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Posted: 17-Oct-25

Location: Columbia, South Carolina

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: 59,800

Categories:

Clinical Pharmacist

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Internal Medicine

Salary Details:

The resident will receive 22 days discretionary time off (DTO) - including vacation, sick days, and holidays. Educational leave and reimbursement for registration/travel/lodging is provided for the Midyear Clinical Meeting, the Southeastern Residency Conference, and the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacy (SCSHP) fall and annual meetings. The resident will be offered medical, dental, and vision insurance. Additionally, the resident will receive a monthly meal allowance in the cafeteria (up to $300 per month and any overage charged at an employee discount rate), complimentary parking, a furnished coat, and membership dues paid to ASHP and SCSHP.

Required Education:

PharmD

Prisma Health Richland Hospital, the primary site for pharmacy residency training, is one of the campuses in the Midlands region. It is a 641-bed not for profit regional teaching medical center in the capital city of Columbia, SC. The hospital provides a wide range of health care services including an emergency services and a Level I trauma center, critical care, cardiology, a Level III NICU, neurology (including a neuroscience intensive care unit), infectious diseases, nephrology, pulmonology, hematology, oncology, gastroenterology, nutrition, endocrinology and surgery. Prisma Health–Midlands as an affiliate with University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine offers 28 accredited residency and fellowship programs in addition to our eight pharmacy residency programs. 

This PGY2 residency is designed to transition PGY1 residency graduates from a general practitioner to one in a specialized in Internal Medicine. Graduates of this PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency will be able to make complex evidence-based medication recommendations and support their future institution through committee involvement as a subject matter expert in internal medicine. They will have gained experience in a variety of disease states with a strong focus on anticoagulation, diabetes and insulin management, antibiotic stewardship, respiratory diseases and transitions of care. Graduates will be experienced in short-term research in one or more care environments and will excel in their ability to teach other health professionals and trainees.

Please see our website for more information, including learning experiences and longitudinal activities. More information about life in Columbia, SC, can be found here. For additional information about our program or the application process, please contact the Residency Program Director Carrie Ellison (carolyn.ellison2@prismahealth.org).

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Interested candidates must have a degree from an accredited college of pharmacy (PharmD), have completed or currently be completing an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited PGY1 residency program and be eligible for or have current licensure in South Carolina. The South Carolina MPJE must be passed by July 1 prior to starting residency so that the resident can attend the July S.C. Board of Pharmacy meeting for license reciprocation

Application must be completed via PhORCAS and include: 

• Official transcripts
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of intent
• Three letters of recommendations

A full interview is required for the Prisma Health PGY2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency. All applicants must participate in ASHP's residency match program.

About Prisma Health

Prisma Health is a private nonprofit health company in South Carolina, formed by the merging of Palmetto Health and the Greenville Health System in November 2017. Its headquarters are on the property of Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville. It recently acquired Blount Memorial Hospital in Tennessee. At Prisma Health, we offer American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited residency programs at Prisma Health Richland Hospital and Prisma Health Children's Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina, Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, and Prisma Health Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. Prisma Health has over 32,000 team members, 19 acute and specialty hospitals, 3,131 licensed beds, 320 practice sites, and more than 5,900 employed and independent clinicians across its network. Each year, Prisma Health serves more than 1.6 million patients in South Carolina and Tennessee.

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