Kennedy Health System

Kennedy University Hospitals (KUH) offers a postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training program that is currently under candidate status by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).

The Department of Pharmacy provides a comprehensive program of patient care services, including medication distribution, clinical services, drug information, educational services, and research for all patient populations.  These services are rendered via a centralized main pharmacy in each hospital location, which provides all pharmaceutical products.

The clinical aspects of pharmaceutical services include drug information, medication management, medication error review, adverse drug reaction monitoring, staff education, drug-drug & food-drug interactions, medical round participation, assessment of medication allergies, and patient education.

Benefits

• University teaching hospital environment (University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Osteopathic Medicine)
• Multi-hospital locations providing various specialties
• 3 hospitals within our system:  Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township
• Multiple opportunities for precepting pharmacy students from various schools of pharmacy
• All 3 campuses are within 30 minutes of Philadelphia and an hour from the beaches of Southern NJ
• Free parking
• 10 days paid time off per year
• Excellent medical, dental and vision insurance
• Travel allowances to attend ASHP Midyear Meeting and The Eastern States Residency Conference
• ASHP membership dues provided
• Competitive salary
• Hospital committee involvement

To Apply

Prospective Residents will be evaluated on the following material and ranked accordingly. Please provide all required information no later than January 15^th 2013 via Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS). :

• Official transcript (most recent college transcript) from an ACPE-accredited College of Pharmacy or ACPE-candidate status College of Pharmacy
• ASHP matching program number
• Letter of intent
• Three (3) letters of recommendation with at least one from a preceptor during clerkship
• Curriculum Vitae

Pharmacy Residency Brochure