Clin Apps Analyst -Pharmacist

IT Services

Full Time

Day Shift

M-F 08:00AM to 17:00PM

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina and the first hospital in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes six community medical centers and employs more than 8,700 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

Job Summary

Clinical Application Analyst - Pharmacist works in the build, implementation, and maintenance of automation and technology to optimize pharmacy practice, pharmacy systems, and the medication-use process. Specializes in the medication process, from ordering to administration, and is responsible for effective process design, development, and implementation of the EMR and CDS. Supports pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and other clinicians as the resource for requests related to EMR and pharmacy system changes.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Graduate of an ACPE accredited College of Pharmacy

Minimum Years of Experience: None

Substitutable Education & Experience: None

Required Certifications/Licensure: Registered pharmacist in the state of South Carolina or eligible;

Registered pharmacist in the state of South Carolina or eligible.

Required Training: Knowledge of contemporary hospital/clinical practice and service and understanding of general hospital operations

Essential Functions

• 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.
• Ensures that knowledge-based information, which includes the scientific literature of healthcare, is appropriately considered and evaluated prior to implementation of software changes.
• Participates in development, monitoring, and evaluation of decision support for continuous improvement, particularly for medications.
• Partners with clinicians to identify and facilitate advanced clinical decision support implementation within the EMR in order to meet clinical goals.
• Participates in functional testing for human factors issues before and after system upgrades and improvements.
• Responsible for order set management, including development and maintenance of overall principles for safe design and use of order sets, with a focus on medications.
• Development and maintenance of standard order set clinical content, standards, patient safety principles, and evidence based practice guidelines.
• Promotes effective communication concerning medication use applications.
• Assumes responsibility for the timely dissemination of information as related to pharmacy automation and technology.
• Participates as a member of interdepartmental committees when requested and imparts knowledge related to pharmacy automation and technology.
• Actively participates in the development, prioritization, and determination or core clinical decision-support systems.
• Ensures pharmacy systems are compliant with and support regulatory guidelines.
• Ensures that medication related systems support compliance with state and federal rules and regulations.
• Ensures that medication related systems support compliance with DNV, Centers for Medicaid/Medicare Services, and recognized pharmacy practice standards.
• Participates in research activities related to the advancement of pharmaceutical care. Provides support for pharmacy residency research activities.
• Provides support to medical staff and allied health professionals for drug utilization data gathering and analysis.
  
  

Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports drug data analysis for Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee activities.
• Provides support for internal audits, billing and financial analysis.
• Assists leadership in the advancement of pharmacy automation and technology.
• Helps develop and facilitate the implementation of goals and objectives for the advancement of automation technology.
• Participates in quality projects and on assigned committees to provide expertise on using the clinical information system to achieve goals.
• In conjunction with the pharmacy leadership team, provides assistance to the institution’s committees and clinical leaders to ensure that medication-related systems support inoperability and transportability of clinical information while maintaining patient safety and confidentiality. Demonstrates teamwork within the IS Department and participates in the group approach to patient care by providing support to peers and other practice areas as needed in addition to daily assignments.
• Demonstrates reliability and accountability to Pharmacy Department, colleagues, and healthcare professionals.
• Serves as an internal and external liaison for the goals and vision of Information Services. Demonstrate dedication and loyalty to the department and colleagues.
• Participates actively with the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and other groups as requested.
• Designs and implements quality improvement changes to the organization’s medication-use system.
• Conducts practice-related projects, clinical research, or pharmacy CQI initiatives using effective project management skills.
• Reviews protocols, orders, and policies as requested.
• Reviews, evaluates, and discusses the results of investigations or pharmacy informatics/practice-related issues.
• Maintains a sustained record of contribution to the total body of knowledge in pharmacy practice through presentations, publications, and professional affiliation activities.
• Maintains a high professional profile and active membership in the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
• Membership in other local, state, or national professional organizations is highly encouraged.
• Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.
  
  

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Student loan forgiveness
  
  

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of LMC to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. LMC strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. LMC endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.

Nearest Major Market: Columbia

Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina