PHARMACY IT ANALYST (100% FTE, DAY SHIFTS) - University of Washington

Req #: 240911 Department: UW MEDICINE PHARMACY SERVICES Posting Date: 12/18/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $12,500 - $16,275 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230119\_a11y.pdf) The **UW MEDICINE PHARMACY DEPARTMENT** has an outstanding opportunity for a **PHARMACY IT ANALYST.** **WORK SCHEDULE** - 40 hours per week - Day Shift **POSITION HIGHLIGHTS** - Work closely with the other Epic application teams in support of the EpicCare Willow Inpatient and Ambulatory application to ensure that the electronic health record (EHR) will allow for safe and efficient care to our patients - Assist with planning, designing, and implementing Epic Pharmacy enhancements and major upgrades, and will be a member of the Epic Pharmacy team, reporting to the pharmacy IT manager - The application environment within UW Medicine includes departmental systems and clinical repositories. The EHR will be Epic at all sites and within most departments. An understanding of the applications and their integration with Epic is critical to the Pharmacy IT Application Analysts' success along with clinical pharmacy knowledge at a high level. This position will be working with over 6,000 medication records. **PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES** - Maintain expertise in all aspects of Epic Willow pharmacy and clinical applications in order to analyze, design, build/configure, validate, implement, and provide ongoing maintenance for Epic pharmacy and clinical applications tools and system functionality - Participate in system design, build, validation, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the Epic Willow pharmacy and other Epic Clinical Applications - Thoroughly document and understand providers' practice methods, clinic operations, processes, and patient interactions, and how Epic Willow pharmacy and Epic Clinical Applications support these processes - Work with practices to make system changes, workflow changes, and other system design decisions that support clinic operations while maintaining team standards and allowing for sustainable long-term maintenance - Leverage best practices and documentation provided by Epic through its Epic UserWeb and Community Library - Develop and execute test plans and test cases for usability, performance and adherence to standards - Provide expert knowledge to optimize the design and development of systems - Serve as an Epic-certified expert resource to UW Medicine staff by anticipating and identifying educational, procedural, and functional issues associated with the implementation and use of new applications. Mentor Epic Pharmacy Analyst teammates on how to perform these functions - Provide supportive and positive mechanisms for reporting application and system deficiencies, and facilitate reporting of suggestions for system improvements - Translate users' requirements into effective business cases, functional specifications, technical specifications, and other requirements documentation Strong candidates will have: - Experience in an inpatient and/or ambulatory pharmacy setting - Experience in implementing or supporting an Epic clinical system - Experience with Epic Beacon - Demonstrated ability to work with and facilitate multidisciplinary clinician groups as part of the clinical information system support - Familiarity with multiple operating systems and hardware platforms, and their integration into various applications and equipment - Knowledge of Health Care regulatory environment and fluent in computer and healthcare related concepts and vernacular - Experience educating clinical staff in the use of Epic **REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS** - Active Pharmacist license and 2-3 years of experience in the following: - EpicCare Ambulatory, Willow Inpatient, and/or Willow Ambulatory experience or related certification - Demonstrated ability to be self-directed, escalate appropriately, communicate clearly, and learn quickly, with strong attention to detail - Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with customers to build strong and effective relationships through building trust, imparting knowledge, and providing excellent customer service - Skilled in use of desktop computers, including proficiency with office applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Outlook) and Project Applications - Familiarity with database structures, data definitions, and data relationships **_CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:UW Medicine is committed to being a drug-free workplace. We require a pre-employment drug screen._** **ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-MONTLAKE** UW Medical Center is an acute care academic medical center located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in seven specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center-Montlake campus is located on the edge of the beautiful UW campus which includes many amenities available to our staff as well as very convenient public transit options including the Sound Transit's light rail station across the street. **Excellence. Exploration. Education. (https://www.uwmedicine.org/about/career-opportunities/uw-medical-center-montlake)** Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. **ABOUT UW MEDICINE - WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER** UW Medicine is Washington's only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine's mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow's physicians, scientists and other health professionals. All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.