The Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside PGY1 residency program is designed to develop advanced knowledge and skills for pharmacy clinicians to practice independently and to excel in clinical service, teaching, and research in the adult acute care setting. Required rotations include internal medicine I , infectious diseases, critical care, pharmacy management, and therapeutic drug policy. The resident will build the remainder of their schedule with 24 weeks of electives among the following rotations: cardiology, critical care II, education, emergency medicine, family medicine, infectious diseases II, internal medicine II, nephrology, oncology, parenteral nutrition, perioperative services, quality management, and sterile products. Additional potential electives at other area facilities include pediatrics, psychiatry, and toxicology. Longitudinal components of the residency program include pharmacy education, leadership, quality management, therapeutic drug policy, pharmacy practice, and research. Residents present a Pharmacy Grand Rounds and pharmacy technician continuing education program.  They also participate in weekly resident meetings, complete quarterly community service projects, teach outpatient patient classes, and precept pharmacy students. The residents present posters at ASHP midyear and attend both the Florida Residency Conference (FRC) and Ascension Virtual Residency Conference (VRC).  Participation in a teaching certificate program is optional. 

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Currently authorized to work in U.S. (U.S. citizenship or Permanent Resident Alien/Green Card status with a U.S. Social Security Card), curriculum vitae, official transcript from accredited college of pharmacy, three letters of recommendation, and eligibility for Florida licensure.

About Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside

Ascension St. Vincent's is a four hospital health system in Jacksonville, Florida that includes Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside, Ascension St. Vincent's Southside, Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County, and Ascension St. Johns County. In addition, Ascension St. Vincent's has several freestanding emergency rooms, numerous physician practices, two retail pharmacies, and a family medicine residency training program. St. Vincent's Riverside is a 528 bed, including 68 critical care beds, private not-for-profit community hospital in northeast Florida specializing in heart and vascular care, orthopedics, stroke, general surgery, bariatric services, and adult internal medicine. The facility serves as a cardiac referral center for Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. The pharmacy follows a decentralized model with automated dispensing in all patient care areas, has had a PGY1 pharmacy residency since 2006, and serves as a teaching site for five colleges of pharmacy.

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