Pharmacy Resident Ferris State University
About The Position
The Walgreens and Ferris State University College of Pharmacy PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency develops advanced community pharmacists who provide direct patient care to varied patient populations, collaborate with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes, and incorporate patient care activities into community pharmacy workflows. The residency is based at Walgreens’ Medication Therapy Management (MTM) hub within a Grand Rapids Walgreens, with an additional rotation at a community-based specialty pharmacy on Grand Rapids’ Medical Mile. Graduates are prepared to become leaders and managers in community pharmacy and to advance practice beyond dispensing. Residents are expected to develop proficiency in the duties of a community-based staff pharmacist and pharmacy manager, with the longer-term aim of assisting with district and regional clinical initiatives.
Requirements
- Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a college or school of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.
- Ability to obtain a pharmacist license in the state of residency by the licensure requirement deadline.
- Submit residency application materials through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS).
- Participate in and adhere to the rules of the ASHP Resident Matching Program.
- Be a certified immunizer or become an immunizer within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide medication therapy management and patient counseling to multiple patient populations at the MTM hub.
- Develop health and wellness programs.
- Deliver preventive health services and participate in off-site immunization clinics.
- Provide services to patients taking specialty medications for solid organ transplant and inflammatory diseases.
- Deliver chronic disease management education and action plans.
- Lead patient-centered dispensing at a local Walgreens.
- Create partnerships to improve health equity and expand healthcare access for underserved patients.
- Design and conduct a practice-based research project.
- Present research findings at regional and national professional meetings.
- Develop clinical pharmacy services and collaborative practice agreements.
- Provide clinical instruction to student pharmacists at the College and pharmacy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
