Ambulatory Care Information Technology Pharmacist

About Cedars-Sinai

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it’s just one of the many reasons we’ve achieved our six-consecutive Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have everything you need to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we are tied #1 in California and ten years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll.

The Opportunity: Ambulatory Care Information Technology Pharmacist

The Specialty Pharmacy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA is responsible for leading excellence for our growing specialty pharmacy program. The Ambulatory Care Information Technology Pharmacist is responsible for the maintenance, development, and implementation of information technology to support the ambulatory care pharmacy operations in various areas including, but not limited to, retail pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, infusion clinics and home infusion. Under the direction of the Pharmacy Manager, the coordinator oversees the various electronic medical record interfaces and integrations, as well as hardware, automated information systems and digital health platforms to improve ambulatory care pharmacy operations and patient care. In addition, responsibilities include evaluating innovative technology in the current market, identifying areas for improvement in existing ambulatory care pharmacy technology, troubleshooting technology issues that arise. This position will serve as the ambulatory care pharmacy informatics subject matter expert and liaison to external departments, stakeholders, and vendors.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

• Graduate Degree - Graduate of an accredited School of Pharmacy – Minimum.
• Post Graduate Year PGY1 and/or PGY2 residency.

Licenses and Certifications:

• California Pharmacist license.

What Else Are We Looking For?

• Minimum of 2-year experience in ambulatory care pharmacy setting; outpatient or specialty pharmacy experience preferred.
• Previous experience in Specialty or Outpatient Pharmacy business operations, including technology, software and automated information systems.
• Patient Experience: Possesses excellent patient service skills prioritizing patient care needs to support safe effective medication use.
• Team Skills: Collaborates effectively with internal teams and stakeholders to achieve program goals.
• Business Development: Demonstrates understanding of importance of identifying opportunities to grow the specialty pharmacy.
• Analytical: Apply critical thinking to analyze and interpret information and/or data. Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information for decision support.
• Analytical: Demonstrates good decision-making/problem solving skills. Exhibits good clinical reasoning skills and judgments in managing patients with the highest medical complexity/acuity.
• Communication: Ability to convey and/or receive written/verbal information to/from various audiences in different formats. Communicates effectively and engages in positive inter/intra departmental interaction with peers, physicians, staff and patients.
• Project Management: Initiate, plan, design, implement, and monitor project(s) Ability to manage projects, establish timeliness, analyze data relevant to areas of responsibility. Ability to function independently, ability to plan, organize, direct, monitor and evaluate assigned work.
• Regulatory: Ability to interpret and apply knowledge of State, Federal and Agency standards to comply with regulations.
• Technical: Ability to learn and adapt to the use of software, technology, and automated information systems in daily practice. Ability to operate pharmacy automation or technology to prepare, dispense, deliver, or store medications.

Physical Demands:

• Frequent sitting; walking, bending; reaching, occasional pushing, pulling, lifting of materials up to 50 pounds.
• Responsiveness to auditory alarms and communication devices including, telephones, pagers, fire alarms, and mechanical failure alarms.
• Sufficient mobility to access equipment, patients, and other customers.
• Able to read information on medication labels.

Key skills/competency

• Pharmacy Informatics
• Ambulatory Care
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
• Automated Information Systems
• Digital Health Platforms
• Project Management
• Regulatory Compliance
• Clinical Judgment
• Patient Care Technology