Pharmacy Resident - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Scien

This accredited post-graduate educational and training experience is designed to develop pharmacists with expertise in community pharmacy practice. The program is academically affiliated with MCPHS. This affiliation affords the resident opportunities to develop teaching skills through the provision of experiential education and didactic instruction of pharmacy students. The program will emphasize development of practical skills needed by current and future community pharmacists. As such, the majority of the resident’s time will be spent at Walgreens pharmacy in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The remainder of the time will be spent either on specialized rotations in the areas of ambulatory care, Walgreens specialty pharmacy, or teaching at MCPHS-Boston completing various teaching components.

Program Description
The community pharmacy resident will receive instruction and experience in each of the following components:
-Clinical: The clinical component will be completed in the following mandatory year long rotations: community, ambulatory, Walgreens specialty pharmacy, and teaching. The resident will rotate through these sites on a week to week basis in order to achieve the goals set forth by the accreditation standards.
-Educational: The resident will have various opportunities for teaching. They will be exposed to small group as well as larger didactic lectures, serve as an adjunct preceptor for the community pharmacy practice laboratory, and also be a preceptor for PharmD clerkship students at all sites.
-Specialty Pharmacy:The resident will have the opportunity to develop their role as a specialty pharmacist. They will spend time with the specialty pharmacy manager, as well as spend time with Walgreens Supervisors to under- stand the details of pharmacy operations.
-Management / Leadership: The resident will have opportunities to become involved with both State and National pharmacy associations. They will have the opportunity to attend Massachusetts Pharmacy Board meetings, attend local and national pharmacy meetings, as well as assist in legislative endeavors to further the practice of pharmacy.

Basic Qualifications

• Doctor of Pharmacy degree from a college or school of pharmacy accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
• Ability to obtain pharmacist license within the state of residency within the licensure requirement deadline
• Submission of residency application materials to Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)
• Individuals must participate in and adhere to the rules of the ASHP Resident Matching Program.
• Certified Immunizer or willing to become an immunizer within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications
We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

The current salary range for this position is $18.00 per hour - $31.00 per hour. The actual hourly salary within this range that you will be offered will depend on a variety of factors including geography, skills and abilities, education, experience and other relevant factors.