The Department of Pharmaceutical Services provides a full range of services for patients cared for by the Medical Center at UCSF and its providers and payors. These services include, but are not limited to: drug procurement, storage, and security; safe, accurate and timely preparation and distribution of drugs; clinical pharmacy services for patients; development of drug use policies within the Medical Center; drug information services for clinicians and patients; and participation in technology assessment and quality assurance programs. The Department of Pharmaceutical Services is affiliated with the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy, an academic department within the School of Pharmacy, which has primary responsibility for teaching professional courses in the Pharm.D. curriculum, clinical research, and public and clinical service.
Under the Department of Pharmaceutical Services, the Clinical Informatics Pharmacist is involved in all aspects of the medication use process at all pharmacy locations within the UCSF Health System. They may also be asked to participate in pharmaceutical care in other sectors of the Department of Pharmaceutical Services as needed. The Clinical Informatics Pharmacist performs a wide range of informatics related pharmaceutical care functions to assure that drugs prescribed for and used by patients are safe and effective. The Clinical Informatics Pharmacist will be part of an interprofessional team consisting of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and other professionals. The services provided by Clinical Informatics Pharmacist include maintaining and updating clinical informatics systems, performing analytics reports, and designing and implementing medication-use technology, workflows, and protocols.
About UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the world's leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence - also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values, UCSF is committed to equity - both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available here.
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.
Salary Information
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF, including total compensation, please visit: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATION
REQUIRED LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
%
of time
Essential Function (Yes/No)
Key Responsibilities
(To be completed by Supervisor)
15
Yes
Collaborates with business, technical, and clinical leaders to plan, develop, implement, analyze, and maintain highly-complex clinical informatics systems, and to design integrated architecture to ensure an optimal and efficient user experience and functionality, integrity, and reliability of systems.
Maintain knowledge in all relevant clinical informatics software and systems, and of the highly-complex concepts, principles, policies, methodologies, techniques, best practices, regulations, and standards practices involved with patient care and electronic medical data management in the UC health care system.
25
Yes
Serves as a technical leader and liaison in collaborating with business operations, pharmacy staff and other healthcare clinicians, and IT applications and technical teams to translate operations workflow and patient experience objectives into technical requirements and to identify, support, and achieve Departmental goals.
Advise on the functionality, impact, and anticipated benefits of proposed projects.
25
Yes
Leads project teams that include advanced business and clinical staff to improve clinical informatics results and to provide advice and sophisticated metrics and analytics to support management''s decision-making processes for systems modifications that are cost-effective, scalable, and meet present and future needs.
Coordinate timeline, workflows, and implementation for pharmacy informatics initiatives.
Prioritize pharmacy informatics projects that are competing for resources.
Navigate required approval and escalation processes to sustain traction on Department of Pharmacy initiatives.
20
Yes
Performs highly-complex quality assurance testing, designs and runs analytical queries for enhanced and complex medical data access, and plans, develops, and writes documentation of design and deployment processes, workflows, and results.
Development of process maps or workflows to support design requirements and/or identify opportunities for systems and/or process improvements.
15
Yes
As a technical leader and information resource, may provide support, troubleshooting, and problem solving at an advanced level, and may produce and deliver user training curricula.
100%
(To update total %, enter the amount of time in whole numbers (without the % symbol - e.g., 15, 20) then highlight the total sum (e.g., 1%) at the bottom of the column and press F9. The total sum should add up to 100%.)
DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
%
of time
Essential Function (Yes/No)
Key Responsibilities
(To be completed by Supervisor)
15
Yes
Collaborates with business, technical, and clinical leaders to plan, develop, implement, analyze, and maintain highly-complex clinical informatics systems, and to design integrated architecture to ensure an optimal and efficient user experience and functionality, integrity, and reliability of systems.
Maintain knowledge in all relevant clinical informatics software and systems, and of the highly-complex concepts, principles, policies, methodologies, techniques, best practices, regulations, and standards practices involved with patient care and electronic medical data management in the UC health care system.
25
Yes
Serves as a technical leader and liaison in collaborating with business operations, pharmacy staff and other healthcare clinicians, and IT applications and technical teams to translate operations workflow and patient experience objectives into technical requirements and to identify, support, and achieve Departmental goals.
Advise on the functionality, impact, and anticipated benefits of proposed projects.
25
Yes
Leads project teams that include advanced business and clinical staff to improve clinical informatics results and to provide advice and sophisticated metrics and analytics to support management''s decision-making processes for systems modifications that are cost-effective, scalable, and meet present and future needs.
Coordinate timeline, workflows, and implementation for pharmacy informatics initiatives.
Prioritize pharmacy informatics projects that are competing for resources.
Navigate required approval and escalation processes to sustain traction on Department of Pharmacy initiatives.
20
Yes
Performs highly-complex quality assurance testing, designs and runs analytical queries for enhanced and complex medical data access, and plans, develops, and writes documentation of design and deployment processes, workflows, and results.
Development of process maps or workflows to support design requirements and/or identify opportunities for systems and/or process improvements.
15
Yes
As a technical leader and information resource, may provide support, troubleshooting, and problem solving at an advanced level, and may produce and deliver user training curricula.
100%
(To update total %, enter the amount of time in whole numbers (without the % symbol - e.g., 15, 20) then highlight the total sum (e.g., 1%) at the bottom of the column and press F9. The total sum should add up to 100%.)