Pharmacy Residency – Fargo, ND

Grow as a professional while you build clinical and leadership skills at Essentia Health. The Essentia Health-Fargo PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program in Fargo, North Dakota can help prepare you for a career in patient-focused pharmaceutical care.

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Receive education and training that meets national quality standards. Our postgraduate year one residency program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). This means you’ll be eligible to take your board examinations more quickly and you’ll be a more competitive candidate during your job search.

Upon completing your residency, you’ll be qualified for:

• A clinical staff position in an acute care setting
• An adjunct faculty position at a college of pharmacy
• Postgraduate year two (PGY2) training in a focused area of practice

Be Part of the Care Team

Benefit from opportunities to collaborate with health care professionals at Essentia to provide safe, efficient, cost-effective patient care, including:

• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Anticoagulant dosing and monitoring
• Geriatric dosage adjustment
• Intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) conversion
• Medical emergency response
• Medication reconciliation
• Order verification
• Pharmacokinetic dosage adjustment
• Renal dose adjustment
• Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) management

Orientation

Start your pharmacy residency with a comprehensive 7 week orientation, including:

• New hire orientation
• Electronic health record (EHR) system training
• Introduction to PharmAcademic
• Introduction to residency program manual and purpose
• Pharmacy processes and decentralized services
• Pharmacist competency completion and review

Pharmacy Rotations

Build your skills as a practicing pharmacist during rotation assignments that span a variety of departments at Essentia Health-Fargo.

Required Rotations

Build foundational skills through core clinical rotations:

• Critical Care I
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine I
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Management

Each required rotation is 5 weeks in length. 

Elective Rotations

Explore your interests and a variety of specialties during elective rotations. Select electives in:

• Ambulatory Care
• Cardiology
• Critical Care II
• Emergency Medicine
• Neurology
• Population Health

Each elective rotation is 4 weeks in length. 

Longitudinal Rotations

Participate in ongoing learning experiences throughout your residency year with longitudinal rotations in: 

• Education and precepting (48 weeks, 1 day per month)
• Drug information (48 weeks, 1 hour weekly)
• Research (48 weeks, 1 hour weekly)
• Staffing (52 weeks,  8-hour shifts every third weekend and one 4 hour evening shift every other two weeks)
• Nutrition (52 weeks, 1 hour weekly)

Research & Learning Experiences

Take advantage of weekly protected research time to complete a research module—a structured, collaborative opportunity to learn and apply principles of academic research. 

Develop the skills to provide comprehensive, unbiased, evidence-based medication information as you:

• Participate in a research module—a structured, collaborative opportunity to learn and apply principles of academic research—through the residency research program
• Build a drug monograph or drug class review
• Complete a medication-use evaluation (MUE)
• Provide drug therapy information to pharmacy staff and other health care professionals through journal clubs, case presentations, and discussions
• Help develop policies to standardize practices and improve medication use safety
• Serve on a variety of committees

Staffing Opportunities

Apply your pharmaceutical knowledge and distribution skills by practicing as a pharmacist during regular shifts at an Essentia pharmacy. You’ll work:

• Clinical shifts every third weekend and one 4 hour evening shift every other two weeks

Postgraduate Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency – Fargo, ND

Grow as a professional while you build clinical and leadership skills at Essentia Health. The Essentia Health-Fargo PGY1/PGY2 Postgraduate Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership Residency Program in Fargo, North Dakota can help prepare you for a career in patient-focused clinical practice and administration of health-system pharmacy. The resident will obtain advanced knowledge in clinical practice and expertise in pharmacy administration, management, and leadership activities.

The PGY1 year focuses on pharmacy practice, providing a well-rounded experience in all aspects of patient-focused care. The structure of the first year follows the Essentia Health-Fargo PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program. The PGY2 year provides training in health-system pharmacy administration building off the skills developed in the PGY1 year.

About the Program

Receive education and training that meets national quality standards. Our PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Administration Residency program is seeking accreditation by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). This program is designed to provide concentrated training in clinical practice and administration of health-system pharmacy.

This two-year program includes the completion of a master’s degree. The master’s degree program is a Masters in Healthcare Administration (MHA) from Minnesota State University Moorhead, nationally accredited by the Commission of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). The resident will obtain advanced knowledge in clinical practice and expertise in pharmacy leadership.

Orientation

Start your pharmacy residency with a comprehensive orientation, including:

• New hire orientation
• Electronic health record (EHR) system training
• Introduction to PharmAcademic
• Pharmacy processes and decentralized services
• Pharmacist competency completion and review

Pharmacy Rotations

Build your skills as a practicing pharmacist during rotation assignments that span a variety of departments at Essentia Health-Fargo.

Required Rotations

Build foundational skills through core clinical rotations:

• Orientation (4 weeks)
• Acute Care Operations Management I
• Administrative Leadership-Acute Care (Hospital & Infusion Centers)
• Administrative Leadership-Non-Acute Care (Ambulatory & Retail)
• Clinical Management-Acute Care 
• Formulary Management
• Health System Pharmacy Leadership
• Medication Use Management
• Pharmacy Infusion and Research Services Administration
• Regional Services Hospital Management (CAH)
• Retail/Community Pharmacy Administration
• Site Director Leadership
• Transitions of Care Management

Each required rotation is 12 weeks in length.

Elective Rotations

Explore your interests and a variety of specialties during elective rotations. Select electives in:

• 340B/Inventory Management
• Acute Care Operations Management II
• Oncology Practice Leadership
• Pharmacy Informatics
• Prescription Service Center Administration
• Program Development-Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Program Development-Controlled Substance management & Diversion
• Specialty Pharmacy Administration

Each elective rotation is 12 weeks long and completed simultaneously with required rotations during the different four block required rotations.

Longitudinal Rotations

Participate in ongoing learning experiences throughout your residency year with longitudinal rotations in:

• Human Resources Management (Interviewing, Recruitment, Retention)
• Budgeting/Financial Planning
• Medication Safety 
• Research in coordination with the Essentia Health Institute of Rural Health.
• Staffing (52 weeks, 8-hour shifts every third weekend)

Research & Learning Experiences

Take advantage of weekly protected research time to complete a research module—a structured, collaborative opportunity to learn and apply principles of academic research.

Develop the skills to provide comprehensive, unbiased, evidence-based medication information as you:

• Participate in a research module—a structured, collaborative opportunity to learn and apply principles of academic research—through the residency research program
• Build a drug monograph or drug class review
• Complete a medication-use evaluation (MUE)
• Provide drug therapy information to pharmacy staff and other health care professionals through journal clubs, case presentations, and discussions
• Help develop policies to standardize practices and improve medication use safety
• Serve on a variety of committees

Staffing Opportunities

Apply your pharmaceutical knowledge and distribution skills by practicing as a pharmacist during regular shifts at an Essentia pharmacy. You’ll work:

• Clinical shifts every third weekend
• Staffing shifts one evening per month