Assistant Professor

Closing Date:

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education, research, and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization, focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.

UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks (available for benefits eligible positions only):

• Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
• Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
• Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
• Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
• Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
• Career Training and Educational Opportunities
• Merchant Discounts
• Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy

Below you will find the details for the position including any supplementary documentation and questions you should review before applying for the opening. To apply for the position, please click the Apply link/button.

Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment.

All application information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

For general application assistance or if you have questions about a job posting, please contact Human Resources at askrecruitment@uams.edu.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• PharmD (Doctor of Pharmacy)
• Proven programming experience in one or more programming languages is required.
• Strong SQL coding skills, visualization building, and data analytics experience.

• 3+ years working knowledge of one or more hospital electronic medical record (EMR) vendors, such as EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, or Allscripts

• 3+ years of Epic Clarity report writing experience or equivalent formal training

• 1+ year experience with a Business Intelligence Visualization Tool such as (Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik)

• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, SSIS, or SSAS

• Experience with Microsoft Office

Licenses, certificates, or registration:

Epic Cogito Certification is required.

Special knowledge, abilities, and skills:

Coding languages:

SQL

Software:

Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Office Suite

Knowledge:

General knowledge regarding electronic health record database structure, health record reporting, and data visualization

Preferred Qualifications:

• PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency or equivalence experience
• Additional certificate or degree in Pharmacy Informatics
• MBA
• Utilize Power BI to deliver high quality BI solutions in an enterprise environment
• Skilled in ETL tools and methods
• SQL querying
• Experience writing Power Query, DAX, MDX for complex data projects
• Experience creating and maintaining reporting assets in Power BI
• Experience in Data Mining and Statistical Analysis
• Expert problem solving and analytical skills
• Experience connecting to APIs

Licenses, certificates, or registration:

• A licensed Registered Pharmacist in the State of Arkansas or eligible for licensure.
• Epic Certifications - Willow Inpatient/Willow Ambulatory, Clarity

Special knowledge, abilities, and skills:

Software:

Microsoft Power Automate, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft PowerApps

Coding Languages:

Python, R,
Knowledge:

Prior experience working with pharmacy accrediting bodies/concepts (340B, Leapfrog, URAC, Joint Commission, CMS, Revenue Integrity), Epic electronic health record, and Clarity database extractions

Additional Information:

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead meetings related to data needs of Clinical Informatics to drive data outcomes related to operational goals
• Attend clinical informatics leadership meetings to provide insight on data availability and analysis opportunities
• Serve on institutional committees where clinical informatics data analytics is essential to committee function. Present identified revenue improvement/expansion opportunities to clinical informatics leadership
• Communicate with stakeholders to answer questions and requests related to data needs
• Develop SQL code to extract requested pharmacy data from Electronic Health Record database
• Integrate data from other databases (vendors, third parties, and internal sources) to provide further insight
• Create, publish, and maintain report dashboard applications to allow self-service reporting for pharmacy leadership on the medication use process (ordering, verification, dispensing, administration, charging, and monitoring)
• Create, publish, and maintain report applications to track specific financial, operation, clinical, and quality metrics for departmental and institutional goals.
• Create, publish, and maintain report applications to identify additional revenue opportunities related to uncaptured revenue, inadequate reimbursement, and new business proposals.
• Provide guidance regarding the availability data from various sources to requesting customers
• Provide insight on best practices to accomplish data-related goals
• Make recommendations on potential metrics to determine financial, operation, clinical, and quality metric goal performance
• Provide insight on key factors affecting Vision 2029 performance and provide solutions to improve target performance
• Propose strategies to create new revenue or improve current reimbursement based on analysis of institutional data
• Provide guidance and oversight on UAMS machine learning platforms for operations and Clinical Informatics (CI)
• Create an evaluation plan for machine learning implementations with guidance from operations and CI
• Provide guidance on reporting for usability evaluations on tools implemented in the electronic medical record
• Manage projects related to the data analysis needs of business intelligence and clinical informatics
• Ensure key stakeholders are updated on project progress
• Develop reports as needed to demonstrate progress in project development and monitoring related to project success
• Serve as residency rotation preceptor (as requested)Serve as lead for Clinical Informatics Fellowship education track on reporting and data analytics.
• Provide content-specific lectures in clinical informatics (as requested)
• Educate on general concepts related to data analysis and extraction for residents, fellows, and students.
• Prioritizes work and seeks input when appropriate
• Other duties as assigned.

Salary Information:

Required Documents to Apply:

Please contact askrecruitment@uams.edufor any recruiting relatedquestions.

All application materials must be uploaded to the University of Arkansas System Career Sitehttps://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS

Please do not send to listed recruitment contact.

This position is subject to pre-employment screening (criminal background, drug testing, and/or education verification). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity. The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law.