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Gundersen Health System
La Crosse, Wisconsin

Pharmacist, Clinical Informatics

PharmacistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$125k-$188k

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Job Description

Love + medicine is who we are, it's what we do, it's why people want to work here. If you’re looking for a job to love, apply today.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

We’re not just filling positions, we’re building careers. At Emplify Health, we care for our teams, while they care for their communities. Whether you are just starting out or looking for a change, Emplify Health supports you now and into the future. Join us and find out how a little empathy changes everything.

The Pharmacist Informaticist provides clinical pharmacy and informatics expertise to support medication-related technology across the health system. This role helps optimize Epic Willow and related systems to improve safety, efficiency, and medication-use workflows. The position partners with Pharmacy, IT, clinical teams, and vendors on configuration, testing, troubleshooting, training, and ongoing support.

What You Will Do

  • Full-time salaried position
  • Partner with clinical and non-clinical teams to optimize Epic Willow workflows

What You Get

$125,486-$188,219/year (salary based on years of experience)

Top-notch benefits: 401(k) with matching, paid time off, competitive health insurance, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, and more

Career Growth/CDC - Growth opportunities and access to Emplify Health’s Career Development Center to help you navigate your career

What You Need

Required

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
  • License to practice Pharmacy in the state of Wisconsin
  • Minimum of two years of pharmacist experience.

Experience supporting, optimizing, testing, and maintaining medication-related applications, Epic Willow workflows, clinical decision support, order sets, formulary-related system functionality, automation, or medication-use technologies.

Ability to troubleshoot and resolve application issues, including basic to moderately complex build, workflow, access, interface, or end-user support concerns.

Expertise in evaluating pharmacy operational, clinical, informatics, and IT literature to support evidence-based informatics decision-making.

Experience serving as a liaison between pharmacy, IT/digital teams, clinical stakeholders, vendors, and operational leaders.

Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate technical build or workflow issues for clinical and operational audiences.

Desired

Master’s degree in pharmacy administration, healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field

Formal training, coursework, or equivalent experience in pharmacy informatics, clinical informatics, health information technology, medication-use technology, or a related field

Pharmacist license to practice in Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois

Specialty Pharmacist Certification

  • Project management or process improvement credential such as PMP, Lean, or Six Sigma.
  • Three to five years of experience in clinical pharmacy and/or pharmacy informatics roles.
  • Experience with data analytics, reporting, medication safety event review, clinical quality metrics, and/or CDC NHSN-related data workflows.
  • Experience leading small to moderate informatics projects or change-management initiatives.
  • ASHP-accredited PGY1/PGY2 Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership Residency

Emplify Health, a partnership of Bellin Health and Gundersen Health System, is a leading not-for-profit, patient-centered healthcare network based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wisconsin. With 11 hospitals and over 100 clinics, we serve 67 cities across Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Join us in making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients and communities.

If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

The Pharmacist Informaticist provides clinical pharmacy and informatics expertise to optimize Epic Willow and medication-related technology across the health system. This role partners with IT, clinical teams, and vendors to improve safety, efficiency, and medication-use workflows.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree and a valid Wisconsin pharmacy license with at least two years of experience. Proficiency in optimizing medication-related applications and clinical decision support systems is required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Pharmacy operationsWorkflow optimizationSystem configurationEvidence-based practiceInterdisciplinary collaboration

Pharmacist Career Context

Of the 40 active Pharmacy listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 60% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$157k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $167k in an average-cost state. 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Pharmacy jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score3.0 / 10 · above average in pharmacyranked against 10,122 Pharmacy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$125k–$188kPharmacy median $149k (middle half $143k–$149k)204 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$167k in purchasing powerWisconsin index 94.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Pharmacy listings in Wisconsin190 active10,111 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 28% remote · 60% no call · 50% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedWisconsin pharmacist listings (all specialties): 22% state a sign-on bonus (median $45k) · 35% offer loan repayment194 active listings, Nov 2026
New Pharmacy listings3,589 in the last 30 days3,264 the 30 days before (+10%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Pharmacy pay trend+2.7% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (10,122 Pharmacy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Pharmacist Jobs

14 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

14 jobs
7
<$165k
5
$165k-195k
0
$195k-225k
0
$225k-255k
2
$255k+

Annual compensation range

#1

Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacist IV

Sutter Health · San Francisco, California

$91.61-$128.25/hr
#2

Oncology Pharmacist

Curry Health Network · Gold Beach, Oregon

$81.51-$123.29/hr
#3

Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist

$150k-$190k
#4

Pharmacy Professional Practice Pharmacist in Charge

$150k-$185k
+ 12 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 2.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Pharmacy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 10,122 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Gundersen Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
La Crosse, WI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

401(k) with matching
Paid time off
Competitive health insurance
Wellness programs
Tuition reimbursement
Career Development Center access

Living in La Crosse

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$272k≈ 2.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,346/mo≈ 13% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.8
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.