The mission of the Monument Health Rapid City Hospital PGY1 Residency Program is to develop capable, confident, and independent pharmacists through impactful learning experiences led by preceptors that challenge, inspire, and support residents. Our PGY1 residency program offers a solid foundation of core rotations and a wide variety of elective rotations to provide a well-rounded experience. Residents can elect a teaching certificate and leadership certificate and have opportunities for publication and multiple presentations. They receive a competitive salary, participate in weekly residency meetings, run the penicillin skin testing service, precept students, have a private office space, and work every third weekend in both decentralized and centralized roles. Four weeks of project time are dispersed throughout the year. Our site offers PGY2 residency programs specializing in critical care and oncology. 

Required rotations:

• Orientation
• Ambulatory care
• Critical care
• Infectious disease
• Internal medicine
• Pediatrics/neonatology
• Drug information (longitudinal)
• HIV clinic (longitudinal)
• Management (longitudinal)
• Project (longitudinal)
• Staffing (longitudinal)

Elective rotations:

• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Cardiology (ambulatory care)
• Cardiology (inpatient)
• Emergency medicine
• Evening ICU
• Family medicine ambulatory care
• Home infusion/home care
• Internal medicine II
• Medication safety
• Nephrology
• Oncology
• Psychiatry
• Specialty pharmacy
• Surgical ICU/OR
• Teaching certificate (longitudinal)
• Leadership certificate (longitudinal)

Monument Health is a community-based health care system with a mission to make a difference, every day. The system offers care in 32 medical specialties and serves 12 communities across western South Dakota. We provide health care services to the 360,000 people who live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the surrounding areas, as well as thousands of visitors each year. Rapid City Hospital (RCH) is a nonprofit acute care community hospital licensed for 366 beds located in Rapid City, South Dakota. RCH is the largest hospital in a 350-mile radius and is a Level II Trauma Center and Primary Stroke Center, with South Dakota's busiest Emergency Department. Our Mission — Make a Difference. Every Day. At Monument Health, that’s more than a slogan. It speaks to the cumulative value of doing good, improving the quality of our patients’ lives and giving back to our communities in meaningful, long-lasting ways.

Rapid City and the Black Hills are known for full-time fun all year round and are host to nearly three million visitors each year. We have beautiful summer days, a mild autumn with vibrant colors, and moderate winters sheltered by the protective peaks of the Black Hills. The area is home to Mount Rushmore National Memorial and offers hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, skiing, and more. For more information, go to visitrapidcity.com.

Please visit our residency website at https://monument.health/careers/residencies/pharmacy-residency/. 

See ASHP Online Residency Directory for application requirements. 

About Monument Health Rapid City Hospital

Monument Health is a community-based health care system with a mission to make a difference, every day. The system offers care in 32 medical specialties and serves 12 communities across western South Dakota. We provide health care services to the 360,000 people who live in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the surrounding areas, as well as thousands of visitors each year. Rapid City Hospital (RCH) is a nonprofit acute care community hospital licensed for 366 beds located in Rapid City, South Dakota. RCH is the largest hospital in a 350-mile radius and is a Level II Trauma Center and Primary Stroke Center, with South Dakota's busiest Emergency Department. Our Mission — Make a Difference. Every Day. At Monument Health, that’s more than a slogan. It speaks to the cumulative value of doing good, improving the quality of our patients’ lives and giving back to our communities in meaningful, long-lasting ways.

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