University of Arkansas

Pharmacy Informaticist


PayCompetitive
LocationRemote
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: R0066157

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      Closing Date:

      01/06/2025


      Type of Position:

      Clinical Staff - Medical Ancillary Support


      Job Type:

      Regular


      Work Shift:

      Day Shift (United States of America)

      Sponsorship Available:

      No


      Institution Name:

      University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


      The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education, research, and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization, focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.

      UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks (available for benefits eligible positions only):

      • Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
      • Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
      • Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
      • Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
      • Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
      • Career Training and Educational Opportunities
      • Merchant Discounts
      • Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy

      Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply link/button.

      The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University does not discriminate in its education programs or activities (including in admission and employment) on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, or sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity). Federal law prohibits the University from discriminating on these bases. Questions or concerns about the application of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, may be sent to the University's Title IX Coordinator and to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

      Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.

      All application information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

      At UAMS we value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

      For general application assistance or if you have questions about a job posting, please contact Human Resources at askrecruitment@uams.edu .


      Department:

      ICE | PTSL Outpatient OP C


      Department's Website:


      Summary of Job Duties:

      Under the direction of the Associate Chief Pharmacy Officer, the Informaticist is responsible for the oversight and execution of the planning, implementing, supporting, and optimizing data extraction, processing, report application development, and analysis for Pharmacy programs. The primary focus of the Informaticist is to support the operational efficiency of the Specialty/OPC Pharmacy and 340B program by coordinating fiscal management activities, performing data analysis, ensure integrity of data feeds to vendors and manufactures while maintaining departmental statistics and reports. This role is responsible for developing, preparing and maintaining quality data analytics that will be utilized by leadership and management across various settings and promote new opportunities for pharmacy, thus enhancing efficiency and resulting in optimal revenue for pharmacy. Data base development, project management, cost accounting, and IT skills will be employed to work with clinical pharmacists, residents, medical staff, and pharmacy administration. The employee is responsible for evaluation and implementation of existing tools through reporting and analytics with a focus on expanding machine learning capabilities. The individual will provide oversight of reporting for the department supporting clinical, retail, operational, and specialty pharmacy.


      Qualifications:

      Minimum Qualifications:

      • Graduate of an ACPE accredited School of Pharmacy with a Pharm.D Plus Three (3) years of working knowledge of one or more hospital electronic medical record (EMR) vendors, such as EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, or Allscripts, relational database, Epic Clarity report writing, designing and developing packages to transfer data from source to destinations using ETL processes

      • One (1) year of Business Intelligence Visualization Tool such as (Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik) experience -

      • Certification as a licensed Registered Pharmacist by the State of Arkansas or eligible for licensure by the State of Arkansas

      Preferred Qualifications:

      • Proven programming experience in one or more programming languages is required.

      • Strong SQL coding skills, visualization building, and data analytics experience.


      Additional Information:

      Responsibilities:

      • Provide guidance regarding the availability data from various sources to requesting customers

      • Provide insight on best practices to accomplish data-related goals

      • Make recommendations on potential metrics to determine financial, operation, clinical, and quality metric goal performance

      • (Example of goals: revenue integrity, reimbursement analysis, patient outcome analysis, systems

      • integration progress, & accreditation targets)

      • Provide insight on key factors affecting pharmacy performance and provide solutions to improve target performance

      • Develop SQL code to extract requested pharmacy data from Electronic Health Record database

      • Integrate data from other databases (vendors, third parties, and internal sources) to provide further insight

      • Create, publish, and maintain report dashboard applications to allow self-service reporting for pharmacy leadership on the medication use process (ordering, verification, dispensing, administration, charging, and monitoring

      • Lead meetings related to data needs to drive data outcomes related to operational goals

      • Attend Pharmacy leadership meetings to provide insight on data availability and analysis opportunities

      • Serve on institutional committees where pharmacy informatics data analytics is essential to committee

      • function.

      • Present identified revenue improvement/expansion opportunities to pharmacy leadership

      • Communicate with stakeholders to answer questions and requests related to data needs

      • Serve as residency rotation preceptor (as requested)

      • Serve as Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience preceptor for College of Pharmacy students (as requested) committing to at least a 3 month availability for learners.

      • Participate in pharmacy residency program development/leadership

      • Project Management:

      • Manage projects related to the data analysis needs of pharmacy.

      • Ensure key stakeholders are updated on project progress

      • Develop reports as needed to demonstrate progress in project development and monitoring related to project success

      • Other duties as assigned.


      Salary Information:

      Commensurate with education and experience


      Required Documents to Apply:

      License or Certificate (see special instructions for submission instructions), List of three Professional References (name, email, business title), Resume


      Optional Documents:

      Proof of Veteran Status


      Special Instructions to Applicants:


      Recruitment Contact Information:

      Please contact askrecruitment@uams.edu for any recruiting related questions.


      All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Site https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS

      Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.


      Pre-employment Screening Requirements:

      Criminal Background Check, Substance Abuse Testing


      This position is subject to pre-employment screening (criminal background, drug testing, and/or education verification). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.


      Constant Physical Activity:

      Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Sitting, Standing, Stooping, Talking


      Frequent Physical Activity:

      Hearing, Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Sitting, Standing, Talking


      Occasional Physical Activity:

      Standing, Stooping


      Benefits Eligible:

      Yes
  • About the company

      The University of Arkansas is a public land-grant, research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas.