Pharmacy Resident Rutgers University
About The Position
This residency program is designed to prepare practitioners to become leaders in community and specialty pharmacy. Graduates will be qualified for community management, clinical pharmacy, and specialty pharmacy positions. Affiliated with the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, the program provides opportunities to participate in teaching and precepting experiences. The residency is based at the Walgreens health-system pharmacy located in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The specialty-pharmacy-focused site offers innovative clinical pharmacy services for patients prescribed complex therapies for conditions including HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, oncology, and organ transplantation. Community pharmacists work closely with multidisciplinary teams to provide optimal pharmacotherapy. Residents also gain insight into management activities affecting the implementation of patient care services in community and specialty pharmacy settings.
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
- Develop health and wellness programs.
- Participate in disease state management programs in oncology, transplant, HIV/AIDS, chronic inflammatory diseases, and other complex disease states.
- Provide medication therapy management.
- Manage quality programs.
- Manage access to a wide range of Limited Distribution Drugs.
- Recommend and administer vaccines.
- Participate in community outreach programs.
- Design and conduct practice-based research projects.
- Present research findings at appropriate regional and national professional meetings.
- Execute marketing strategies to promote patient care services.
- Provide clinical instruction to student pharmacists at Rutgers and the pharmacy.
Benefits
- Benefits are referenced through the Walgreens benefits website; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
