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Posted: 10-Oct-25

Location: Seattle, Washington

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: $78,660

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Pain Management

Palliative Care

Required Education:

PharmD

The PGY2 residency in Pain Management and Palliative Care at UW Medicine provides training to develop knowledgeable and skilled practitioners in an area with increasing pharmacy need and demand. Throughout this residency, the resident will work as an integral member of interdisciplinary teams to help provide optimal management of pain and/or palliative care patients. The resident will receive training to become experienced in various acute and chronic (malignant and non-malignant) pain conditions, in addition to rotations for the resident to develop the skills necessary to provide palliative care to patients throughout their illness and at the end-of-life.  Rotations will be offered at the University of Washington-Montlake (UWMC-ML), Harborview Medical Center (HMC), and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (FHCC). There will also be rotations with external organizations, such as hospice, giving the resident opportunities to participate and learn in a variety of well-established pain and palliative care institutions. The resident will be expected to actively participate in the development of leadership skills, education, and research. Graduates of this program will be highly qualified practitioners who are equipped to succeed in a variety of pain management and palliative care positions, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.

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Rotations

Required Rotations

• Orientation/Training
• Inpatient Chronic Pain
• Inpatient Acute Pain (UWMC-ML)
• Inpatient Acute Pain (HMC)
• Chronic Pain Clinic
• Home-based Hospice
• Inpatient Palliative Care
• Addiction Medicine
• Project Month

Required Longitudinal Experiences

• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Pain Clinic (once weekly in the morning)
• Drug Distribution (outpatient or inpatient)
• Naloxone use event evaluation

Elective Rotations

• Emergency Medicine
• Inpatient Burns/Pediatrics
• Inpatient Psychiatry
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Pain Clinic
• Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Palliative Care Clinic
• Medication Safety

Sample Schedule

Can I change my rotations over the course of the year? 

Yes, our program is very flexible with rotation changes especially when trying to accommodate the residents’ learning experience and interests as the year progresses.

Staffing

• Residents have an integrated service commitment of 32 hours per 4-week schedule period. The staffing model usually consists of 4-hours every Thursday evening and one weekend per month.
• Residents will staff at the UWMC-ML Outpatient Pharmacy

Teaching Experiences

• Residents may have the opportunity if they would like to complete one didactic lecture for pharmacy students at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
• Residents prepare and present one pharmacist continuing education presentation on a current topic or clinical controversy.

Projects

• Residents participate in clinical research with a required project/completion of research manuscript.
• At the end of the year, residents submit final research project manuscript and select journals for publication.
• Residents will prepare and present a pharmacist continuing education presentation.
• To practice development of research projects, residents submit a Flip project proposal for the next residency class.
• Residents complete a drug monograph and/or medication use evaluation project which may be assigned by the P&T Committee.
• Project examples include:
  • Evaluation of outpatient opioid requirements for non-surgical burn patients
  • Evaluation of efficacy and safety of buprenorphine micro-dose cross titration protocol
  • Evaluation of safety of BMT service PCAs in the setting of mucositis related pain
  • Optimization of Qutenza patch protocol and formulary review.

Please visit the UW Medicine Pharmacy Residency website for further information and our residency handbook. 

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About UW Medicine

UW Medicine Department of Pharmacy Services offers several ASHP-accredited postgraduate PGY1 and PGY2 residencies. While the specific mix of offerings may vary from year to year, each residency provides twelve months of intense pharmacy practice training. Flexibility built into our programs allows each resident to tailor a program to fit their individual goals. Our goal is to help our residents develop the advanced skills and competencies needed to assume leadership roles within the profession. UW Medicine Pharmacy Residency Programs: UWMC – Montlake/UWMC – Northwest/Harborview Medical Center/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center - PGY1 Pharmacy - Health System Pharmacy Administration & Leadership/M.S. (PGY1/2) - Ambulatory Care (PGY2) - Critical Care (PGY2) - Infectious Disease (PGY2) - Investigational Drugs & Research (PGY2) - Oncology (PGY2) - Pain Management and Palliative Care (PGY2) - Psychiatry (PGY2)

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