Riverside Community Hospital offers a Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program with three positions available. Our program is designed to develop clinical pharmacists who are competent, confident, and compassionate in providing medication-related care to patients with a wide range of conditions.
RCH is a 517-bed academic teaching medical center serving the Inland Empire and greater Southern California region for over 110 years. Riverside Community Hospital houses one of the busiest emergency departments in the state, with over 110,000 patients in 2023, and is an accredited Level 1 Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, and STEMI receiving center.
Specialty services include invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures, an accredited Chest Pain Center, Cancer Center, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. RCH has received Five-Star recipient awards in cardiac, critical care, gastrointestinal, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgical care, vascular, and stroke. RCH is a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for seven years in a row (2017–2023) and has been named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety for five years in a row (2017–2021, 2023).
In addition to being mentored by highly trained pharmacy preceptors in a variety of specialized practice areas, residents will train alongside more than 220 resident and fellow physicians in 12 specialties from RCH’s Graduate Medical Education Program. Riverside Community Hospital is part of HCA Healthcare. HCA Healthcare is comprised of 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Learn more about us at Pharmacy Residency Program | Riverside Community Hospital.
Learn more about us at Pharmacy Residency Program | Riverside Community Hospital.
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Applicants must register for ASHP Resident Matching Program
National Matching Service: NMS Number 285613
All applications must be submitted via PhORCAS and include:
A current curriculum vitae
A completed application
Official transcripts of all pharmacy education
A letter of intent indicating why post-graduate training is being pursued
A minimum of three formal letters of professional reference via the official recommendation form in PhORCAS
An application will not be considered to be complete until all of the following items are available for review by the Residency Program Director.
Applications will only be accepted through PhORCAS. This service may be accessed by visiting www.ashp.org/phorcas. Applicants are responsible for completing all required materials and verifying availability of references by 11:59 PM PST of the posted deadline.
Riverside Community Hospital offers a Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Pharmacy Residency Program with three positions available. Our program is designed to develop clinical pharmacists who are competent, confident, and compassionate in providing medication-related care to patients with a wide range of conditions.
RCH is a 517-bed academic teaching medical center serving the Inland Empire and greater Southern California region for over 110 years. Riverside Community Hospital houses one of the busiest emergency departments in the state, with over 110,000 patients in 2023, and is an accredited Level 1 Trauma Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, and STEMI receiving center.
Specialty services include invasive and non-invasive cardiac procedures, an accredited Chest Pain Center, Cancer Center, and a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. RCH has received Five-Star recipient awards in cardiac, critical care, gastrointestinal, neuroscience, orthopedics, surgical care, vascular, and stroke. RCH is a recipient of the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for seven years in a row (2017–2023) and has been named among the Top 5% in the Nation for Patient Safety for five years in a row ...(2017–2021, 2023).
In addition to being mentored by highly trained pharmacy preceptors in a variety of specialized practice areas, residents will train alongside more than 220 resident and fellow physicians in 12 specialties from RCH’s Graduate Medical Education Program. Riverside Community Hospital is part of HCA Healthcare. HCA Healthcare is comprised of 186 hospitals and approximately 2,400 sites of care in 20 states and the United Kingdom. Learn more about us at Pharmacy Residency Program | Riverside Community Hospital.
