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We are the 2022 ASHP Best Practices Award Winners in Opioid Stewardship!!!

Located just north of Atlanta, Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (WKRMC) 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.  We are recruiting three traditional and two non-traditional PGY1 pharmacy residents, one PGY2 Emergency Medicine resident and one PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care resident.  

The PGY2 Pain Management and Palliative Care resident will train with our 2022 ASHP Best Practice Award winning clinical pharmacy pain specialists.  The pain specialists co-manage the complex pain management needs of hospitalized patients and perform daily prospective review for high-risk opioid therapies.

The residency program partners with Wellstar’s Palliative Medicine Fellowship program to provide an enhanced learning opportunity through interprofessional educational activities that include inpatient, outpatient, and at-home patient care services.

Required and Elective Learning Experiences:

• Inpatient acute pain
• Inpatient palliative care
• Outpatient palliative care and hospice
• Advanced heart failure
• Research (flipped model)
• Teaching and precepting
• Practice management and professional development
• Elective opportunities:
  • Emergency medicine
  • Critical care
  • Medication safety and policy

Additional learning activities include precepting pharmacy students, facilitating an ACPE-accredited pharmacy continuing education presentation, and participating in community naloxone (Narcan) training events. 

Applications must be submitted in Phorcas. Deadline 1/5/2024.

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Email jasmine.jones@wellstar.org or book a 15-minute virtual chat to introduce yourself to our RPD.  Book time with Jones, Jasmine: PGY-2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Residency RPD Virtual Meeting  

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 (fee paid by the residency program).  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 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/hospital/kennestone-regional-medical-center.

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