Clinical Specialist Analyst I, Pharmacy

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

JOB SUMMARY
This position requires proven experience providing advanced user training and education, as well as supporting implementation, testing, and ongoing optimization of pharmacy information technology, informatics solutions. The UT Southwestern HSIR Pharmacy Team is the leader in developing, implementing, and evaluating effective pharmaceutical solutions for healthcare workers and the people/patients that they serve. This pharmacist position supports the growing needs of our pharmacy technology, informatics and clinical decision support initiatives within the EMR and bridges clinical pharmacy and IT, enhancing medication safety, workflow optimization, and regulatory compliance across both inpatient and ambulatory settings.  This role will be responsible for providing advanced subject matter expertise in pharmacy workflows, medication management systems, and regulatory compliance within Epic.

 

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

Experience And Educationrequired

• EducationPharmacy degree from ACPE accredited school, current licensure by State Board of Pharmacy or Physican assistant graduate from an ARC-PA accredited school, current licensure by the State of Texas or Master's Degree Must have current licensure as a Registered Nurse through the National Council Licensure Examination ‿ Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Must be credentialed through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners or American Nurses Credentialing Center. or Master's Degree in health informatics, healthcare management, computer science, data science or related health technology field or PACS Administrator (Must have knowledge and training of Imaging Informatics, Solutions Engineer, Clinical Analys, Application Analyst or System Engineer) and High School Diploma or equivalent with PACS Administrator  
• Experience3 years Experience in clinical systems and/or project management  

Preferred

• ExperienceExperience in a clinical setting  
• Licenses and CertificationsPACS certification (Certified PACS Associate- CPAS, Certified DICOM Integration Professional- CDIP, Certified PACS Systems Analyst- CPSA) Upon Hire Certification in a core health informatics application preferred but not required (e.g., Epic Cogito or Healthy Planet Analytics, Cerner HealtheAnalytics, Microsoft Azure, AWS, or equivalent) Upon Hire Certification in project management and/or business analysis preferred but not required (e.g., Certified Scrum Master, Disciplined Agile Scrum Master, PMI-Agile Certified Professional, PMI-Professional in Business Analysis, Certified Business Analysis Professional) Upon Hire  

Job Duties

• Manages projects and serves as primary customer contact. Defines and maintains project plan and schedules. Monitors compliance with definitions of project scope, timelines, and deliverables. Provides regular project status reports to customer and internal management. Assists business analysts of lower grade to coordinate projects.
• Collects, interprets, and documents specifications required to develop new and revise existing software applications. Develops and implements operational plans for new and existing business computer applications. Participates in development of project proposals for customers.
• Monitor PACS activities and resources, diagnoses system hardware and software problems, perform monitor calibrations, validates computer workstations, resolves problems according to established policies and procedures as required by assigned team.
• Coordinates testing of new applications and changes to existing applications to ensure integrity and quality of data while providing and/or assisting in training of system users. Defines and develops test scenarios. Documents and tracks status of application errors and related issues in problem log. Assist programmers and business analysts of lower grade in analyzing and resolving problems.
• Other preferred technical skills: Citrix, VM (knowledge of ESX features), storage concepts, system administration, networking, IP routing, VLAN, troubleshooting connectivity and latency issues, shell scripting, SQL, integration with cloud hosted apps, database clusters, backup strategies, hardware configuration and server requests.
• Compiles complete, concise, and comprehensive policies and operation procedures to assist in communicating issues to applicable management staff.
• Develops new system administrative procedures required utilizing new functionality resulting from system changes.
• Assists in developing and implementing business strategies in departments to improve operational processing and productivity.
• Monitors development of specifications and establishes priorities for accomplishing design and testing of various projects.
• Reviews, develops, recommends, and implements activities, programs or functions as assigned. Maintains and tracks accounts assigned to projects or programs. Develops and maintains project plans. Provides project status reports.
• Assists with a process improvement/quality improvement project committee to develop a solution to identified problems.
• Routinely recommends and documents clinical interventions that should be taken in the electronic medical record.
• Super user trainer for a new program or initiative and provides training to staff for Implementation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.