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The postgraduate year one pharmacy residency at Seattle Children’s is a one-year training program that offers an environment to gain professional competence, expand clinical knowledge, and develop a philosophy of pharmacy practice.  The residents will practice in a variety of settings.  Opportunities to explore additional areas of interest are available through electives both on and off site.  In addition to clinical services, the residents will serve as preceptors to pharmacy students completing their clinical clerkships.

Pharmacists successfully completing this one-year pharmacy residency will have demonstrated competence in:

• Providing medication-related care for pediatric patients with a wide range of conditions
• Collaboration with health care professionals to advance pharmacy practice and improve patient care processes
• Leading individuals, teams, and programs
• Teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge

Practice Areas

Pharmacy Residency Requirements

• Complete and present a research project at the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) conference
• Participate in teaching activities with students
• Prepare and present drug monographs for the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
• Complete parenteral nutrition and anticoagulation competencies
• Staff 32 hours per month on average (primarily weekends)

Stipends and Benefits

Residents will receive educational leave to attend and participate in the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in December and the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA) conference in May. Reimbursement for conference attendance will be addressed on a year-by-year basis and funding cannot be guaranteed. The resident’s yearly stipend will be determined on an annual basis and communicated to the resident through their employment offer letter.

Qualifications of the Applicant

Selected applicants will be required to visit Seattle Children’s for an on-site interview in January or February. Applicants must meet the following general requirements:

• PharmD. or B.S. degree from an ACPE-accredited College or School of Pharmacy or otherwise be eligible for licensure
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Washington. Must obtain pharmacist license within 120 days of the program start date(http://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/ProfessionsNewReneworUpdate/Pharmacist/ApplicationsandForms.aspx)

Participate in the ASHP Pharmacy Resident Matching Program (http://www.natmatch.com/ashprmp) Program code number: 122413

***Please note that successful completion of a PGY1 pharmacy residency program in addition to the requirements listed above will be needed for our new PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program which will have its first resident class for the 2024-2025 year.

About Seattle Children's

We offer a dynamic work environment in which to gain professional competence and expand clinical knowledge. The resident will practice in a variety of acute care settings including Internal medicine, Neonatal ICU, Pediatric ICU, and Solid Organ transplant. Residents will routinely participate in multidisciplinary rounds and exercise prescriptive authority for parenteral nutrition, and anticoagulants. Opportunities to explore additional areas of interest are available. In addition to clinical services, the resident will serve as a preceptor to pharmacy students.

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