After completion of the PGY-1 pharmacy program, residents will be skilled in diverse patient care, practice management, leadership and education. You will be prepared to provide patient care, seek board certificiation in pharmacotherapy (i.e. BCPS) and to pursue advanced education and training opportunities, including postgraduate year two (PGY2) residencies.
Requirements
- Completion of application materials
- Graduate of an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy
- Eligibility for licensure to practice pharmacy in the state of North Carolina
Interested applicants should submit the following items no later than January 3, 2024.
- Letter of interest
- Curriculum vitae
- Three letters of recommendation
- Academic transcript
- FirstHealth application, which can be completed online
All application materials, other than the FirstHealth online application, should be submitted via PhORCAS. For questions regarding the residency program, please contact Drew Kessell, clinical director of pharmacy, at akessell@firsthealth.org.
Salary/Benefits
- Approximately $51,000 salary
- Benefits package equivalent to full-time employee with FirstHealth of the Carolinas
- Travel allowances for professional meetings
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting (December)
- Southeastern Regional Residency Conference (April)
Service/Staffing
- Staff every fourth weekend
- Work one of two winter holidays (Thanksgiving or Christmas)
- Staff 2-hour weekday block once weekly
Residency Rotations Required
- Orientation (1 week)
- Clinical Consult Service (4 weeks)
- Critical care (8 weeks)
- Emergency Medicine (8 weeks)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship (4 weeks)
- Ambulatory Care (4 weeks) - resident to select one of the following:
- Cardiology
- OPAT
- Specialty Pharmacy
- Pharmacy Practice Management (longitudinal) - includes PN&T Committee, Medication Safety Committee and IRB Committee
- Pharmacy Practice I (5 weeks)
- Pharmacy Practice II (longitudinal - 36 weeks)
- Education (longitudinal)
- Practice-based Project (longitudinal)
Electives (4 weeks each)
- Oncology
- Critical Care II
- Neonatal Intensive Care
- Emergency Medicine II
- Infectious Disease
- Pharmacy Administration
- Acute Care Transitions
- Pharmacy Operations Management
- Additional elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability
