Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital PGY1 Pharmacy residency

Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital (MBCH) is a 152-bed pediatric hospital located in Tacoma, WA, and is the only level II pediatric trauma hospital in Western Washington. For three consecutive years, MBCH is recognized as a top children’s hospital in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital rating organization

Curriculum

Each resident shall complete approximately twelve learning experiences during the year. The learning experiences will be a combination of rotational and longitudinal learning. Rotational learning is the traditional concentrated learning that takes place each day over a two- to eight-week period. Longitudinal learning is learning that occurs intermittently over a long period of time, which can be three to twelve months. An example of longitudinal learning is the drug information and policy development learning experience. Activities under this learning experience occur intermittently throughout the year including participation at the monthly P&T meetings. The duration of each training experience shall depend on the training needs of each resident, availability of preceptors, personal interests of the resident, and other scheduling parameters. The resident rotation schedule will be mutually agreed upon by the Residency Director and resident.

The residency program focuses on three core areas.

• Development of the resident’s competence in providing patient care
• Development of the resident’s competence in practice management
• The completion of an appropriate major project.

Achievement of skills in the core areas by the resident is assessed using key goals and objectives and extensive evaluation by both preceptor and resident.

Staffing Commitment

Each resident is required to complete the following staffing commitments over the 52-week period as part of the staffing learning experience.

• 2 Eight-hour shifts every third weekend, day or evening
• 1 four-hour shift in the evening one weekday each week
• 3 weeks (five 8-hour shifts per week) in an assigned patient care area toward the latter part of the residency year

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Application deadline: January 3, 2025

Eligible candidates will be a graduate (prior or anticipated) of an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy or Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate and is licensed or eligible for licensure in Washington State. They must satisfy eligibility requirements for employment including acceptable results on a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Please note that MultiCare does not sponsor work visas.

Applicants must register to participate in the ASHP Residency Matching Program. Application materials will be submitted in PhORCAS and include:

• Letter of intent
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Three letters of reference
• Official transcripts of all professional pharmacy education from an ACPE-accredited pharmacy degree program or FPGEC program