Pharmacy Resident

Trinity Health • Mason City, IA

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About The Position

The Pharmacy Resident completes a one-year residency program combining clinical practice, operational learning, and professional development. Residents participate as members of the patient care team and gain hands-on experience across a variety of pharmacy practice areas through rotations and projects. The program develops expertise in patient care, pharmacy operations, leadership, and quality improvement. Residents also work scheduled pharmacist shifts to strengthen clinical skills and gain insight into how pharmacy services support patient outcomes and healthcare operations.

The resident completes the residency program’s goals and objectives, including those specific to each rotation, and completes one major project during the residency year along with other assigned rotation projects. The role provides medication therapy management and education, supports safe medication use, and provides functional supervision of pharmacy operations in the assigned work area.

Requirements

• PharmD pharmacy degree.
• Iowa pharmacist licensure or eligibility for licensure by examination or reciprocity.
• Obtain pharmacist licensure within 60 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Complete the goals and objectives established for the residency program and for each rotation.
• Complete one major project during the one-year residency and other projects assigned during rotations.
• Provide a safe and effective drug control system; procure, compound, prepare, and dispense pharmaceuticals according to policy and procedure.
• Provide medication therapy management care to the patient populations served.
• Identify, prevent, and resolve medication-related problems to promote safe and effective medication use and positive patient outcomes.
• Document appropriate findings, interventions, recommendations, plans, and/or outcomes as required.
• Provide education and consultative services to patients and professional staff to support appropriate medication use.
• Provide functional supervision of pharmacy operations in the assigned work area, ensuring timely and accurate completion of pharmacy functions, duties, and responsibilities during the assigned shift.
• Work scheduled pharmacist shifts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree