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 957 inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 51 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; an Ambulatory Surgery Center with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. In fiscal year 2018, Duke University Hospital admitted 42,916 patients and had 1,085,740 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2017.

U.S News & World Report named Duke University Hospital #1 in North Carolina and #1 in the Raleigh-Durham area in 2018-19.

Duke University Hospital is ranked in the top 20 nationally for seven adult specialties, including cardiology and heart surgery, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology.

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.

Location:

Duke University Hospital (Inpatient Operations)  Durham, NC 27710

Work Hours:

Rotating 1st and 2nd shift (6:30am-3pm and 3pm-1130pm).

General Description 

Perform under supervision a variety of routine and advanced technical duties related to preparing and dispensing of drugs in accordance with standard procedures and techniques.

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Retrieve and interpret medication orders; perform pharmaceutical calculations, taking into account patient and drug characteristics; enter medication orders into pharmacy computer system for pharmacist's review
• Label, fill, and deliver medications to appropriate patient care locations
• Answer telephones and direct calls to appropriate personnel
• Receive and triage information requests; research and provide information where appropriate; refer other inquiries to pharmacy.
• Inventory, order, receive and stock drugs and supplies
• Retrieve discontinued or expired medications from stock and patient areas; discard or return to stock as appropriate; complete corresponding documentation.
• Perform specialized and advanced procedures specific to assigned pharmacy area (CHC Retail Pharmacy)
• Perform non-sterile compounding in accordance with USP<795>, USP<800>, departmental, and regulatory guidelines
• Ability to pass compounding competency exam within 90 days of hire
• Provide excellent customer service to a wide variety of patients and patient care areas
• Ability to enter charges and credits for patient medications using point of sale system
• Serve as primary training resource for new technicians and assist in evaluating their progress as directed; may assist in preparing schedules, setting work priorities, and making work assignments as directed.
• Assist in documentation of unit-specific procedures and quality assurance activities under Pharmacist's review
• Assist other technicians in performing complex procedures and/or calculations as requires.
• Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

IV Room, or Sterile Cleanroom experience then they would be preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires high school or equivalent. Successful completion of a formalized Pharmacy Technician program preferred.

Experience

Work requires a minimum of two years experience as a Pharmacy Technician plus completion of advanced competencies checklist as documented and approved by the Department of Pharmacy. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Pharmacy technician certification is required from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). North Carolina Board of Pharmacy registration is required.

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