UNC / Walgreens Asheville - PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency

The PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Residency Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the oldest and largest accredited residency programs of its kind in the nation. Our program will prepare you to be an innovative clinical practitioner who can be a leader in the profession. Residents will have the skills, confidence, and experience to create change and advance patient care servicesin community-based (outpatient) settings.

The resident will have direct influence on patient outcomes through the following:

• Patient-centered counseling
• Disease state management and health coaching for patients
• Collaboration with other health care providers
• Medication therapy management programs
• Development of health and wellness programs
• Disease prevention, detection, and monitoring services (blood pressure, cholesterol and immunizations)
• Disease state management in HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C

 The resident will participate in strengthening practice management and teaching skills through the following:

• Practice management, marketing, and reimbursement
• Community outreach and education
• Optional teaching certificate through either UNC or Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
• Teaching Assistant appointment for student pharmacists
• Preceptorship of student pharmacist learners from UNC and other schools of pharmacy
• Facilitation of classroom discussions (small group and large didactic lectures)
• Asheville: Weekly patient care and practice management topics with ambulatory care residents from local programs

Residency Program Benefits

• Competitive stipend
• Comprehensive medical plan
• Travel allowance for pharmacy-related conferences
• Residents are eligible for Paid Time Off (PTO). Resident pharmacists may accrue approximately 15 days (120 hours) depending on average hours worked and time in position. 

For the 2021-2022 year, our sites include:

• Campus Health: NMS 193221 (seeking 2 residents)
• Dilworth Drug and Wellness Center: NMS 193226 (seeking 1 resident)
• Eden Drug: NMS 193224 (seeking 1 resident)
• Moose Pharmacy: NMS 193223 (seeking 2 residents)
• Sona Pharmacy & Clinic: NMS 193229 (seeking 1 resident)
• UNC Health Carolina Care Pharmacy Network and Transitions of Care: NMS 193222 (seeking 1 resident)
• UNC Health Specialty and Home Delivery Pharmacy: NMS 193225 (seeking 1 resident)
• Walgreens Asheville: NMS 193225 (seeking 1 resident)
• Walgreens Chapel Hill: NMS 193215 (seeking 1 resident)

Learn more about our program, sites, preceptors, and residents at http://pharmacy.unc.edu/cprp. Like our Facebook page or follow us on Instagram to stay up-to-date on our activities.