VA EHRM- Solution Advisor Barcode Medication Administration

Req ID: RQ217471 Type of Requisition: Regular Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2) Job Family: Process and Operational Efficiency Skills: Clinical Workflows Electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR) Pharmacy Informatics Experience: 5+ years of related experience Job Description The Solution Advisor for Barcode Medication Administration (BCMA) serves as the lead clinical informatics expert responsible for designing, configuring, and implementing the closed‑loop medication administration workflow within a large‑scale Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium) EHR environment. This senior role champions medication safety across the enterprise, ensuring the BCMA solution reliably enforces the Five Rights of medication administration: right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, and right time. The Solution Advisor leads the end‑to‑end design of bedside medication administration workflows, including scanning workflows, safety checks, documentation in the electronic Medication Administration Record (eMAR), exception handling, and integration with pharmacy systems. The role requires deep collaboration with nurses, pharmacists, patient safety leaders, and workflow committees to ensure the BCMA solution is both clinically accurate and operationally efficient. The advisor supports testing, go‑live readiness, at‑the‑elbow assistance during deployment, and ongoing optimization activities. Core Responsibilities Client & Stakeholder Engagement Serve as the primary subject matter expert for nursing, pharmacy, and patient safety leaders regarding Oracle Health BCMA functionality and eMAR workflows. Provide expert guidance on medication safety principles and closed‑loop medication administration best practices. Facilitate design sessions, workflow reviews, and stakeholder consensus on medication administration processes. Solution Design & Workflow Analysis Lead design and analysis of the complete medication administration workflow across inpatient and specialty care settings. Define system behavior for exception cases (e.g., emergency overrides, patient refusals, partial doses, non‑barcoded medications). Collaborate with pharmacy teams to develop and maintain a robust barcoding strategy for unit‑dose medications and IV admixtures. Ensure workflow designs align with clinical best practices and Oracle Health functional capabilities. Implementation & Solution Management Develop, execute, and refine detailed test scripts that cover all BCMA scenarios and safety checkpoints. Provide at‑the‑elbow support during go‑live, assisting clinicians with barcode scanning, workflow navigation, and issue resolution. Assist with nursing role mapping and security profile alignment for medication administration permissions. Work with technical and operational teams to address workflow defects, enhancement requests, and system modifications. Required Qualifications Preferred 5+ years of combined experience in clinical informatics, nursing, pharmacy, or medication administration‑related implementation. Direct, hands‑on experience with Oracle Health (Cerner Millennium), including PowerChart, eMAR, and BCMA workflows. Strong understanding of closed‑loop medication administration, medication safety principles, and the Five Rights. Experience functioning as a clinical “super user,” system implementer, or workflow owner. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience training and supporting bedside clinicians. Experience with clinical licensure (RN, PharmD, etc.) strongly preferred. Minimum Skills and Qualifications Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of supporting clinical informatics responsible for the closed‑loop medication administration workflow. 3+ years of Oracle Health Millenium and clinical care delivery operation for a software as a service (SaaS) managed EHR solution with direct medication expertise. Program/Project Management. Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Health Level 7 (HL7). Must be able to obtain a Position of Trust and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting. Preferred Skills and Qualifications Experience working with large‑scale EHR implementations or federated healthcare systems. Familiarity with pharmacy informatics or medication barcoding standards. Knowledge of medication safety frameworks and clinical workflow optimization. Work Environment Remote/hybrid role based in Arlington, VA. Up to 25 percent travel for workflow sessions, testing, go‑live, or stakeholder engagement. Limited onsite presence required (20%). The likely salary range for this position is $166,600 - $225,400. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range. Our benefits package for all US‑based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post‑tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee’s date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long‑term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most. Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans #J-18808-Ljbffr General Dynamics Information Technology