Residency Showcase Program Listings

PROGRAM PURPOSE

• Designed to develop competitive candidates for ANY of the following Managed Care positions:
• Formulary Management Pharmacist
• Prior Authorization Pharmacist
• Pharmacoeconomics Specialist
• Drug Information Pharmacist
• Data Analytics/Informatics Pharmacist
• Designed to develop skills in formulary management and development processes, such as:
• Active participation in Pharmacy & Therapeutic and Medication Safety committees
• Drafting guidance documents (conversions, protocols, criteria for use, monographs, etc.)
• Managing clinical programs, drug utilization reviews, cost-saving initiatives, and quality improvement projects
• Completing non-formulary and prior authorization consults

REQUIRED LEARNING EXPERIENCES

• Ambulatory Care
• Drug Information
• Data Analytics
• Formulary Management
• Internal Medicine
• Leadership / Management
• Procurement
• Pharmacoeconomics
• Teaching Certificate
• Research

SPECIAL FEATURES: Local, regional, and national exposure and activities involving pharmacy data management with emphasis and training in Microsoft applications with SQL and Tableau.

Recruitment Brochure:

https://www.pbm.va.gov/PBM/education/residency/CA_SanDiego_PGY1.pdf

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS

• Register with the ASHP Resident Matching Program accessible at http://www.natmatch.com/ashprmp/
• Possess United States citizenship; Naturalized citizens must be able to provide proof of naturalization
• Possess (or be in the process of securing) a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an accredited School or College of Pharmacy
• PGY1 applicants must be eligible for pharmacist licensure to practice pharmacy from any state at the beginning of their residency program AND must obtain pharmacist licensure within 120 days of the start of the residency program

APPLICATION PROCESS

• All application materials must be submitted through Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application (PhORCAS):
• PHASE I DEADLINE is January 1, 2023
• PHASE II DEADLINE if positions available is March 20, 2023
• Submitted Materials must include:
• Basic Demographics
• Verified Transcripts for Schools or Colleges of Pharmacy Only
• Personal Statement / Letter of Intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of recommendation using the standardized reference template in PhORCAS
• Extracurricular Information

Selected applicants will be invited to a personal virtual or on-site interview occurring in February. Candidates who are not invited for an on-site interview will be notified via e-mail.

About VA San Diego Healthcare System

VA San Diego Healthcare System KEY FACTS Provided high quality health care to 84,712 Veterans in the San Diego and Imperial Valley counties in Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient health services at the medical center in La Jolla, six community based outpatient clinics located in Chula Vista, Escondido, Imperial Valley, Mission Valley, Oceanside and Sorrento Valley and a residential rehabilitation treatment program Provides medical, surgical, mental health, geriatric, spinal cord injury, and advanced rehabilitation services Training site for 1,399 medical interns, residents and fellows, as well as 678 other health professionals from pharmacy, nursing, dental, and dietetics PROVISION OF CARE – PHARMACY SERVICE Pharmacy services provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week Decentralized unit-dose service with Barcode Medication Administration, IV Additive Service, Automated Dispensing Systems, Physician Order Entry and Automated Prescription Filling Our Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacists, Inpatient Clinical Pharmacists, and Clinical Specialists provide a wide range of pharmaceutical care services to veterans in the inpatient a...nd outpatient settings. OUR STAFF AND PRECEPTORS 74 pharmacists serve as preceptors to our resident trainees Most have greater than 5 years of experience with serving as a preceptor to residents Many are Board Certified as Pharmacotherapy Specialists (BCPS), Oncology Pharmacists (BCOP), Psychiatric Pharmacists (BCPP), Ambulatory Care Pharmacists (BCACP), Critical Care Pharmacists (BCCCP), Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (BCIDP) and Geriatric Pharmacists (BCGP) More than half possess Scopes of Practices which allow for prescriptive authority OUR TEACHING PROGRAM Multiple PGY1 and PGY2 residency training programs Have academic relationships with two Schools of Pharmacy – University of the Pacific (UOP) and University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Annually provide APPEs to approximately 30 students

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