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Posted: 23-Oct-23

Location: Portland, Oregon

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: 57,225 annually

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Specialty Practice Areas:

Ambulatory Care

Additional Information:

2 openings available.

Legacy Health is proud to offer two positions for a one-year PGY2 specialty residency in ambulatory care. 

Residency Overview

This specialty residency will focus on providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care in a variety of multidisciplinary ambulatory settings throughout the health system.  Residents may utilize the following collaborative practice agreements to care for their patients:

• Anticoagulation
• COVID-19
• Depression and Anxiety-Related Disorders
• Diabetes
• Gout
• Heart Failure 
• Hepatitis C
• Hypertension
• HIV PrEP
• Lipid Management
• Osteoporosis
• Respiratory Disease
• Smoking cessation
• Upper GI
• Weight Management

Required rotations include the following:

• Orientation (4 weeks)
• Primary Care I (8 weeks)
• Primary Care II (8 weeks)
• Primary Care III (10 weeks)
• Administration (4 weeks)
• Population Health (4 weeks)
• Staffing in Internal Medicine Clinic (every Monday throughout residency year)
• Practice Management (every Thursday throughout residency year)
• Longitudinal Residency Project (throughout residency year)

Elective rotations are 4-6 weeks in length and include the following:

• Advanced Primary Care
• Informatics
• Medication Management Services
• Renal Transplant
• Rural Internal Medicine
• Transitions of Care

Residents have the opportunity to pursue a teaching certificate through a program co-sponsored by the two local colleges of pharmacy, as well as precept a PGY1 resident or pharmacy student.

Residents who successfully complete the program will possess the competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in ambulatory care practice.

For more information, please visit our website: PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program | Legacy Health

Site special features:

Legacy Health is known in the community for providing an excellent learning environment and exceptional opportunities to contribute to patient care. The pharmacy departments provide decentralized patient care including collaborative drug therapy protocol management, with a strong presence in all clinical areas within Legacy. Legacy Pharmacy Services is committed to medication management for the safety of our patients.

Our ambulatory pharmacy team has ?been practicing for over 20 years and is very well-integrated into the ambulatory clinics. There are ?over 20 pharmacists on our ambulatory pharmacy team, many of them having completed a residency with Legacy Health. 

The region boasts snow-capped mountains and the Pacific coast both within 60 miles. The climate is mild (July high around 83 degrees, January low around 36 degrees) with about 37 annual inches of rain and very occasional snow to keep the landscape lush and green. There are a wide variety of outdoor activities, including hiking/backpacking, skiing, snowboarding, fishing, bicycling, rock climbing, and more.

Graduate of ACPE-accredited school of pharmacy.  Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 (Postgraduate Year One) pharmacy residency program or one in the ASHP accreditation process

About Legacy Health

Our legacy is good health, for our people, our patients, our communities, and our world. Legacy Health is a not-for-profit Oregon based integrated health system of six hospitals and dozens of clinics located throughout the Portland/Vancouver metro area. With more than 10,000 employees and growing, Legacy is one of the largest private sector employers in the area. We provide a combined network of health care services: acute and critical care, a Level 1 Trauma Center, the Oregon Burn Center, inpatient and outpatient treatment, community health education and a variety of specialty services, including superior cardiac and stroke programs.

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