Pharmacy Residency Program

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The Purpose of Our Residency

The pharmacy residency program is designed to develop pharmacists into competent and confident clinicians under the care of well-trained and passionate preceptors and mentors. We offer extensive experience in the ambulatory and inpatient environment, allowing the resident to explore both areas and be qualified for a position in either setting post-graduation. Our progressive, team-based, geographic-care model within the hospital employs pharmacists in a 1:1 ratio with our hospitalist team. This means working in the same office with your physician counterparts for close communication in the interdisciplinary care of your patient. The pharmacy leadership team are all diplomates of the ASHP pharmacy leadership academy and have designed the residency program not only to position graduates to be great clinicians, but great leaders in pharmacy.

The Pharmacy Residency Program is a 12-month program with four resident positions available annually.

• This program enables residents to participate in evidence-based, patient-centered medication management.

• Leadership, writing and teaching skills are developed through clinical rotations as a member of the multidisciplinary team and by participation in administrative and operational services.

• Competency is shaped by feedback from preceptors and from self-evaluation. Each resident’s learning plan is individualized.

• Residents are eligible for full benefits.

• A Washington pharmacist licensure is required (must be completed by September 1st).

• A major clinical or administrative project must be completed during the course of the residency year. Project selection is a joint effort between the resident, program director, and selected pharmacist project advisors.

• Residents are required to staff three shifts every three weeks, with one shift split with project time. Residents may pick up additional shifts at full pharmacist wages.

Residents develop skills to solve complex medication and healthcare-related problems through rotations in acute care, ambulatory care and leadership/management.

How to Apply for Pharmacy Residency

1. Submit application materials via PhORCAS:

   1. Official pharmacy school transcripts

   2. A one-page letter of intent

   3. Curriculum vitae

   4. Three letters of recommendation

   5. Note: The short-answer essay has been removed this year

2. Complete the interview process. Interviews will be offered either in-person or virtually.

3. If matched, Confluence Health application instructions will follow.

The PHORCAS application deadline is the first Friday in January.

Required Rotations

Hospital Focused:

• Orientation

• Pharmacy operations

• Internal medicine and acute oncology

• Surgical/glucose control team

• Critical care

• Progressive care—cardiology

Ambulatory Focused:

• Oncology—ambulatory infusion center

• Any two from the following three-week rotations:

  • Anticoagulation clinic

  • Refill and prior authorization center

  • Primary care

  • Cardiology clinic

Elective Rotations (Three Blocks)

• Emergency department

• Infectious disease/antimicrobial stewardship

• Pharmacy administration

• Pharmacy informatics

• Palliative care

• Advanced cardiology

• Advanced ICU

• Many others awaiting discovery!