Epic Willow Research Medication Builder
Project: Enterprise Epic Implementation
Duration: 12+ Month Contract, through Epic Go-Live in September 2027
Location: Remote with quarterly travel to Florida
Position Overview
A leading healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Epic Willow Research Medication Builder to support a large-scale Epic implementation and upcoming September 2027 go-live.
This is a highly specialized position focused on the build, configuration, testing, and validation of investigational and research medications within Epic Willow. The ideal candidate will be a licensed Pharmacist with strong Epic Willow expertise and direct hands-on experience building investigational medications for clinical trials and research protocols.
This individual will work closely with Pharmacy, Investigational Drug Services (IDS), Clinical Research, Oncology, Beacon, and Epic application teams to ensure research medications are accurately configured and integrated into clinical and research workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, configure, test, and maintain investigational medications and research-specific medication records within Epic Willow.
- Translate clinical trial protocols and investigational drug requirements into accurate Epic medication builds and workflows.
- Configure investigational agents, protocol-specific medications, supportive medications, and related research medication workflows.
- Partner with Investigational Drug Services, Pharmacy, Clinical Trials/Research, Oncology, Beacon, and Epic teams to ensure medication builds align with clinical and study requirements.
- Review research protocols and pharmacy requirements to determine appropriate medication configuration, ordering, dispensing, administration, and documentation workflows.
- Support workflow alignment between Epic Willow, Beacon, Research, and other applicable Epic applications.
- Perform unit testing, integrated testing, validation, troubleshooting, and remediation of investigational medication builds.
- Identify medication safety, workflow, or configuration issues and collaborate with clinical and technical stakeholders to resolve them.
- Support build remediation, workflow validation, testing cycles, and go-live readiness activities throughout the Epic implementation.
- Maintain clear build documentation and follow established Epic change control and governance standards.
- Participate in implementation meetings, testing cycles, readiness activities, and go-live preparation.
Required Qualifications
- Licensed Pharmacist (PharmD or RPh) required.
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Epic Willow certification required, preferably Willow Inpatient.
- Strong hands-on experience building medications within Epic Willow.
- Direct experience building investigational medications for clinical trials or research protocols required.
- Experience supporting Investigational Drug Services (IDS), research pharmacy, or clinical trial medication workflows.
- Ability to interpret clinical trial protocols and translate medication requirements into Epic configuration.
- Strong understanding of medication ordering, verification, dispensing, administration, and pharmacy workflows.
- Experience supporting Epic implementation, optimization, upgrade, or large-scale build initiatives.
- Strong testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and analytical skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with pharmacists, clinical research teams, providers, Epic analysts, and operational leadership.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting oncology research and investigational medications.
- Epic Beacon experience, certification, or significant experience partnering with Beacon teams.
- Experience with Epic Research or Clinical Trials workflows.
- Experience building investigational chemotherapy, immunotherapy, biologic, or other complex research medications.
- Experience working directly with an Investigational Drug Services (IDS) pharmacy.
- Experience supporting a major Epic implementation or go-live within an academic medical center, cancer center, or large healthcare system.
Project Details
This is a 12+ month consulting engagement supporting a major enterprise Epic implementation through a planned September 2027 go-live. The position is primarily remote with quarterly travel to Florida, along with participation in key project, testing, readiness, and go-live activities.
The successful candidate will bring a combination of clinical pharmacy expertise, Epic Willow build experience, and hands-on investigational medication knowledge and will play a critical role in ensuring research medication workflows are accurately configured and operationally ready for go-live.