Afternoon Masters In Health Informatics Jobs in Pennsylvania

Responsibilities

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World's Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit www.uhs.com.

The Corporate Information Services Department is seeking a dynamic and talented Pharmacy Informatics Specialist.

Pharmacy Informatics Specialist provides guidance in identifying, developing, implementing, and maintaining an efficient and effective clinical information system. Supports the organization's overall clinical initiatives by applying an excellent understanding of clinical processes and supporting information technologies to optimize health information systems. Serves as the liaison between providers, clinicians, IT, and management. As an advisor, helps shape and define current and future clinical information system improvements through daily interaction with individual teams both at corporate and enterprise-wide. Participates in strategic vision and planning. Provides continued customer support inclusive of supporting interactive education to enhance system and application comprehension. Facilitates the organization's vision and strategy for clinical transformation, and actively engages in managing system and practice changes. Serves as a mentor and role model.
Key responsibilities include:

• Leads: Plans, reviews and oversees implementation of activities, resources and timelines required to complete systems development projects, systems administration, and reporting.


• Provides leadership in development, establishing ownership and maintaining work teams.


• Applies broad clinical informatics knowledge (technical and process) with highly comprehensive specialized knowledge to enhance new clinical system features and functions.


• Acts as IT Clinical management liaison to other IT departments as well as Corporate and Facility leadership and stakeholders. Oversees standardization of clinical system content.


• Identifies novel ways to bridge the gap between clinical departments and Information Services Department. Manages initiatives to promote effective design, development and implementation of clinical information system improvements.


• Mentors staff to maintain a high standard of content and consistency while acting as a professional role model.


• Mentors/trains other members of the team in performance of their duties to ensure quality performance.


• Provides technical support and guidance to other team members as required. May also supervise staff.

Communicates:

• Promotes and communicates decisions to other UHS corporate and facility staff.


• Identifies educational needs and collaborates to design and implement end user education.


• Provides mechanisms for soliciting ongoing feedback from users and responds and follows-up with concerns in a timely manner.


• Keeps management well informed of activities, needs, and risks.


• Partners with key departments to identify and implement system improvements to enhance workflow and processes.


• Delivers expert knowledge of appropriate clinical design strategies to achieve or solve identified organizational needs.


• Acts as resource for key decision makers by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives.


• Articulates how new technology will impact current processes and procedures for the organization.

Plans:

• Plans, facilitates, and evaluates improvements to operational workflow and processes in collaboration with facility clinical leadership.


• Researches, analyzes, and makes recommendations for clinical application improvement.


• Assures that system content and available education is linked to strategic initiatives.


• Formulates reports, collects and analyzes data to identify trends that improve organizational performance and clinical outcomes.


• Develops and makes recommendations to modify policies and procedures impacted by information systems.


• Maintains a current knowledge of trends and issues in healthcare, clinical (nursing) practice, healthcare informatics and Joint Commission standards.


• Works closely with the clinicians including physicians, departmental leadership, Patient Safety & Quality, Information Services, and Accreditation or Licensure departments to strategically select design, implement and guide the use of technology to ensure optimal care delivery processes.


• Participates in strategic and tactical planning for clinical application development, reporting and enhancement with stakeholders.


• Analyzes multiple approaches/solutions to issues. Develops a recommended solution and manages the process for implementing the solution.


• Complies with legal, hospital, departmental policies and procedures, and position requirements.

Other Duties:

• Adheres to UHS Project Management standards and Change Control processes.


• Provides on call after hours support for urgent issues as required.


• Maintains Service Excellence principles.

Qualifications

Knowledge

• Minimum 2 years in healthcare environment experience as a clinician required.


• Minimum 5 years experience with clinical information systems.


• Minimum 3 years Cerner Millennium experience required.


• Capable of working with the organization's leadership, clinical teams, and IT systems related to all clinicians and processes.


• Knowledge of leading projects and directing the efforts of multiple people.


• Able to understand clinical workflows and patient-care oriented processes.


• Has a good foundation of information technologies in a clinical environment.


• Additional IT or Clinical certifications or credentialing is preferred.

Skills

• Professional demeanor with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with Executives, Physicians, Vendors, Nurses and all other clinical and IT personnel.


• Provides solutions to highly complex technical problems requiring frequent use of creativity and ingenuity and an in-depth analysis and evaluation of multiple factors.


• Experience with analyzing clinical systems and identifying continuous improvement opportunities. Strong statistical skills and interpretive abilities


• Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects. Project Management Certification and/or experience, process improvement skills related to workflow processes, and training development of educational material.


• Ability to provide clinical review for projects to ensure a high level of usability of system functionality is achieved.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Licensure

Current licensure as RN, NP, PA, Respiratory Therapist, Pharmacist or other related clinical license required.

Training

Ongoing training required to keep jobs skills current.

Travel Requirements

5 - 25% domestic US travel (depending on projects).

This opportunity provides the following:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment


• Growth and development opportunities within UHS and its subsidiaries


• Competitive Compensation


• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan


• 401k plan with company match


• Generous Paid Time Off

*UHS is a registered trademark of UHS of Delaware, Inc., the management company for Universal Health Services, Inc. and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc. Universal Health Services, Inc. is a holding company and operates through its subsidiaries including its management company, UHS of Delaware, Inc. All healthcare and management operations are conducted by subsidiaries of Universal Health Services, Inc. To the extent any reference to "UHS or UHS facilities" on this website including any statements, articles or other publications contained herein relates to our healthcare or management operations it is referring to Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Further, the terms "we," "us," "our" or "the company" in such context similarly refer to the operations of Universal Health Services' subsidiaries including UHS of Delaware. Any employment referenced in this website is not with Universal Health Services, Inc. but solely with one of its subsidiaries including but not limited to UHS of Delaware, Inc.

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All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.