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Posted: 13-Nov-24

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: Open

Categories:

Pharmacy

Specialty Practice Areas:

Pain Management

Required Education:

PharmD

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Audie Murphy Hospital in affiliation with The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy offers a PGY2 residency with experienced faculty in pain management and palliative care. This comprehensive post-doctoral clinical pharmacy training program is designed to develop autonomous pain management and palliative care clinical pharmacy specialists by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge into the provision of advanced patient care.  Residents who successfully complete this program are prepared for board certification, advanced practice settings, and academic or other specialized careers.  

Intended outcomes of the program include: function as an integral member of the interdisciplinary treatment team; provide comprehensive medication management to complex palliative care and pain patients in a variety of care settings; serve as an educator for patients, caregivers, and other health care providers and trainees; exhibit professional leadership and management skills; display self-motivation for professional and personal growth as an independent practitioner; and demonstrate the ability to proactively identify and meet opportunities available in the provision of pharmaceutical care to palliative care patients and patients with acute and chronic pain (malignant and non-malignant). 

There are NO staffing requirements for this residency program.

Learning Experiences

Core (10 blocks, 4 weeks each)

• Palliative Care Consult Service I & II
• Community Living Center—Hospice 
• Outpatient Palliative Care 
• Outpatient Chronic Pain Management I & II
• Outpatient Psychiatry 
• Mental Health/Substance Use Disorder 
• Whole Health 
• Spinal Cord Injury

Longitudinal Clinic (one afternoon per week)

• Primary Care Complex Pain Clinic 

Electives (3 rotations, 4 weeks each)

• Oncology
• Home Based Primary Care 
• Surgical Intensive Care  Service
• Pain Management/Opioid Safety/PDMP (PMOP)
• Community Living Center—Rehabilitation 
• Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability 

For more information, please visit our program website: https://pharmacy.utexas.edu/residencies/pgy2/south-texas-veterans-pain-palliative

Requirements include:

• Strong interest in pain management clinical pharmacy practice
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency
• Completion of an ACPE-accredited Pharm.D. Degree program
• Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program
• Participation in the ASHP Resident Matching Program
• Eligibility for Pharmacist Licensure in any of the 50 states

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position. The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran's status, or sexual orientation. (The Veterans Health Care System requires US Citizenship.) Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability accommodations will be provided, as needed. If hired, you will be required to complete the federal Employment Eligibility Verification form, I-9. You will be required to present acceptable and original documents to prove your identity and authorization to work in the United States. Documents need to be presented no later than the third day of employment. Failure to do so will result in loss of employment at the university.

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About The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy

The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is one of the premier institutions of pharmaceutical education and research in the country. Pharmacists have significant responsibility for managing drug therapy, counseling on medication use, and monitoring drug therapy outcomes. Our Doctor of Pharmacy program prepares future practitioners to meet these challenges as lifelong learners and leaders in drug therapy management. We offer graduate programs leading to research-focused M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in pharmacy including the inter-institutional Ph.D. program in translational research. An exceptional faculty brings cutting edge research and clinical expertise to the classroom and supervise student-learning experiences in both patient care and research. Our students are tomorrow’s pharmacy leaders. What starts here truly changes the world.

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