PGY1 Pharmacy Resident

About Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Penn Medicine is seeking a full-time, temporary PGY1 Pharmacy Resident for the limited term of one year for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP).

Job Summary for PGY1 Pharmacy Resident

Responsibilities include commitment to patient care, service to the pharmacy department, and accepting personal responsibility for one's own learning experience through completion of rotations, longitudinal experiences, evaluation procedures, residency assignments, and meeting attendance.

Accountabilities

• Prepares and dispenses medications using appropriate techniques to ensure outcomes of drug therapies and following the health system's policies and procedures.
• Provides concise, applicable, and timely responses to drug information requests from health care providers and patients.
• Ensures continuity of pharmaceutical care to and from the acute and ambulatory patient-care settings.
• Participates in the established process for assessing, managing, and reporting Adverse Drug Events (ADEs).
• Participates in the management of medical emergencies.
• Assumes responsibility for the adherence to the medication-use policies and guidelines.
• Manages time effectively to fulfill practice responsibilities.
• Complies in all activities with accreditation, legal, regulatory, and safety requirements for a specific practice setting.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.

Education, Licensures, and Certifications

• PharmD from an Accredited School of Pharmacy (Required).
• Must be currently scheduled to take Pennsylvania Pharmacy License or actively transferring a license from another state (Required).

Working at Penn Medicine

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

Key skills/competency

• Patient Care
• Medication Dispensing
• Drug Information
• Adverse Drug Events (ADE) Management
• Medical Emergencies Response
• Pharmaceutical Care Continuity
• Policy Adherence
• Regulatory Compliance
• Time Management
• Clinical Pharmacy