Healthcare Technology Consulting - Inpatient Pharmacy Architect

Job Family:

Technology Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 50%

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

Guidehouse’s Health IT Solutions team works with clients to measurably improve their technology outcomes through a mix of IT strategies, improvement in IT operations, and adoption of technology initiatives. By leveraging a deep understanding of health system IT operational best practices supported by data, Guidehouse propels IT operational improvement and technology adoption across departments and service lines at client organizations. 

The Inpatient Pharmacy Architect will lead the design, configuration, integration, and validation of Oracle Health’s PharmNet platform for inpatient pharmacy services across an expansive Public health system and affiliated correctional and community sites. This role requires deep expertise in inpatient pharmacy informatics, formulary management, medication safety, and integration with clinical and operational workflows. The Inpatient Pharmacy Architect will serve as the technical and functional lead for inpatient pharmacy, ensuring the solution meets the client’s complex regulatory, operational, and clinical requirements. 

Key Responsibilities:

Architecture and Workflow Design 

• Architect and configure Oracle Health PharmNet for inpatient pharmacy workflows, including medication ordering, verification, dispensing, administration, and reconciliation. 

• Design workflows to support formulary enforcement, therapeutic substitution, and clinical decision support. 

• Ensure compliance with DEA, FDA, USP <800>, and State-specific regulations for controlled substances, hazardous drugs, and sterile compounding. 

• Develop and validate workflows for medication reconciliation, discharge prescriptions, and continuity of care across inpatient and outpatient transitions. 

• Collaborate with clinical teams to align pharmacy workflows with order entry, MAR documentation, and clinical alerts. 

Integration and Device Connectivity 

• Lead integration of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) such as Pyxis and Omnicell, including override tracking, inventory synchronization, and audit logging. 

• Configure interfaces for barcode medication administration (BCMA), medication carousels, and robotic dispensing systems. 

• Validate HL7/FHIR interfaces for medication orders, inventory updates, and clinical documentation. 

• Collaborate with the Technical Lead to ensure device compatibility, network readiness, and secure data transmission. 

Safety and Compliance 

• Implement safety-critical workflows including allergy checking, drug-drug and drug-food interaction alerts, and duplicate therapy prevention. 

• Design and validate downtime protocols, including manual dispensing workflows and reconciliation procedures. 

• Ensure that all pharmacy workflows support medication safety standards, including five rights of medication administration and real-time alerting. 

• Lead clinical validation sessions with pharmacists, nurses, and physicians to ensure usability and safety of the configured system. 

Multi-Facility and Correctional Support 

• Design scalable architecture to support centralized and decentralized inpatient pharmacy operations across state health, and correctional facilities. 

• Address hybrid workflows that span inpatient, outpatient, and institutional settings, including secure custody environments. 

• Support integration with the State Office of Pharmacy Services (SOPS) and legacy systems (e.g., Meta) during phased transitions. 

• Develop strategies for managing refill workflows, formulary alignment, and inventory reconciliation across facilities with varying levels of automation. 

Testing and Validation 

• Lead pharmacy-specific testing events including unit, system, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT). 

• Validate medication workflows, inventory transactions, and billing integration with Oracle Health Patient Accounting. 

• Collaborate with Testing Lead and Data Migration Lead to ensure data integrity and accuracy of migrated pharmacy records. 

• Support mock cutovers, dress rehearsals, and go-live readiness assessments for pharmacy operations. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Governance