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Located just north of Atlanta, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital (WKH) is a 633-bed community teaching facility and the largest hospital in Wellstar Health System’s network. The Level II Trauma Center features a new, state-of-the-art emergency department; a comprehensive stroke center; and a certified comprehensive cardiac center.  The PGY1 pharmacy residency program, started in 2008, offers three traditional resident positions and (as of this year) its first nontraditional resident position. In July 2022, WKH added the first-ever-in-Georgia PGY2 in pain management & palliative care pharmacy (PMPC) residency. WKH is thrilled to expand its reach to more pharmacists-in-training and plans to continue growing to meet the needs of the community and the pharmacy profession by adding an Emergency Medicine PGY2 in July 2023.

Wellstar Health System's Pharmacist-led Opioid Stewardship Program is a recipient of the 2022 ASHP Best Practice Award.  The PGY2 PMPC resident trains alongside the clinical pharmacy pain specialists, who were awarded, staffing a unique and independent, pharmacy-based consult service. Pain specialists co-manage the complex pain management needs of hospitalized patients and perform daily prospective review for high-risk opioid therapies. To maintain and strengthen their internal medicine skills, the resident is assigned general clinical patient care responsibilities on one of the inpatient medical units every 6 weeks and rotates on-call weeks for attending codes. The residency program partners with Wellstar’s Palliative Medicine program, the largest palliative medicine program in the state, to provide an enhanced learning opportunity through interprofessional educational activities that include inpatient, outpatient, and at-home patient care services. Residents participate in interprofessional didactic learning groups with the palliative medicine fellows, bedside inpatient palliative care rounds, in-home palliative care nurse visits, and inpatient and outpatient palliative medicine interdisciplinary team rounds. Residents precept pharmacy students and may participate in a longitudinal teaching certificate program. Additional residency requirements include completing a flipped-model research project, facilitating an ACPE-accredited pharmacy continuing education presentation, and coordinating the annual PGY1/PGY2 residency group community service project.

PGY2 Pain Management & Palliative Care Rotations:

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
The applicant must be participating in, or have completed,  an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program or one in the ASHP accreditation process (i.e., one with candidate or preliminary accreditation status) AND be licensed by or eligible for licensure with the Georgia State Board of Pharmacy. If not licensed at the start of residency, the candidate must secure a Georgia Pharmacy Intern license.  The resident must be licensed as a pharmacist in the State of Georgia within 60 days of beginning the program.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
1. Register with the ASHP Resident Matching Program at https://natmatch.com/ashprmp/
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital - PGY2-Palliative Care & Pain Management (657373)
2. Complete all required and supplemental information in the PhORCAS Applicant Portal and upload the following documents at https://portal.phorcas.org/
Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Letter of Intent
Copy of college of pharmacy transcript
3. References:
At least one of the letters should be from a clinical rotation preceptor within the past 12 months.
4. *Required* Writing Sample Submission - this supplemental information must be provided within PhORCAS
Writing Sample Expectations
Applicants must submit a writing sample.
The submission should be no longer than TWO pages.
The submission should be a written description of any research project in progress or completed including your role, your research advisor’s name and title, primary outcomes, number of patients included, and final results if available.

INTERVIEW EXPECATIONS
ON-SITE: Eligible applicants will be invited for an on-site facility tour and interview.  
VIRTUAL: Eligible applicants whose primary address is greater than 250 miles from Kennestone Hospital may request to participate in a virtual interview.

About Wellstar Kennestone Hospital PGY2 Pain Management & Palliative Care Residency Program

Wellstar Health System, the largest health system in Georgia, is known nationally for its innovative care models, focused on improving quality and access to healthcare. Wellstar consists of Wellstar Medical Group, outpatient centers, health parks, a pediatric center, nursing centers, hospice, homecare as well as 9 inpatient hospitals: Cobb, Douglas, Kennestone, North Fulton, Paulding, Spalding, Sylvan Grove, West Georgia, and Windy Hill. Located just north of Atlanta, Wellstar Kennestone is a 633-bed facility (including more than 85 critical care beds) and the largest hospital in Wellstar Health System's network. As one of the Top 100 hospitals, Wellstar Kennestone offers the most advanced care available for all your surgical, medical, rehabilitative and emergency care needs. The Level II Trauma Center features a new, state-of-the-art emergency department, comprehensive stroke center, and certified comprehensive cardiac center. For more information, visit wellstar.org/locations/hosital/kennestone-hospital.

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