Pharmacy Resident - Purdue University

This residency program is a training opportunity for pharmacists to enhance their skill set in the community pharmacy setting with a focus on complex specialty disease states. Graduates will possess the necessary skills needed to secure positions in the following areas specialty pharmacy, ambulatory care practice settings, management opportunities, and academia.

The residency program is conducted across three Walgreens Specialty Pharmacies and two ambulatory care clinics in Indianapolis, IN. These locations offer a variety of innovative clinical pharmacy services to patients who are prescribed complex therapies. At these sites, the resident will work closely with providers and patients to provide affordable specialty drug therapies for patients. Additionally, residents participate and serve patients through community outreach. Other experiences include developing leaderships skills through being involved with practice management/advancement. Lastly, the resident gains experience in the delivery of clinical services, conducting research, precepting students, and participating in a teaching certification.

Residency Activities
-Disease state management programs in oncology, chronic inflammatory diseases, HCV, HIV, transplant, and others with Limited Distribution Drug (LDD) therapies
-Ambulatory care clinic rotations
-Volunteer in an underserved ambulatory care clinic
-Medication therapy management services
-Community outreach supporting public health
-Pharmacist administered vaccines
-Develop management and medication distribution skill set
-Design and conduct a practice-based research project
-Design and conduct a patient centered business plan
-Complete a teaching certificate program
-Serve as a preceptor to pharmacy students
-Participation in in local, state, and national organizations
-Unique Medication Safety elective


Basic Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a college or school of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
• Ability to obtain pharmacist license within the state of residency within the licensure requirement deadline
• Submission of residency application materials to Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)
• Individuals must participate in and adhere to the rules of the ASHP Resident Matching Program.
• Certified Immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.