Pharmacy Resident - Nova Southeasten University-Puerto Rico

The primary practice site is the high-performing, patient-focused Walgreens Pharmacy in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The resident will receive training on chronic diseases such as diabetes, or hypertension. The residents will gain insight to medication management, medication reconciliation, and educational and behavioral counseling. The resident will also train at a community-based specialty pharmacy within a medical building. Pharmacists at this site work closely with an interdisciplinary healthcare team servicing roughly 1,000 patients a month to optimize clinical outcomes. Longitudinal learning experience offer the resident the opportunity to practice continuously throughout the year with focus in direct special areas such as specialty pharmacy, medication and disease state management, routine and other immunizations and clinical practice management. Graduates are prepared for clinical and leadership positions in the community and specialty pharmacy setting and the community at large.

This residency is offered in partnership with Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Puerto Rico Campus and will provide the resident the opportunity to develop academic skills by acting as a preceptor and educator and by conducting research. In addition, the resident will actively participate in education of pharmacists, technicians, and pharmacy students.

Resident Activities:
-Deliver disease state management including medication monitoring and follow up programs in Oncology, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Multiple, Sclerosis, Chronic Inflammatory Diseases, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Parkinson’s disease
-Provide medication therapy management
-Develop health and wellness programs
-Deliver preventive health services including routine immunizations and offsites immunization clinics
-Deliver chronic disease state management education and action plans
-Lead patient-center dispensing at local Walgreens
-Design and conduct practice-based research project
-Present research findings at appropriate regional and national professional meetings
-Execute marketing strategy for the promotion of patient care services
-Participate in NSU's Innovative Teaching and Learning In Clinical Sciences and Pharmacy

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.