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 (Clinical and Patient Care Services) Durham, North Carolina 

Work Hours:

• Monday - Friday 
• 7:00am - 3:30pm

  *potential for weekend shifts, if needed

General Description

The Continuity of Care pharmacy technician is a self-motivated, independent pharmacy technician responsible for working collaboratively with the Transitions of Care Manager within the Clinical and Patient Care Services division to perform medication history interviews for patients at Duke University Hospital.

Work Performed

• Use high-level communication skills to perform a patient interview and obtain a complete home medication list.
• This includes contacting retail pharmacies or physician offices to verify the medication history with persistence to achieve the highest level of accuracy.
• Ensure complete and accurate documentation for each identified medication in the electronic medical record with careful attention to detail.
• Discuss any identified issues related to the medication history with the clinical pharmacist staff to promote high-quality transitions of care.
• Provide medication history related pharmacy technician and student training and development.
• Participate in departmental goal planning and quality improvement activities, focused on care transitions
• Participate in committee, workgroup or team meetings Contribute to development projects (design, implementation, measuring impact)
• Maintain familiarity with all departmental programs Perform other related duties incidental to work described herein

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of medication names (brand/generic) and basic math.

• Attention to detail and persistence in work ethic
• 5 years (Community/Retail setting preferred)
• Experience performing medication histories/reconciliation is preferred
• Able to work independently and prioritize responsibilities in a high volume environment ·
• Necessary communication and interpersonal skills to maintain effective working relationships with patients and co-workers ·
• Takes responsibility for personal and professional growth ·
• Must be able to operate a computer, telephone, pager and other pharmacy

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Work requires high school or equivalent. Successful completion of a formalized Pharmacy Technician program preferred.

Experience

Work requires a minimum of two years experience as a Pharmacy Technician plus completion of advanced competencies checklist as documented and approved by the Department of Pharmacy. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE.

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Pharmacy technician certification is required from the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB). North Carolina Board of Pharmacy registration is required.

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