EPIC - Pharmacist Informatics

Pharmacist In Informatics

The position is responsible for configuring, modifying, testing, and maintaining Epic and other clinical applications. This role involves building collaborative relationships with hospital leadership, clinical department users, and other corporate departments to facilitate system usage and acceptance. The analyst handles complex build and configuration tasks, resolves advanced issues, and provides support to ensure reliable application system availability and performance. Additionally, the analyst designs, verifies, documents, and refactors software configurations, investigates and resolves application issues, develops and executes test plans, evaluates design options, ensures incidents are handled according to procedures.

Monday - Friday from 7:00am - 4:00pm (on-call rotation throughout whole department)

REQUIRED:

• Master's degree in arts/sciences (MA/MS) OR Doctorate of Pharmacy
• Pharmacist Iowa Board of Pharmacy (United States of America) Upon Hire
• Epic certification in Willow module or the ability to obtain certification within six months of hire
• 1-3 years Pharmacy experience

PREFERRED:

• 1-3 years' Experience in clinical, operational, or financial workflows relevant to the supported module.
• 1-3 years' Experience in healthcare IT or clinical operations

• Analyze and optimize clinical workflows by ensuring that Epic EHR features align with the healthcare organization's clinical processes. This includes working closely with clinicians to improve efficiency and reduce any pain points.
• Work closely with physicians, nurses, IT staff, and other stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback on Epic's functionality. Collaborating helps to align the system's use with clinical and organizational goals.
• Configure and customize the Epic system to meet the needs of clinical workflows. This involves setting up templates, order sets, and other features specific to the organization's requirements.
• Monitor system performance, manage upgrades, and ensure that the Epic system is regularly maintained and updated with the latest versions. This includes patching and troubleshooting any technical issues that arise.
• Provide technical support and troubleshoot issues that arise in the Epic EHR system. This could involve working with IT teams to resolve system downtime or user errors.
• Ensure the Epic system complies with healthcare regulations, such as HIPAA, by enforcing security protocols and monitoring data privacy. This includes overseeing user access control and audit logging.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, staying up to date with the latest Epic features and healthcare technology trends. Recommend and implement best practices for Epic usage to enhance overall system efficiency.
• Test new features, updates, and system changes to ensure they function as expected. This involves conducting unit testing, integration testing, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure clinical needs are met.
• Provide training to clinical staff and users on how to effectively use Epic. This includes creating training materials, conducting training sessions, and providing ongoing user support to troubleshoot any issues.
• Ensure that Epic data is accurate and accessible for clinical decision-making and regulatory reporting. Develop and maintain reports to track clinical outcomes, performance metrics, and patient care quality.

• Adaptability/flexibility
  - Demonstrating flexibility with respect to changing end‐user business needs
• Critical thinking
  - The ability and willingness to see things in an open‐minded way and examine an idea or concept from as many angles as possible
• Dependability
  - The ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are completed in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner
• Initiative
  - The ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others
• Interpersonal skills
  - The ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership and subject matter experts and the ability to gain trust…