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 Heart

CARE Center

TMand 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.

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 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

• 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.

• 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…