Career Center

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 Hospital, (Adult Inpatient Oncology/Palliative Care) Durham, North Carolina

Work Hours: 

Rotating

Position Summary:

The Oncology Services Division of the Duke University Hospital Department of Pharmacy is looking for a highly motivated and skilled practitioner to join our team of inpatient oncology pharmacists in delivering exceptional care to adult medical oncology/palliative patients. In addition to providing clinical pharmacy services, including rounding, limited order verification and clinical monitoring, responsibilities include:

· Partnering with physicians and other providers to provide clinical pharmacy services and to promote evidence-based, safe, effective drug therapy (M-F)

· Serving as the medication expert to nurses, physicians, and other healthcare staff by providing drug information and ensuring the optimum use of medications

· Providing education to patients

· Providing comprehensive supportive care and other medication therapy management

· Partner with ambulatory colleagues to optimize patient transitions of care

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

· 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.

· Provides educational lectures and/or participates in research (Duke, State/Local, 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.

Knowledge, Skills ,& Abilities

Pharm.D.; PGY1 or Pharmacy Practice Residency preferred; PGY2 Oncology Residency preferred

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.

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.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.