Epic Willow Analyst - Information Technology (Days)
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Location: Carrollton, GA 30117
Description:
Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analysts are the primary support contact for Pharmacy applications. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts coordinate issues which arise for their application areas and must be knowledgeable about the organization's policies, procedures, quality standards, and business operations. As most Epic applications integrate data, the application analyst should know where each piece of data within a respective workflow originates and ultimately contributes to quality outcomes. Familiarity with a healthcare organization's pharmacy workflows, regulatory requirements, and patient experiences as well as understanding a wide array of integration points is required. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts must make decisions regarding the urgency and or seriousness of calls and serve as a liaison between the technical staff of the department and the department's wide variety of customers and must escalate appropriately to resolve issues. Depending on operations, business or project needs, the Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analyst may be asked to perform duties outside what is defined in the job description on a temporary basis.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
GEORGIA PHARMACIST LICENSURE
Qualifications
* Current Epic certification(s) or accreditation in area of support is preferred. Epic certification in other areas may be considered initially. If Epic certification(s) in area of support has not been obtained or has lapsed, certification(s) related to area of support must be achieved during first 90 days. Epic certification(s) in area of support must be kept current, completing NVT (new version training) and re-certification as required.
* Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Preferred.
* Additional Epic Certifications Accreditations and Badges preferred but not required
* Analyst level and role specific qualifications are outlined in the Information Technology Ladders Policy
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
* Application Support: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist acts as the primary support contact for the application's end users. The analyst is responsible for monitoring the ticket queue, reaching out to the end user to ensure clear understanding of reported issues, and closing tickets in accordance with defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) guidelines. The analyst can independently troubleshoot and resolve complex problems without assistance, while acting as a resource for the team. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist has more extensive knowledge of other applications and specialty features (such as those identified by Epic Badges and additional certifications) that enable the analyst to troubleshoot break-fix issues and lead cross-team efforts. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist provides assistance, information, and support to others, and seeks to share his her expertise. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist seeks opportunities to work on projects and work with other teams as a means to develop experience and knowledge.
* Application Maintenance and Monitoring:The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring the day-to-day operability of the application which includes but is not limited to monitoring of applicable work queues. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to have advanced knowledge of the integration points for third party applications as well as ensuring that the third party applications function as expected with Epic. The analyst should engage with necessary stakeholders to establish a process where third party applications stay on an acceptable release version (n-1) and coordinate and complete any upgrades. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist demonstrates the ability to drive the upgrade projects to timely completion by engaging vendor to resolve complex issues when necessary. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should exhibit the ability to provide practical, relevant ideas for improvement and actualize these ideas. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist identifies what needs to be done before being asked or before the situation requires it. The role also has responsibility for periodic review of their workforce member's security access levels to the electronic patient healthcare information to ensure access is limited to job function.
* Incident Management: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to identify and resolve any system issues that could impact the integrity, safety, and availability of the system. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to strategically evaluate risk versus benefit, financial implications, and long-term supportability of any changes resulting from reported issues, and follow through with build modification in order to resolve issues and improve workflow for the functional area. When an issue crosses multiple applications or specialties, the Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will demonstrate teamwork and leadership by spearheading the collaboration of cross functional teams across all areas of IT to implement requested changes or drive an issue to resolution while adhering to the established Change Control Process. The role may require that the analyst identify stakeholders, coordinate meetings, document findings, and any other task necessary to resolve the issue.
* Change Management: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will participate in Epic upgrade cycles by performing Nova note review, and will analyze and review enhancements changes, perform the necessary build, test, and install the upgrade. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should work with operations to obtain buy-in for implementing new features introduced by the upgrade while staying within best practices. In addition to scheduled upgrades, the analyst will guide and own workflow design and changes required to keep the organization current with Gold Star, Honor Roll, and Staying Current requirements. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should be a resource for their team and other teams when upgrades and or enhancements potentially impact their application, and should evaluate the ".big picture". with regard to recommendations of future functionality. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist stays abreast of business, industry, and market information that may reveal business opportunities for the organization allowing the analyst to propose new approaches, methods, or technologies.
