Pharmacy Resident Purdue University
About The Position
This residency is a training opportunity for pharmacists to enhance their skills in community pharmacy, with a focus on complex specialty disease states. The program is conducted across three Walgreens Specialty Pharmacies and two ambulatory care clinics in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residents work with providers and patients to support access to affordable specialty drug therapies, and serve patients through community outreach. The program also develops leadership skills through involvement in practice management and advancement, and provides experience delivering clinical services, conducting research, precepting students, and completing a teaching certification. Graduates may pursue positions in specialty pharmacy, ambulatory care, management, and academia.
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 be willing to become one within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Participate in disease state management programs in oncology, chronic inflammatory diseases, HCV, HIV, transplant, and other areas involving limited distribution drug therapies.
- Complete ambulatory care clinic rotations and volunteer at an underserved ambulatory care clinic.
- Provide medication therapy management services.
- Support public health through community outreach.
- Administer pharmacist-provided vaccines.
- Develop management and medication distribution skills.
- Design and conduct a practice-based research project.
- Design and conduct a patient-centered business plan.
- Complete a teaching certificate program.
- Serve as a preceptor to pharmacy students.
- Participate in local, state, and national organizations.
- Complete a medication safety elective.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
