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 - Durham, NC

Working hours: 

• Rotating shifts
• 1 weekend required per 4-week schedule.

Practice or research specialty/focus of the position: Adult Inpatient Internal Medicine

Position Summary:   This clinical pharmacist position in the Clinical and Patient Care Services Division provides clinical pharmacy services, including order verification, clinical monitoring, and support of clinical pharmacy and departmental programs.  Responsibilities include:

• Maintains outstanding skills as a clinical pharmacy practitioner and consistently demonstrates the value of pharmacy services.

• Provides clinical pharmacy services to primarily General Medicine services and associated patient populations

• Provides discharge medication reconciliation and contributes to ongoing hospital and department transitions of care initiatives

• Educates medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff about the management, prescribing and monitoring of therapies used in patient care area(s) of responsibility.

• Serves as a resource to the Department of Pharmacy for area(s) of expertise.

• Participates in departmental and hospital committees and initiatives related to practice area.

• Contributes to student and resident education.

• Provides educational lectures and/or participates in research (Duke, State/Local, and National).

• Works with peers to achieve division and departmental goals.

• Takes responsibility for personal and professional growth.

• Maintains familiarity with all departmental programs and works as integral part of the pharmacy team.

• Additional responsibilities as assigned by manager

Description of institution/organization: Duke University Hospital is a 1,048-bed tertiary care teaching facility offering a broad array of inpatient and ambulatory care services.  The Department of Pharmacy provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care to patients with a staff of more than 400 pharmacists and technicians.  Located within the Research Triangle, Duke University and the region offer an excellent quality of life, including close proximity to the North Carolina beaches and mountains.  For more information on Duke University Hospital see our web page at www.dukehealth.org/about_duke.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy Degree OR BS Pharmacy Degree

Experience

• With a BS Pharmacy degree, two years of pharmacy practice experience, or acceptable board certification, or completion of an accredited residency program and demonstrated ability to achieve positive patient outcomes in a similar environment is required.

• With Doctor of Pharmacy degree, no experience is required.

• 2+ years of practice experience preferred

• PGY2 Internal Medicince residency preferred

• PGY1 or pharmacy practice residency preferred

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

• Licensed Pharmacist or eligible to practice pharmacy in North Carolina

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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