Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 1,048 licensed inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 65 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; a separate hospital outpatient surgical department with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. For 2021-2022, U.S. News and World Report ranked Duke University Hospital nationally in 11 adult specialties: cancer, cardiology & heart surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ear, nose & throat, gastroenterology & GI surgery, gynecology, neurology & neurosurgery, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology & lung surgery, and urology. Duke University Hospital is also ranked first in North Carolina and first in the Raleigh-Durham area.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

**$5,000 Sign-On Bonus for Newly Hired Team Members**

Location/ Department

Duke University Hospital; Inpatient Pediatric Pharmacy; Durham, NC

Work Hours

Full time (80 hours per 2 week period): 8 days on, 6 days off, Wednesday to Wednesday. One day of evening shift (3pm-1:30am), followed by 7 days of night shift (9pm-7:30am). Includes weekends and holidays.

General Description of the Job Class

• Perform under supervision a variety of technical duties related to the preparing and dispensing of drugs according to standard procedure. 

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Prepare intravenous admixtures or other sterile products (including chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition).

• Fill physician orders/prescriptions, medication carts, or stock requisitions.

• Fill daily restock request and appropriately document in the compounding software

• Assist with cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of compounding equipment

• Answer telephones and directs calls to appropriate personnel.               

• Provide technical support for automated equipment.

• Maintain logs, records and other required documentation. File documentation in the appropriate location.

• Complete and document all assigned medication storage area inspections at least monthly. Identify and replace outdated and unusable drugs. Monitor assigned quality improvement indicators of individual or departmental performance. Stock medications and supplies; package medications as required for dispensing.

• Perform other related duties incidental to work described herein.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

• Pharmacy Tech I: High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited pharmacy technician-training program. or Acceptance into pharmacy school. or High school diploma or equivalent and one year of pharmacy or health care related experience.

• Pharmacy Tech II: High school diploma or equivalent and completion of an accredited pharmacy technician-training program. or Acceptance into pharmacy school. or High school diploma or equivalent and one year of pharmacy or health care related experience.

Experience

• Pharmacy Tech I: N/A

• Pharmacy Tech II: Minimum of one years related experience.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

• Pharmacy Tech I: Must be registered with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy within the first 180 days.

• Pharmacy Tech II: North Carolina Board of Pharmacy registration is required. Pharmacy Technician certification is required from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) or The Exam for the Certification of Pharmacy Technicians (ExCPT).

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