Pharmacy Resident - Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, Minnesota MN
Minneapolis, MN
| Employer: | Walgreens |
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"The Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program will prepare community-based practitioners capable of developing, providing, and advancing patient care services in any practice setting with a specific focus on patients with complex specialty disease states. Graduates from the Walgreens Specialty PGY1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency Program will be highly sought community-based pharmacists that will be desired for their advanced skill-set in managing patients with complex disease states holistically and their experience in developing patient centered services in the specialty environment. Graduates would have the abilities and experiences necessary to secure positions with direct clinically focused patient care, ambulatory care practice settings, management opportunities, and academia. The residency program is conducted across three Walgreens Specialty Pharmacies in Minneapolis, Minnesota. These premier pharmacy locations offer a variety of innovative clinical pharmacy services to patients who are prescribed complex therapies. The pharmacy teams service patients with many disease states including hypertension, diabetes, behavioral health, HIV, hepatitis C, oncology, organ transplant, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis and more. The community pharmacists at these sites work closely with providers, patients, and the community to provide optimal drug therapy for patients. In addition, residents gain insights on management issues that can affect the implementation of patient care services in the community and specialty pharmacy setting. The resident also gains experience in the delivery of clinical services, conducting research, developing management expertise, precepting students, and participating in a teaching certification class. The resident will participate in the provision of patient-care services through the following: -Disease state management programs in HIV/AIDS, oncology, organ transplant, hepatitis C, and other specialty disease states -Medication Therapy Management -Specialty medication monitoring and follow-up -Pharmacist-administered immunizations -Development of health and wellness programs -Community outreach programs -Hazardous compounding The resident will participate in the following activities that strengthen research, practice management, and educator skills: -Design and conduct a practice-based research project -Write a business plan for a new or improved service -Develop and conduct a continuous quality improvement project -Draft a collaborative practice protocol -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 -Opportunity to participate in a Teaching Certificate Program " Basic Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Salary Range | |