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Sun Life Health has a progressive pharmacy department that is rapidly growing and advancing in community and clinical services. Our residency program is dedicated to preparing pharmacists for leadership and administrative roles within community health centers, such as clinical positions in community and ambulatory care settings or preparation for a PGY2 residency. To ensure optimal care, the residency program offers a wide-range of opportunities to work with our providers in the management of diabetes, weight and nutrition management, anticoagulation, and other complex disease states. Residents will train in 340B compliant community pharmacies embedded in primary clinics with full EHR access. In the primary care setting, residents will be able to work with multidisciplinary teams consisting of medical doctors, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners, medical assistants, diabetes educators, and behavioral health educators. Residents will also be given the opportunity to co-precept pharmacy students and we offer academic affiliation with University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Midwestern University College of Pharmacy – Glendale.

The mission of Sun Life Health

At Sun Life Health, our mission is to deliver affordable, accessible, and high quality services, wellness and education to all people.

Our Community Pharmacy

• Joint Commission Accredited
• Fully Staffed Community Pharmacy
• Bilingual staff
• Automated dispensing machine
• Sliding-scale prescription program
• Dual inventory: 340B and Wholesale acquisition cost (WAC)
• Electronic health record access

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Orientation
• Community Pharmacy Practice
• Clinical Pharmacy Services (Diabetes, Anticoagulation, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, MAT, Weight Management)
• Advanced Diabetes Management
• Administration

Other Experiences

• In-services, formal presentations
• Academic affiliation with University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
• Academic affiliation with Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Glendale, AZ
• Opportunity to precept IPPE and APPE students
• Opportunities to provide and expand clinical services to other Sun Life Health sites
• Opportunity to present Continuing Education at state-level Pharmacy Conference
• Opportunity to improve Spanish-speaking skills

To be considered for an on-site interview for the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Sun Life Health, applicants must be US Citizens who are graduates of an ACPE accredited pharmacy school and eligible for licensure in the state of Arizona.

The following are required to be submitted through PhORCAS:

• Letter of Intent
• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Pharmacy school transcript
• Three (3) letters of recommendation

About Sun Life Health PGY1 - Community-Based

For more than 45 years, Sun Life Health has been an integral part of providing health, wellness education and resources to the community, as well as playing an active role in improving the overall economic development of central Arizona. In 1976, Sun Life Health started with one small office in Pinal County, staffed with one full-time and one part-time physician providing 12,000 patient visits per year. Today, as a non-profit Federally-Qualified Community Health Center, Sun Life Health serves over 50,000 patients, 30 percent of whom are children. Born out of the Community Health Center Movement that had been sweeping the country in effort to bring accessible, high quality healthcare to all people. We have an unfailing concern for the well-being of our patients, as we provide the best possible experience for every person that walks through our doors. This mission is echoed most in the following quote from the late health center movement leader, Wilford A. Payne (1945-2016). Rather than getting the community to come to us, we go to the community… because we're convinced that healthcare is more than medicine. Sun Life Health focuses on preventative health care services pro...viding Primary Care, Ob/Gyn, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, General and Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics and Integrated Behavioral health care to Casa Grande, Chandler, Coolidge, Eloy, Florence, Maricopa, Mesa, Oracle and San Manuel. We are governed by a Board of Directors representing the patients and communities served by the organization. What makes us different is our unfailing concern for the well-being of our patients, and our willingness to provide the best possible experience for every person that walks through our doors. Sun Life Health is accredited by The Joint Commission, considered to be the "gold standard" for quality in health care. The Joint Commission accreditation is voluntary, and means undergoing a challenging, and comprehensive evaluation. Sun Life Health continues to make significant efforts to review and improve the key factors that can affect the quality and safety of patient care.

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