Reading Hospital PGY1 Specialty Pharmacy Residency is designed to extend a pharmacist’s training in all aspects of specialty and ambulatory pharmacy practice, while remaining flexible to meet the individual resident’s needs and interests. Required rotations will include 3 specialty rotations (Oncology, Neurology, Specialty Clinics, ID, and/or Cardiology), 2 ambulatory rotations (Internal Medicine, Family Health, and/or Endocrine/Weight Management), 1 acute care rotation, and a staffing block.
Longitudinal rotations will include health system ambulatory practice, ambulatory on-call specialist, population health, leadership and administration, research, drug use policy, and teaching/precepting.
Successful candidates will have opportunities to mentor APPE students and complete University of Connecticut's Teaching and Learning program.
About Reading Hospital/Specialty Pharmacy PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
At Reading Hospital, Advancing Health and Transforming Lives is our never-ending commitment to the patients and families we care for. As a non-profit institution, we ensure that all profits we generate are invested back into our people, our hospital, our technology and our Reading community. Our nationally recognized flagship institution has served the local community since 1867, and in its current location since 1926. Reading Hospital is an independent academic medical center providing comprehensive acute care, post-acute rehabilitation, and occupational health services. The West Reading facility in scenic Berks County consists of a 22-building complex located on a 36-acre suburban campus. Our medical staff exceeds 970 physicians and allied health professionals in 53 distinctive specialty fields. Reading Hospital is a regional referral center for cardiac, cancer, neonatology, and orthopedic services, and is perennially rank among the top four Pennsylvania hospitals for inpatient admissions, surgical procedures, emergency care volume, and outpatient services. Reading Hospital offers the size and resources of a large tertiary care center with personal attributes of a community hospital, located approximately 1 hour northwest of Philadelphia in West Reading, Pennsylvania.
