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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.

Work Location:

• Duke University Hospital - Duke Compounding Facility - Durham, NC

Working Hours:

• Day Shift (1st)
• 7:00am - 3:30pm

Job Description:
Perform, under supervision of a licensed pharmacist, a variety of technical duties related to the preparing and dispensing of drugs according to standard procedure.
 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare sterile-to-sterile and non-sterile-to-sterile intravenous admixtures or other sterile products
• Perform advanced compounding activities including weighing bulk API, mixing, aseptic filtration, depyrogenation, and terminal steam sterilization. 
• Finalize batch packaging (label, package, seal)
• Fill orders and stock requisitions.
• Deliver medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas.
• Answer telephones and directs calls to appropriate personnel.
• Fill daily restock request and appropriately document in the compounding software.
• Collect and enter materials for compounding batches in the compounding software for pharmacist approval
• Provide technical support for compounding operations including equipment cleaning, sterilization, and maintenance.
• Prepare and reconcile labels for compounded batches.
• Assist with cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization of compounding equipment and product components
• Assisting finish/fill operations as required
• 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 for production needs.
• Perform other related duties incidental to work described herein.
   

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of drug names, basic math, medical terminology, basic computer skills.
• Ability to compound medications and admix intravenous under the supervision of a pharmacist
• Ability to work rotating shifts.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Understanding of good inventory practices such as first in/first out and maintaining par levels. 
• Knowledge of analytical scale operations
• Advanced aseptic manipulation knowledge. 
• Knowledge of FDA compounding guidances and cGMP experience preferred. 
   

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 andcompletion 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).

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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