PGY1 Community-based Pharmacy Resident

The mission of the Walgreens PGY1 Community Based Pharmacy Residency Program is to provide postgraduate training that enables residents to achieve their professional goals, become leaders within the profession, provide compassionate care for members of their communities and contribute to the Walgreens advancement in health care. The residency program is based at the Walgreens health-system pharmacy located in Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. This premier location, focused on specialty pharmacy practice, offers a variety of innovative clinical pharmacy services for patients who are prescribed complex therapies to treat conditions such as HIV/AIDS, oncology, transplant and others. The community pharmacists at this site work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to provide optimal drug therapy for patients. In addition, residents gain insight into management issues that can affect the implementation of patient care services in the community pharmacy setting.

The residency is offered in partnership with Rutgers University Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. This partnership allows the resident the opportunity to gain experience in the delivery of clinical specialty pharmacy services in an ambulatory care setting. The resident actively participates in teaching and precepting experiences at Rutgers.

Residency Activities

The resident will participate in the provision of patient care services through the following:

• Develop health and wellness programs
• Disease state management programs in oncology, transplant, HIV/AIDS, chronic inflammatory diseases, and other complex disease states
• Medication therapy management, including Limited Distribution Drugs which require REMS training
• Management of quality programs set by the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC)
• Pharmacist-administered immunizations
• Community outreach programs

The resident will participate in the following activities that strengthen practice management and educator skills:

• Design and conduct practice-based research projects
• Present research findings at appropriate regional and national professional meetings
• Execute marketing strategy for the promotion of patient care services
• Provide clinical instruction to student pharmacists at Rutgers and the pharmacy

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.