routinely leverages knowledge of pharmacy practice, pharmacy automation, clinical information systems, and pharmacy computer systems working in concert with the Manager of Pharmacy Applications.
Minimum Requirements

• BS/Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy registered/licensed with the North Carolina State Board of Pharmacy.
• Residency training in inpatient pharmacy practice, drug information or inpatient pharmacy administration or equivalent experience required
• 2 years of Information Technology/Clinical Systems experience preferred
• 3 years of experience involving pharmacy practice, drug information or pharmacy administration required
• Operational knowledge of healthcare areas such as nursing, perioperative services, emergency department and support services required
• Ability to provide simple to moderate qualitative and quantitative analysis on data and information as part of medication requirements gathering prior to build.
• Proven ability to lead the management of clinical knowledge databases (e.g. drug-drug interactions, route selection, etc.), guideline compliance rules (e.g. hard edits and reminders), and decision support toolsets (e.g. best practice advisories).
• Leverages pharmacy practice experience to create and manage a standardized formulary (administration, clinical, ordering and dispensing) and resulting impact of changes to downstream ancillary systems across the multi-site healthcare environment
• Obtains and/or maintains current certification from the vendor and continued education/learning to understand the functionality of the electronic health record.
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with IT best practices (build tracking, change management, end user testing and/or integrated testing, mock live, go-live support, and transition to support).
• Able to work in a dynamically changing environment with competing priorities.
• Ability to communicate clinical concepts to technical team and system design concepts to end users.
• Ability to effectively validate and support clinical applications

General Statement

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.
Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.
We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant's qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.