Pharmacist Resident

Job Profile Summary 

​This role focuses on providing pharmacy related services in a hospital or retail setting.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Pharmacy Services duties: Delivers pharmaceuticals. Includes professionals who are trained and sometimes licensed to dispense medicine/controlled substances.   A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.  The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.   An entry level role that applies broad theoretical job knowledge typically obtained through advanced education.  May require the following proficiency:  work is closely supervised, problems faced are not typically difficult or complex, and explains facts, policies and practices related to job area. 

Job Overview 

This one-year post-graduate training program accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education to develop clinical pharmacists who are responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.  Residents are prepared as pharmacists for a clinical practice that integrates direct patient care, drug distribution, teaching and management.  The residency program’s purpose is achieved by utilizing the four competency areas and their associated educational goals and objectives as required by the ASHP Standard. The competency areas are: (1) patient care; (2) advancing practice and improving patient care; (3) leadership and management; and (4) teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge 

Job Description 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. PharmD from an ACPE accredited program. 

2. Unrestricted Pharmacist license within the first 90 days of employment. 

Preferred Qualifications:  

1. Experience in drug utilization review and analysis. 

2. Experience with Electronic Medical Records. 

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1. Upon completion of an orientation period, the resident rotates though various areas of the Department of Pharmacy (Medicine, Pediatrics, Critical Care, Cancer Care, Central Operations). 

2. Reviews and approves medication orders for all Medical Center patients. This includes weekend, holiday, evening coverage as described in departmental policies and procedures. 

3. Provides continuing education for professional staff (e.g., pharmacists, physicians, nurses). 

4. Educates other health care providers by publishing drug information articles in the pharmacy newsletter. 

5. Participates in periodic reviews of therapeutic classes of drugs and present findings to the Pharmacy and