* Operational Engagement: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is responsible for serving as a liaison between operations, the IT Department, and the vendor (EPIC, additional third party applications). Maintaining regular communication with direct operational contacts to identify current operating procedures, problems, and requirements. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist anticipates customer needs with the goal of generating loyalty and lasting relationships, and seeks customer feedback to ensure needs have been met. Active participation and contribution to organizational committee meetings, and an active role in integrated workgroups is expected. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will lead meetings, give presentations, or chair integrated workgroups when called upon. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should stay abreast of upcoming, future upgrade features. It is expected that the analyst will identify features that are strategically beneficial to the organization, and introduce these features to operational and IT leadership to facilitate a proactive plan to implement, especially where budget or staffing constraints may introduce risk to the project. When working on specific projects, The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should act as a project manager and provide criteria for a successful project outcome, understand potential pit falls, coordinate a plan and timeline, and work with operations and leadership to limit scope.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
GEORGIA PHARMACIST LICENSURE
Qualifications
* Current Epic certification(s) or accreditation in area of support is preferred. Epic certification in other areas may be considered initially. If Epic certification(s) in area of support has not been obtained or has lapsed, certification(s) related to area of support must be achieved during first 90 days. Epic certification(s) in area of support must be kept current, completing NVT (new version training) and re-certification as required.
* Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Preferred.
* Additional Epic Certifications Accreditations and Badges preferred but not required
* Analyst level and role specific qualifications are outlined in the Information Technology Ladders Policy
Definitions
Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analysts are the primary support contact for Pharmacy applications. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts coordinate issues which arise for their application areas and must be knowledgeable about the organization's policies, procedures, quality standards, and business operations. As most Epic applications integrate data, the application analyst should know where each piece of data within a respective workflow originates and ultimately contributes to quality outcomes. Familiarity with a healthcare organization's pharmacy workflows, regulatory requirements, and patient experiences as well as understanding a wide array of integration points is required. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts must make decisions regarding the urgency and or seriousness of calls and serve as a liaison between the technical staff of the department and the department's wide variety of customers and must escalate appropriately to resolve issues. Depending on operations, business or project needs, the Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analyst may be asked to perform duties outside what is defined in the job description on a temporary basis.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Simple repetitive duties using several well defined procedures under close supervision. Work calls for some variation, but within specific instructions and detailed checks of supervisor.
Working Conditions: Generally pleasant working conditions/normal office environment.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): No
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Strenuous physical effort - Sustained muscular exertion with medium and heavy objects. Hard work with constant strain or intermittent severe strain.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Not required
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Not required
Hearing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Reaching -- above shoulder: Not required
Reaching -- below shoulder: Not required
Visual: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Color Vision: Not required
Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Standing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Balancing: Not required
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Not required
Running - in response to an emergency: Not required
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Not required
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Not required
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Not required
Carrying: Not required
Climbing: Not required
Kneeling: Not required
Squatting: Not required
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving -- Class C vehicles: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Not required
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Not required
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
GEORGIA PHARMACIST LICENSURE
Qualifications
* Current Epic certification(s) or accreditation in area of support is preferred. Epic certification in other areas may be considered initially. If Epic certification(s) in area of support has not been obtained or has lapsed, certification(s) related to area of support must be achieved during first 90 days. Epic certification(s) in area of support must be kept current, completing NVT (new version training) and re-certification as required.
* Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Preferred.
* Additional Epic Certifications Accreditations and Badges preferred but not required
* Analyst level and role specific qualifications are outlined in the Information Technology Ladders Policy
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
* Application Support: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist acts as the primary support contact for the application's end users. The analyst is responsible for monitoring the ticket queue, reaching out to the end user to ensure clear understanding of reported issues, and closing tickets in accordance with defined Service Level Agreement (SLA) guidelines. The analyst can independently troubleshoot and resolve complex problems without assistance, while acting as a resource for the team. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist has more extensive knowledge of other applications and specialty features (such as those identified by Epic Badges and additional certifications) that enable the analyst to troubleshoot break-fix issues and lead cross-team efforts. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist provides assistance, information, and support to others, and seeks to share his her expertise. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist seeks opportunities to work on projects and work with other teams as a means to develop experience and knowledge.
* Application Maintenance and Monitoring:The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is responsible for ensuring the day-to-day operability of the application which includes but is not limited to monitoring of applicable work queues. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to have advanced knowledge of the integration points for third party applications as well as ensuring that the third party applications function as expected with Epic. The analyst should engage with necessary stakeholders to establish a process where third party applications stay on an acceptable release version (n-1) and coordinate and complete any upgrades. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist demonstrates the ability to drive the upgrade projects to timely completion by engaging vendor to resolve complex issues when necessary. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should exhibit the ability to provide practical, relevant ideas for improvement and actualize these ideas. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist identifies what needs to be done before being asked or before the situation requires it. The role also has responsibility for periodic review of their workforce member's security access levels to the electronic patient healthcare information to ensure access is limited to job function.
* Incident Management: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to identify and resolve any system issues that could impact the integrity, safety, and availability of the system. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is expected to strategically evaluate risk versus benefit, financial implications, and long-term supportability of any changes resulting from reported issues, and follow through with build modification in order to resolve issues and improve workflow for the functional area. When an issue crosses multiple applications or specialties, the Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will demonstrate teamwork and leadership by spearheading the collaboration of cross functional teams across all areas of IT to implement requested changes or drive an issue to resolution while adhering to the established Change Control Process. The role may require that the analyst identify stakeholders, coordinate meetings, document findings, and any other task necessary to resolve the issue.
