Position Summary / Department Summary:
The mission of the Department of Pharmacy is to provide excellent and innovative pharmaceutical care to patients and the community through safe, collaborative practices that integrate education, research, and technology.
Boston Children's Hospital is seeking a fulltime Pharmacist to join the Pharmacy Informatics team. This 40hour position dedicates approximately 32 hours per week to Pharmacy Informatics responsibilities and 8 hours per week to inpatient pharmacy operations staffing, maintaining a strong connection to frontline clinical practice.
This role works closely with frontline pharmacy staff, the Inpatient Willow Team, Information Technology, and other hospital partners to support medicationuse systems, optimize workflows, and advance safetyfocused technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
Inpatient Pharmacy Operations (Approx. 8 hours/week)
- Provide inpatient clinical pharmacy services in accordance with departmental and hospital standards.
- Review, verify, and dispense medication orders for hospitalized pediatric patients.
- Evaluate medication orders for appropriate drug therapy, dosing, and monitoring; identify and address potential adverse drug reactions.
- Support controlled substance distribution, nonsterile compounding oversight, inventory management, discharge prescriptions, and daily medication supply processes.
- Verify work performed by pharmacy technicians and interns; provide supervision and support as needed.
- Provide drug information and patient education when appropriate.
Pharmacy Informatics & Workflow Optimization (Primary Role - Approx. 32 hours/week)
- Serve as a clinical informatics pharmacist supporting pharmacy operations and medicationuse workflows within the electronic health record (EHR).
- Work directly with frontline pharmacy staff to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve workflow, system, and technologyrelated issues.
- Partner with the Inpatient Willow Team to assess Epic workflow or build issues and recommend optimal clinical solutions.
- Participate in Epic Willow Inpatient testing, validation, and optimization activities.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (e.g., revenue cycle, billing, Information Services) to support medicationrelated billing and charging workflows.
- Provide support for planned and unplanned system downtimes, including participation in informatics oncall coverage.
- Contribute clinical expertise to complex initiatives such as IV workflow optimization and smart IV pump integration and interoperability.
- Translate clinical workflow needs into clear system requirements and recommendations.
This is not an Epic Willow Inpatient Builder role. The position requires advanced Epic knowledge and close collaboration with Epic analysts and builders rather than primary ownership of Epic build.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in pharmacy required; Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) preferred
Experience:
- Hospital pharmacy experience highly preferred
- Experience with or strong interest in pharmacy informatics, medicationuse systems, and workflow optimization
- Epic Willow Inpatient certification desired (candidates with significant Epic Willow experience who can obtain certification are encouraged to apply)
Licensure:
- Massachusetts Pharmacist License or Massachusetts Pharmacy Intern License required. Interns must obtain pharmacist licensure within the first 90 days of employment
Schedule & Coverage:
- Primarily day shift
- Approximately 8 hours/week inpatient staffing
- Approximately 32 hours/week Pharmacy Informatics
- Includes informatics oncall coverage
The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork. |
Boston Children's Hospital
$118081.60-$188936.80 Annual
dental insurance, 403(b)
Apr 24, 2026