Pharmacy Resident Walgreens, St Louis MO
About The Position
This residency program prepares residents to achieve their professional goals, develop as leaders in the pharmacy profession, provide compassionate community care, and contribute to Walgreens’ health care advancements. The primary practice site is a Walgreens community-based specialty pharmacy, where residents gain patient-care and prescriber-communication experience in specialty disease states including HIV, hepatitis C, oncology, and solid organ transplant. The secondary practice site is a high-volume retail pharmacy with a separate patient care center offering opportunities to serve patients with a variety of chronic diseases. The program emphasizes community outreach and professional advocacy and is academically affiliated with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Residents complete a teaching certificate program and participate in university teaching and precepting. Graduates are prepared to assume leadership roles in advancing pharmacy and community pharmacy practice.
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 within 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 an immunizer within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Manage disease states including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, solid organ transplant, and oncology.
- Develop and present community outreach presentations for patients, caregivers, and health care providers.
- Provide medication therapy management.
- Recommend and administer routine and travel immunizations.
- Enhance existing or develop new patient care programs.
- Design and conduct independent, practice-based research.
- Present research findings at regional and national meetings.
- Provide clinical instruction to student pharmacists in didactic and experiential environments.
- Gain pharmacy business and management leadership skills.
- Complete a teaching certificate program.
- Communicate with prescribers regarding specialty disease states.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
