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Program Description
Mission Hospital serves as the region's only Level II trauma center and regional referral center serving patients from North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. The majority of the experience will occur in the center’s 95-bed emergency department with an average of 110,000 patient visits per year.

Emergency medicine (EM) pharmacy is a rapidly growing field with new residency programs and job openings appearing every year. The purpose of the Mission Hospitals Emergency Medicine residency program is to graduate proficient pharmacy clinicians who have advanced practice and precepting skills needed to be confident in an emergency department, academia, or other specialized positions. Residents
become equipped to be integral members of a multi-disciplinary team possessing a broad knowledge of evidence-based emergency medicine drug therapy.

Opportunities for elective experiences exist throughout the health system and may be tailored to fit the resident’s needs. The resident will also serve as a primary preceptor for a PY4 student in the ED, receives a UNC adjunct faculty appointment and has lecture opportunities in critical care and toxicology.

The goal of the residency is to provide advanced training in emergency care through the following experiences:
• Prospective order review
• Response to traumas and other code-type situations
• Discharge antibiotic follow up
• Patient education
• Drug information
• Toxicology training
• Consultations
• Interdepartmental committee participation

About Our Team
Emergency services at Mission Hospital include clinical pharmacist coverage in the emergency department 7 days a week from 6:30am to 10:30pm as well as night shift coverage from 10:30pm to 7am. During these hours there are always one to two clinical pharmacists staffing within the department. A medication history team consisting of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are also available to obtain patient medication histories and assist with medication reconciliation process.

The Asheville Experience
Mission Hospital is conveniently nestled in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains. Easy access to the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Appalachian Trail, and hundreds of acres of Pisgah National Forest allow for incredible hiking experiences. A lazy river float, stunning waterfall hike, and 360-degree mountain-top views are plentiful as well as world class restaurants, breweries, art galleries and music festivals. There are abundant
recreational activities year-round! 

For more details, visit https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/mission-hospital-pharmacy-residency-program

About Mission Hospital

Located in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina, Mission Hospital is an 815-bed tertiary-care community teaching hospital. Mission Hospital, along with six-member hospitals, make up HCA Healthcare’s North Carolina division, serving an 18-county area in western North Carolina. Mission is a part of HCA Healthcare, one of the largest health systems in the world. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, HCA Healthcare is comprised of more than 180 hospitals and approximately 1,800 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, and physician clinics, in 20 states and the United Kingdom.

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