Primary Children's Hospital is a Level I trauma center equipped to care for neonates, children and adolescents with complex illnesses and injuries. Primary Children’s Hospital is associated with the University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics, enabling patients and staff to benefit from the research and clinical expertise of its faculty.
Founded on the philosophy of “the child first and always,” Primary Children’s Hospital is the pediatric referral center for five states in the Intermountain West – the largest geographical service area of any children’s hospital in the United States.
Residency Program
The Primary Children's Hospital PGY1 pharmacy residency is a 12-month ASHP-accredited program focused on training residents to become competent, confident practitioners of direct patient care. The program also helps to prepare residents for a PGY2 specialty practice residency, an adjunctive pharmacy faculty position and/or employment as a clinical pharmacist within a health system.
Residency Completion Requirements
See the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency homepage and Residency Manual for details.
Staffing
The resident staffing model at Primary Children's Hospital is a mix of clinical and distributive functions. In the morning the resident staffs the medical/surgical floor or the NICU. The residents are responsible for order verification, answering questions from practitioners and nursing staff, managing vancomycin and anticoagulation CPAs, as well as other various functions of the pharmacist. In the afternoon, the resident staffs out of the central pharmacy. The residents' functions in the central pharmacy include but are not limited to staffing in the IV room, medication verification, answering medication questions from medical staff, and assisting in central pharmacy processes. The residents staff every third weekend from 7AM to 7PM.
Rotations
Click here for a listing of PGY1 Pharmacy rotations; note that additional rotations are available upon request. Residents are allowed to complete rotations anywhere throughout the Intermountain enterprise and at any site of service (hospitals, clinics, homecare, central office, etc.).
After Completing This Program
Pharmacists completing this residency program will be competent and confident practitioners of direct patient care in multiple practice and patient care environments. They will be able to identify and resolve potential and actual patient-specific, drug-related problems and will be accountable for achieving optimal drug therapy outcomes as members of a healthcare team.
These pharmacists will become skilled educators, both verbally and in writing, of health care professionals, students, patients and the community. They will demonstrate professional maturity by independently following a personal philosophy of practice, monitoring their own performance, exhibiting commitment to the profession and exercising leadership in improving the safety of the medication-use system. As highly trained professionals, these pharmacists will be well prepared to compete in today's job market.
Application Process
To apply to the program, submit your application through PhORCAS. Candidate applications must be received prior to 10 pm MST on January 2nd. Refer to the application information webpage for details.
Benefits
Refer to our benefits webpage for details.