Oncology Pharmacist Epic Applications Analyst

Summary

The Oncology Pharmacist Epic Applications Analyst is responsible for providing ongoing complex system support, administration, maintenance, and upgrades of assigned computer application(s) throughout the health system. This role involves the design and build of complex workflows and functionality, providing resolution to difficult application issues and functionality needs of users. This position reports to departmental leadership.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Possesses broad knowledge within the application area, designing solutions to enable safe, effective, and high-quality patient care and business operations.
• Leads project-level work efforts, coordinating the implementation of solutions and functionality, and participates in cross-functional projects providing design information across applications.
• Works collaboratively with department management, representatives, and vendors to ensure application utilization meets business needs and aligns with goals.
• Independently resolves work problems, analyzes user needs, and establishes procedures for modifying systems.
• Develops and delivers documentation on software application(s), ensuring timely communication of work status and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Accurately documents analysis, design, coding, testing, and conversion processes of assigned application(s).
• Promotes and adheres to departmental and organizational information systems security policies, standards, and procedures.
• Effectively and timely communicates application updates and system modifications to pertinent staff across the organization.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Licenses and/or Certifications

Required:

• Must possess a Virginia Pharmacy License or be eligible for licensure within six months of hire.
• Epic Certification training should be attended at the first available class, and certification/accreditation in the applicable module(s) must be current or obtained within 30 calendar days of completing training.

Preferred:

• Applicable Epic Certification (e.g., Willow Inpatient, Willow Ambulatory, Beacon).

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Required:

• Graduate of an ACPE accredited college or school of pharmacy with a B.S. in Pharmacy or Pharm.D. Degree.
• 2+ years of health-system pharmacy experience (inpatient, ambulatory, or combination) OR completion of American Society of Hospital Pharmacist (ASHP)-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency.

Preferred:

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from an accredited academic program.
• 4+ years of health-system pharmacy experience (inpatient, ambulatory, or combination) OR completion of American Society of Hospital Pharmacist (ASHP)-accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency.
• Previous healthcare information systems project/implementation experience.
• Previous Epic experience in the training, build, and/or support of the Epic systems electronic health record suite.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent comprehension of hospital, clinic, and pharmacy environments.
• Understanding of application integration and its impact on business processes.
• Knowledge of physician practice/healthcare professional services, billing requirements, hospital administration, and/or processes.
• Ability to communicate professionally with physicians, nurses, and other professional staff regarding drugs.
• High technical proficiency in application systems analysis, workflow analysis, build, design, testing, interface knowledge, and programming.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Highly self-motivated and flexible, able to accept direction and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong project management skills.

Working Conditions

Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, and the like.

Key skills/competency

• Epic Systems
• Pharmacy Informatics
• Oncology
• Application Support
• Workflow Design
• System Administration
• Project Management
• Clinical Pharmacy
• EHR Implementation
• Problem Resolution