Pharmacy Resident

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Primary Location

Rapid City, SD USA

Department

RCH CCI Pharmacy

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Starting Pay Rate Range

$59,779.20 - $74,713.60

(Determined by the knowledge, skills, and experience of the applicant.)

Job Summary

Postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the ASHP educational competency areas, goals, and objectives. Residents who successfully complete PGY1 residency programs will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership, and education, and be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certification in pharmacotherapy, and pursue advanced education and training opportunities including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies. PGY2 residency programs build on PGY1 residency programs to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. PGY2 residents function independently as practitioners with greater competence and proficiency as compared to PGY1 residents. At completion of the PGY2 residency, the pharmacist is prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification.

Monument Health offers competitive wages and benefits on qualifying positions. Some of those benefits can include:

*Supportive work culture

*Medical, Vision and Dental Coverage

*Retirement Plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Account

*Instant pay is available for qualifying positions

*Paid Time Off Accrual Bank

*Opportunities for growth and advancement

*Tuition assistance/reimbursement

*Excellent pay differentials on qualifying positions

*Flexible scheduling

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Provide safe and effective patient care following the pharmacists' patient care process. Collect, assess, and analyze clinical information. Develop and implement evidence-based, cost effective and comprehensive patient-centered care plans. Monitor, evaluate, and modify care plans. Identify and address medication-related needs of patients experiencing care transitions.
• Collaborate and communicate with the healthcare team. Communicate effectively with patients and caregivers. Document patient care activities.
• Promote safe and effective access to medication therapy by facilitating formulary management or medication access, participating in medication event reporting, and managing the process for preparing, dispensing and administering medications.
• Identify and implement population health management through delivering/enhancing a population health service, program, or process. Prepare/revise a drug class review, monograph, treatment guideline, treatment protocol, utilization management criteria, and/or order set.
• Conduct practice advancement projects. Identify the topic, develop and implement a project plan, analyze the results, assess potential changes, and develop and and present a final report.
• Demonstrate leadership skills that contribute to departmental or organizational excellence in the advancement of pharmacy services and that foster personal growth and professional engagement.
• Provide effective medication and practice-related education. Construct educational activities, create written communication, demonstrate appropriate verbal communication, and assess effectiveness of educational activities.
• Employ preceptor roles.
• All other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements

Required:

Education - Bachelors in Pharmacy
Certification - Pharmacist - South Dakota Board of Pharmacy

Pharmacist Licensure

• PGY1 and PGY2 residents must sit for the pharmacist licensing exams (NAPLEX & MPJE) by August 1.
• If South Dakota licensure does not occur within 120 days after program start date, the resident will be dismissed from the program unless an exception is made and documented by the Residency Program Director and Residency Advisory Committee.
• If an exception is made for licensure past 120 days after the program start date, the residency year may be extended for up to three months to ensure two-thirds of the residency year is completed as a licensed pharmacist. A written residency completion plan will be developed. If the resident is not licensed as a pharmacist by the end of the extension, the resident will be dismissed from the program.

Preferred:
Education - Doctorate degree in Pharmacy
Certifications - Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA); Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification - American Heart Association (AHA)

Physical Requirements:
Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, or tissues. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.

Job Category

Clinical Care

Job Family

Pharmacy

Shift

Requires the ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department

Employee Type

Regular

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