Pharmacist Analytics Data Management

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

4d • Remote

About The Position

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: Integrated Pharmacy Analytics Job Summary: Responsible for all aspects of pharmacy analytics needed to support business operations and organizational projects. Able to use pharmacist knowledge, training and experience to partner with customers on analytics tools and visualization to solve problems or answer questions. Develops and maintains data sets for routine use over time. Gathers, aggregates, and integrates data followed by appropriate analysis. Selects visualization medium to best support customers. Follows team build documentation and maintains appropriate internal audits to limit risks for the institution. . Position Highlights Remote opportunity available. Hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm. No on call and no weekends. Must have a TN Pharmacist license. 2 years of experience is required. Experience as an Inpatient Pharmacist or a Pharmacist in a clinic setting is highly preferred. Key Responsibilities Leverages pharmacist training and experience to efficiently design, develop and maintain data structures and systems that provide analytics to manage medication therapy analysis and the pharmacy business. Assists the department in developing and teaching tools for data extraction and analysis. Designs software tools for managing drug expense cost accounting and compliance for drug purchasing programs. Conducts quality testing and oversees successful implementation and maintenance of pharmacy systems. The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned. Technical Capabilities Communication of Results (Intermediate): Communicates results and recommendations to customers in a concise and non-technical format. Clearly states implications and potential next steps. Presents analysis, ideas, and findings using the appropriate data visualization and presentation tools [such as Word, Excel, Tableau, and PowerPoint]. Data Analytics (Intermediate): Can analyze and interpret data to derive insight. Applies the appropriate approach to provide creative solutions for the given problem. May have working knowledge in business intelligence and analytics software [such as Tableau, Business Objects, Excel, and R]. Data Acquisition (Intermediate): Can successfully determine which data are needed, identify the correct tables and elements, write the SQL code to pull the data, and extract the data for analysis. Performs quality control on the data. May have working knowledge in data warehouse applications [such as Oracle, Netezza, IBM UDMH, and EPIC]. Design (Intermediate): Can design database objects to collect and manage information over time. Can use languages such as Python to automate data collection and analytic processes wherever possible. Planning (Intermediate): Plans work to complete projects on time. Competently handles multiple assignments simultaneously. Able to be flexible to meet changing customer needs with minimal disruption and loss of productivity. Uses time efficiently. Stakeholder Engagement (Intermediate): Identifies relevant customers and gains their commitment on the final deliverable and timeline. Takes initiative to turn business concepts into meaningful objectives using the problem-solving methodology. Allied health is among the fastest growing occupations in healthcare today. This area can be defined as credentialed professionals who perform supportive, diagnostic, and therapeutic health care services to promote health and prevent disease in a variety of settings. These areas are crucial to Vanderbilt Health’s reputation for excellence in these areas that has made us a major center for patient referrals from throughout the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the southeast choose Vanderbilt Health for their health care because of our leadership in medical science and our dedication to treating patients with dignity and compassion.

Requirements

• Must have a TN Pharmacist license.
• 2 years of experience is required.
• LIC-Pharmacist License - Tennessee
• Relevant Work Experience Experience Level : 2 years
• Bachelor's (Required)

Nice To Haves

• Experience as an Inpatient Pharmacist or a Pharmacist in a clinic setting is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leverages pharmacist training and experience to efficiently design, develop and maintain data structures and systems that provide analytics to manage medication therapy analysis and the pharmacy business.
• Assists the department in developing and teaching tools for data extraction and analysis.
• Designs software tools for managing drug expense cost accounting and compliance for drug purchasing programs.
• Conducts quality testing and oversees successful implementation and maintenance of pharmacy systems.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees