Pharmacy Resident South College
About The Position
This PGY1 residency builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy education to develop pharmacist practitioners with the knowledge, skills, and abilities described in residency competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete the program will develop skills in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education. The program prepares residents to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy (such as BCPS), and pursue advanced education and training, including PGY2 residencies. The residency is based at a high-volume Walgreens pharmacy in Knoxville, with additional learning experiences at community, worksite, and community-based specialty pharmacy locations. Through its affiliation with South College, the program offers opportunities to participate in teaching activities and complete a teaching certificate. Graduates are prepared for leadership and management roles in community pharmacy, advancing patient care, expanding pharmacists’ roles beyond traditional dispensing, and leading change in the profession. The resident influences patient outcomes through patient-centered dispensing and counseling, medication therapy management, collaboration with other healthcare providers, health and wellness program development, worksite population health activities, management of patients receiving specialty medications for complex and chronic conditions, disease prevention and education, and immunization services. The resident also develops practice management and teaching skills through practice management, marketing and reimbursement activities, community outreach and education, a teaching certificate program, a teaching assistant appointment, and precepting student pharmacist learners.
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 an immunizer within 90 days of hire.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient-centered dispensing and counseling.
- Participate in medication therapy management programs.
- Collaborate with other healthcare providers.
- Develop health and wellness programs.
- Conduct population health activities at a worksite pharmacy.
- Manage patients receiving specialty medications for complex and chronic conditions.
- Provide disease prevention, detection, and education services.
- Provide immunization services.
- Participate in practice management, marketing, and reimbursement activities.
- Conduct community outreach and education.
- Participate in a teaching certificate program and serve as a teaching assistant.
- Precept student pharmacist learners.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
