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Epic Clinical Systems Pharmacist - Epic Beacon

Job Details

Job Ref:
10032772

Location:
United States (This is a remote job)

Category:
Business Services

Job Type:
Full-time

Shift:
Days

Pay Rate:
$68.20 - $109.12 per hour

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

** This is a Fully Remote Opportunity within the United States**

As a successful candidate, you will:

Certification in Epic Beacon and Research. Prefer Willow Inpatient and/or Ambulatory certified as well. 

Epic Clinical Systems Pharmacist is a subject matter expert that works independently to manage Beacon and Research modules and components of the EHR, clinical decision support and pharmacy-related information systems associated with medication use. They participate in a collaborative effort with key contributors and other informatics staff, to design and develop effective oncology workflow, operational processes and system functions to drive optimal outcomes and efficiencies. They support leadership decision making by data gathering and conducting sophisticated analysis. They implement change to align with patient safety, strategic and regulatory goals. They are effective communicators for varying audiences from clinicians to executive leadership and vendors.

They develop and maintain close relationships with key contributors, which include system and operational leadership, front line staff, governance groups, multi-disciplinary staff, and vendors. They collaborate to prioritize demands, set appropriate expectations, establish appropriate metrics and targets, and manage change implementation.

Responsibilities:

  • Serves as a system resource for new installations, conversions, and general maintenance needs.

  • Helps to lead others toward established industry best practices, standards, and quality guidelines. 

  • Maintains a positive image when dealing with department personnel and other City of Hope employees. 

  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

  • Provides technical and application expertise and recommends processes and/or procedures for enhancements, and modifications to improve existing pharmacy systems.

  • Responds to improvement needs in the functional operation of the pharmacy computer systems.

  • Collaborates and documents system design and workflow processes of system needs for clinical management, staff, and providers.

  • Functions as a liaison between these stakeholders and the system build teams.

  • Provides technical and application expertise to design, analyze, and optimize clinical information systems.

  • Ensures system design achieves Health System objectives of standardization, integration, and efficiency and supports compliance with policies and procedures, legal and regulatory requirements.

  • Share knowledge and expertise with team members.

  • Works collaboratively with the education team to develop change communication and training materials. Obtains approval where required.

  • Performs routine maintenance; assists with testing updates and new releases prior to production use.

  • Demonstrates compliance with all system and departmental policies and procedures. Maintains compliance with annual safety and competency testing.

Skills & Experience: 

  • Works effectively in a high-paced environment.

  • Applies knowledge of workflows to implement a system that meets business needs.

  • Provides excellent service to both internal and external customers.

  • Identifies problem situations and considers all perspectives in terms of scope and consequences.

  • Effectively coordinates and communicates with other individuals and teams.

  • Work independently, handle significant responsibility, and prioritize multiple assignments.

  • Attention to detail required.

  • Maintain knowledge of new and existing drug therapies, drug interactions, clinical recommendations.

  • Builds effective working relationships with IT and customers.

  • Maintains technical knowledge and skills while keeping abreast of current and emerging technologies

  • Ability to analyze information gathered by investigation, and report findings and recommendations

  • Effective written communication skills as appropriate for the needs of the audience

  • Strong verbal communication and listening skills

  • Ability to build strong customer relationships

  • Ability to work within tight timeframes and meet strict deadlines

  • Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Your qualifications should include: 

  • Pharm.D. or B.S. in Pharmacy

  • 5+ years of pharmacy with clinical experience including: 

  • 1+ year of experience in the delivery of client-facing applications support service

  • 1+ year of Information Technology related support.

  • Certification in Epic Beacon and Research and Prefer Willow Inpatient and/or Ambulatory.

  • For internal COH candidates, Epic certification shall be obtained within 9 months of transferring into the Epic project.

  • Current Pharmacist License

Preferred

  • Board Certified Oncology Pharmacist (BCOP) preferred. 

  • Healthcare experience in ambulatory and acute oncology care settings preferred.  Previous experience in the design, planning and implementation of clinical information systems preferred. Previous build experience in Beacon standard of care and/or research protocols preferred.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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