Pharmacy Technician I/II - Inpatient Pediatric Pharmacy (Full-Time/ Night Shift)

Duke University Hospital 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. Inaddition 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 Commitment Bonus for Newly Hired Team Members**

 

Work Location: Duke University Hospital - Inpatient Pediatric Pharmacy; Durham, NC

 

Working hours: 

• Full time (80 hours per 2 week period):

  • 8 days on, 6 days off, Thursday to Thursday

  • One day of evening shift (3:00 pm - 1:30 am), followed by 7 days of night shift (9:00 pm - 7:30 am).

  • Includes weekends and holidays.

• Orientation period: rotating morning (6:30 am - 3:00 pm) and evening shift (3:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

 

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 procedures and techniques.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of this Level

• Prepare intravenous admixtures or other sterile products (including chemotherapy and other hazardous agents).
• Prepare oral solution/suspension medications (including chemotherapy and other hazardous agents).
• Fill physician orders/prescriptions, medication carts, or stock requisitions.
• Deliver medications and supplies to patient care and ancillary areas.
• Answer telephones and directs calls to appropriate personnel.
• Provide technical support for automated equipment (Omnicell Robotics).
• 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.
• Label, fill and deliver medication to appropriate patient care locations.
• Receive and triage information requests; research and provide information where appropriate; refer other inquiries to pharmacist.
• 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.
• Serve as a 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.
• 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 products including antineoplastic drugs under the supervision of a pharmacist. 
• Ability to work rotating shifts. 
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. 

 

 

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.