* Change Management: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will participate in Epic upgrade cycles by performing Nova note review, and will analyze and review enhancements changes, perform the necessary build, test, and install the upgrade. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should work with operations to obtain buy-in for implementing new features introduced by the upgrade while staying within best practices. In addition to scheduled upgrades, the analyst will guide and own workflow design and changes required to keep the organization current with Gold Star, Honor Roll, and Staying Current requirements. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should be a resource for their team and other teams when upgrades and or enhancements potentially impact their application, and should evaluate the ".big picture". with regard to recommendations of future functionality. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist stays abreast of business, industry, and market information that may reveal business opportunities for the organization allowing the analyst to propose new approaches, methods, or technologies.
* Operational Engagement: The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist is responsible for serving as a liaison between operations, the IT Department, and the vendor (EPIC, additional third party applications). Maintaining regular communication with direct operational contacts to identify current operating procedures, problems, and requirements. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist anticipates customer needs with the goal of generating loyalty and lasting relationships, and seeks customer feedback to ensure needs have been met. Active participation and contribution to organizational committee meetings, and an active role in integrated workgroups is expected. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist will lead meetings, give presentations, or chair integrated workgroups when called upon. The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should stay abreast of upcoming, future upgrade features. It is expected that the analyst will identify features that are strategically beneficial to the organization, and introduce these features to operational and IT leadership to facilitate a proactive plan to implement, especially where budget or staffing constraints may introduce risk to the project. When working on specific projects, The Willow Analyst-Pharmacist should act as a project manager and provide criteria for a successful project outcome, understand potential pit falls, coordinate a plan and timeline, and work with operations and leadership to limit scope.
Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: Three years of related experience. Requires working knowledge of specialized practices, equipment, and procedures.
Licenses and Certifications
GEORGIA PHARMACIST LICENSURE
Qualifications
* Current Epic certification(s) or accreditation in area of support is preferred. Epic certification in other areas may be considered initially. If Epic certification(s) in area of support has not been obtained or has lapsed, certification(s) related to area of support must be achieved during first 90 days. Epic certification(s) in area of support must be kept current, completing NVT (new version training) and re-certification as required.
* Doctor of Pharmacy Degree Preferred.
* Additional Epic Certifications Accreditations and Badges preferred but not required
* Analyst level and role specific qualifications are outlined in the Information Technology Ladders Policy
Definitions
Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analysts are the primary support contact for Pharmacy applications. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts coordinate issues which arise for their application areas and must be knowledgeable about the organization's policies, procedures, quality standards, and business operations. As most Epic applications integrate data, the application analyst should know where each piece of data within a respective workflow originates and ultimately contributes to quality outcomes. Familiarity with a healthcare organization's pharmacy workflows, regulatory requirements, and patient experiences as well as understanding a wide array of integration points is required. Willow Analyst-Pharmacist analysts must make decisions regarding the urgency and or seriousness of calls and serve as a liaison between the technical staff of the department and the department's wide variety of customers and must escalate appropriately to resolve issues. Depending on operations, business or project needs, the Willow Analyst-Pharmacist Analyst may be asked to perform duties outside what is defined in the job description on a temporary basis.
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others: Requires frequent contact with many persons at different levels inside and outside of the organization to carry out organization policies and programs and obtain willing acceptance, consent, or action.
Effect of Error: Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility: Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students
Work Environment/Physical Effort
Mental Demands: Simple repetitive duties using several well defined procedures under close supervision. Work calls for some variation, but within specific instructions and detailed checks of supervisor.
Working Conditions: Generally pleasant working conditions/normal office environment.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): No
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No
Physical Effort: Strenuous physical effort - Sustained muscular exertion with medium and heavy objects. Hard work with constant strain or intermittent severe strain.
Physical Aspects
Bending: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Not required
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching: Not required
Hearing: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Reaching -- above shoulder: Not required
Reaching -- below shoulder: Not required
Visual: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Color Vision: Not required
Speaking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Standing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Balancing: Not required
Walking: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Crawling: Not required
Running - in response to an emergency: Not required
Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Not required
Lifting over 60 lbs.: Not required
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping: Not required
Carrying: Not required
Climbing: Not required
Kneeling: Not required
Squatting: Not required
Tasting: Not required
Smelling: Not required
Driving -- Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required
Driving -- Class C vehicles: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Driving -- CDL class vehicles: Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Not required
Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- up to 25 lbs.: Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 to 60 lbs.: Not required
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs. : Not required