Pharmacy Informatics Residency

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. This is a full-time, exempt term position lasting 12 months. Vanderbilt University Medical Center Post-Graduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Informatics Residency program is a 12-month, full-time residency, accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). The purpose of the PGY2 Pharmacy Residency program is to build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available. The mission of the PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics residency is to transition PGY1 residency graduates from general practice to specialized informatics practice that meets the needs for informatics services and ultimately our patients and providers. The resident will be involved with active inpatient and outpatient services which includes multiple levels of system build and informatics clinical decision support. Graduates are well equipped to be fully integrated members of the informatics team, and able to contribute or make recommendations in a fast-paced environment. In addition, graduates are experienced in short-term research in pharmacy informatics, excel in their ability to teach other health professionals, and possess the experience necessary to exercise leadership for pharmacy informatics practice in the health system. Our residency program will provide each resident with specific learning experiences designed to enable the resident to expand the scope of his/her practice skills. The resident will be evaluated on ASHP goals/objectives as assigned on various learning experiences (rotations, longitudinal experiences, presentations, etc.) throughout the year. The ASHP Residency Learning System/PharmAcademic is used extensively, which offers the resident a tailored, personalized, and progressive learning experience throughout the year. This residency will tentatively begin on July 1, 2026, with one residency position available. PGY2 specialty residencies require the successful completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency year and pharmacy licensure in the state of Tennessee. VUMC pharmacy residency positions in postgraduate year one (PGY1) or postgraduate year two (PGY2) are offered to applicants through the ASHP Resident Matching Program (the "Match"). The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) is responsible for establishing the Rules of the Match, and for monitoring the implementation of the Match. The administration and conduct of the Match is carried out by National Matching Services Inc. on behalf of ASHP.

Requirements

• Applicants must submit an application in the PhORCAS portal by January 2 and complete an online HR application with Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the PGY2 Pharmacy Informatics Residency
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree
• PGY1 Pharmacy Residency certificate
• three letters of recommendation from pharmacy preceptors and/or supervisory pharmacists, and University transcripts for pharmacy coursework are required to be submitted through the PhORCAS application.
• Applicants must obtain unrestricted licensure to practice as a Pharmacist in the State of Tennessee by July 31st of their residency year.
• Residents who are not fully licensed by this date will have modifications to their scheduled responsibilities.
• Failure to obtain Tennessee licensure before October 1st will result in dismissal from the residency program and termination from employment at VUMC.
• Verification of professional degree conferred, as well as Tennessee Pharmacist licensure occurs in accordance with VUMC policy.

Responsibilities

• A broad range of experiences are incorporated into the residency curriculum.
• Didactic discussions, reading assignments, case presentations, written assignments, or direct patient care experiences will allow the pharmacy informatics resident to understand and appreciate the implications of areas including but not limited to understanding the role of informatics in improving patient safety, evaluate technology integration in clinical practice, assess the impact of informatics systems on clinician workflow, and participate in project design and implementation.
• Residents will develop expertise in informatics principals during the residency year.
• Residents will have the opportunity to gain teaching experience and assist preceptors with teaching pharmacy students from the local colleges of pharmacy and with PGY1 Pharmacy residents from our own institution, along with an optional teaching certificate provided by one of the two local colleges of pharmacy obtained during the residency.
• The resident will also have opportunities to provide didactic lectures to pharmacy students, as well as in-service presentations to pharmacy and nursing staff.
• The resident will gain experience in giving formal presentations and will be required to complete research pharmacy projects with at least one process improvement project and manuscript submitted for publication during the residency.
• Required rotation experiences include Clinical Pharmacy Systems, Technical Concepts, Data Analytics, Medication Safety, Informatics Clinical rotation, Clinical Decision Support, Advanced Clinical Decision Support, Ambulatory, and Orientation, with a variety of required longitudinal experiences and elective rotations such as Advanced Data Analytics, Advanced Ambulatory, Oncology Medication Services (Beacon), and others.
• Staffing requirements will vary but will primarily be focused on clinical pharmacy practice such as order entry, sterile products/IV Room, and staffing as needed in pharmacy throughout the year.

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO)
• travel support to attend professional meetings
• health insurance
• relocation allowance and other benefits.
• For additional information go to: https://www.vumc.org/department-pharmacy/pgy2-pharmacy-informatics/

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees