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.

Working Hours: 

• Monday - Friday

• First Shift

General Description of the Job Class

As a member of the Duke Pharmacy leadership team, the coordinator is responsible for providing clinical and administrative leadership for the Investigational Drug Services (IDS) staff. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist in planning, design, implementation and demonstrates the value of pharmacy services

• Recruits excellent new employees for the IDS team

• Oversight for scheduling of IDS staff

• Responsible for performance coaching evaluations of all IDS staff members

• Coordinates and schedules staff meetings and tier I safety huddles within IDS

• Participates in the Duke Quality System through tier huddles

• Maintain and implement policies and procedures for the IDS pharmacy

• Meet with investigators and research coordinators regarding IDS services

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

• Participate in preparation and dispensing of investigational products to study participants

• Meet with clinical study monitors during site visits as needed

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

• IRB membership with participation 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

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

• Contribute to student and resident education

• Work with peers to achieve division and departmental goals

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

• Participate in Investigator's meetings

• Other duties as requested

Required Qualifications at this level

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree OR BS Pharmacy Degree

Experience

• Two years of pharmacy practice experience; Managerial/supervisor experience preferred; Research experience preferred

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

• Licensed Pharmacist with the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy

Knowledge, Skills, and abilities

• Relevant experience in investigational pharmacy services

• Working knowledge of research methods and processes

• Effective communication skills

Distinguished Characteristics of this level

• NA

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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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.

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About Duke University Health System

As a world-class academic and health care system, Duke Health strives to transform medicine and health locally and globally through innovative scientific research, rapid translation of breakthrough discoveries, educating future clinical and scientific leaders, advocating and practicing evidence-based medicine to improve community health, and leading efforts to eliminate health inequalities.

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