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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 - Durham, NC

Working Hours: Day Shift 

Position Summary:   A clinical pharmacist position in the Investigational Drug Service is immediately available.  Candidates must possess excellent writing, organizational, analytic, clinical and interpersonal skills.  This clinical pharmacist position has many exciting and challenging responsibilities, the major ones include:

• Meet with investigators and research coordinators regarding IDS services and anticipate budget/resource requirements

• Review all protocols and IDS procedures for study drugs IDS will dispense

• Create safe processes for communicating, preparing, delivery and administration of investigational products

• Prepare study instructions as web-based documents for investigational studies and provide education to pharmacists and other health care professionals about studies occurring in their areas

• Create study drug orderables for all study drugs involved in research protocols involving IDS

• Provide specialized pharmaceutical research services to improve study integrity and outcomes

• Meet with clinical study monitors during site initiation visits

• Lead audits conducted by regulatory and compliance groups such as FDA and CTQA

• IRB membership, participating in at least 6 meetings per year

• Serve as a resource for physicians and pharmacists for all aspects of the clinical research processes and use of non-approved drugs under a compassionate use basis

• Oversee the preparation and dispensing of investigational products

• Participate in on-call coverage for investigational drug service needs to Duke University Hospital

• Contribute to student and resident education

• Work with peers to achieve division and departmental goals

• Take responsibility for personal and professional growth

• Maintain familiarity with all departmental programs and work as integral part of the pharmacy team

• Participate in Investigator's Meetings as required

• Responds quickly and appropriately to customer requests and treats customers with courtesy, respect and caring behaviors

• Anticipates customer needs and initiates action to meet those needs

• Interface and communicate with representatives of regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical research sponsors as required

• Identify areas of development and seek opportunities for personal and professional growth

• Work cooperatively within own department and with other departments/unit

• Coordinate and oversee routine maintenance on equipment as indicated by manufacturers recommendations and policy

• Assures strict adherence to aseptic techniques for use of clean air hoods an all other special equipment.

• Will know, understand, and abide by all Pharmacy Department and IDS Policies and Procedures

• Other duties as assigned

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- 5 years hospital experience is preferred

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

• Licensed Pharmacist or eligible to practice pharmacy in North Carolina

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