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Posted: 14-Nov-24

Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Type: Full Time

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Graduate Program

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

H-S Pharmacy Practice Administration

Hospital/Institutional

Other

Specialized Area: Medication Systems; Operations

Specialty Practice Areas:

Ambulatory Care

Management/Leadership

Pain Management

Required Education:

PharmD

Geisinger is recruiting for the first of its kind 2-year pharmacy residency in cannabis practice, policy, and administration. The residency is aimed at educating and training pharmacists imparting evidenced-based care to patients with a multitude of serious medical conditions identified to potentially benefit from medical cannabis use. Experiences consist of direct patient care and credentialing as well as appropriate use, advocacy, and policy development for cannabis within a health system.  The goal of this residency is to develop a cohort of pharmacists with the knowledge, skill, and tools to work in health systems as experts in the safe, effective, and evidenced based use of cannabis.

In the first year of this two-year program, residents will spend their time in the clinical care of patients in Geisinger primary care and specialty clinics. Geisinger has pharmacists embedded in specialty clinics across the system including gastroenterology, rheumatology, pain, behavioral health, hepatology, and neurology working with their physician colleagues under a collaborative practice agreement. The goal of this year is to provide a firm foundation for the resident in the serious medical conditions where cannabis is most often approved for use. Formulation of practice advancement opportunities will also be included in year one.

In the second year, the resident will remain involved in clinical care, but shift primary focus to policy, administrative, and investigative roles, working across the health system to identify opportunities for better cannabis management as part of comprehensive medication management, advocate for the research of cannabis for the management of chronic conditions, and guide the system in making informed and evidence-based decisions about cannabis use and management.

Support for this unique program is provided by our Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Academic Clinical Research Center under the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and the Geisinger College of Health Sciences. Additional opportunities to collaborate with other researchers and clinicians under this Center will be expected and part of the overall two-year experience.

The Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes will direct this unique residency program. Learn more about our team here: https://www.geisinger.edu/gchs/research/about-gchs-research/departments-centers/pharmacy-innovations

Established in 1915, Geisinger instituted a highly efficient operational model that combined group practices and an interdisciplinary team approach to patient care. We’ve been recognized as a national model of innovative healthcare resulting from our evidence-based practices and ProvenCare® approach, which improves the way patients receive care by optimizing outcomes and decreasing costs.

Geisinger comprises 9 hospital campuses, two research centers, a college of health sciences, a college of medicine, local schools of pharmacy, and a 600,000-member health plan serving more than three million residents in central, south-central, and northeast Pennsylvania and beyond. We have approximately 24,000 employees, including over 400 pharmacists, all of whom share a commitment to quality healthcare.

Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and benefits for domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Graduation from an ACPE-accredited School of Pharmacy or FPGEC Certification

(Eligible to be) Licensed as a pharmacist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within 120 days of the start of the residency

About Geisinger

Geisinger is a health and wellness organization focused on making better health easier for our communities through primary care, specialty medicine, hospitals, clinics, health insurance, medical education, and research. OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are E...ncouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

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