PGY1 Pharmacy Napa Solano, California
The Napa Solano Service Area extends from Napa to Vacaville and consists of two medical centers (Vallejo and Vacaville) and two medical office buildings (Fairfield and Napa). Within these facilities we provide health care for nearly 310,000 members. The Kaiser Permanente Napa Solano Residency Program is a 52-week postgraduate program that provides training and experience in the provision of pharmaceutical care and pharmacy practice. The Kaiser Permanente, Napa Solano Pharmacy Residency Program builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.
Pharmacy Services
All our facilities have PHASE (cardiovascular risk management) pharmacists/Accountable Population Managers. We also have multidisciplinary Heart Failure, Pain, Oncology, Hospice, HIV, Home Health, Psychiatry, Hypertension, Osteoporosis, Nephrology and Medication Therapy Management clinics. In addition, we provide anticoagulation services to over 3,500 patients and utilize drug use management programs to ensure clinical and economic best practices.
There are five outpatient pharmacies in the Napa Solano Area as well as a centralized filling pharmacy in Livermore. Our pharmacies provide comprehensive prescription dispensing and consultation services. We pride ourselves on efficient team-filling of prescriptions with optimal use of ancillary staff, such as technicians and clerks, to support our pharmacists.
Our inpatient pharmacy services provide de-centralized medication dispensing as well as automated dispensing machines on patient floors. Our electronic health records allow efficient provision of medications and patient monitoring for necessary clinical interventions. Our inpatient clinical pharmacists work within an interdisciplinary team and provide drug therapy recommendations, dosing adjustments per protocol, pharmacokinetic monitoring, and antibiotic monitoring. Clinical pharmacy services are provided in medicine, critical care, infectious diseases, and transitional care pharmacy.
Learning Experiences
Required Learning Experiences
- Cardiovascular Risk Management (PHASE)
- Oncology
- Inpatient Pharmacy Operations & Internal Medicine
- Anticoagulation
- Medication Adherence
- Staffing Experience
Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences
- Anticoagulation
- Cardiovascular Risk Management (PHASE)
Elective Learning Experiences
- Psychiatry
- Hypertension
- Chronic Pain Management
- Heart Failure
- Home Health Services
- Hospice Care Services
- Infectious Disease
- Pharmacy Administration
- Intensive Care Unit
- Drug Use Management
- Transitional Care Pharmacy
- Regional rotations such as Drug Information, Pharmacy Quality, Medication and Patient Safety, Regional Pharmacy Continuum (offered by regional office)
- Other elective learning experiences may be developed based on resident interest and preceptor availability
Requirements for Acceptance
- Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist in the state of California by the first day of residency program.
- Resident must be a licensed California pharmacist within 120 days from the program start date. Residents who are not licensed as a pharmacist within 120 days from the program start date will have their term of appointment extended by the number of days the resident is without licensure past the 120-day deadline up to a maximum of 45 days. Failure to obtain a California state pharmacist license within 165 days from the program start date will result in the resident being dismissed from the program and employment will be terminated.
- To be eligible for pharmacist licensure, candidates must be graduates or candidates for graduation from an ACPE accredited degree program (or one in the process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the NABP.
- For more information regarding licensing in California, please visit www.pharmacy.ca.gov
- Certifications (If applicable): BLS, ACLS
- Candidates must be registered in the National Matching Services, Inc. (NMS).
- Candidates must participate in the ASHP Matching Program.
- Program NMS Code: 163313 and ASHP Program Code: 92700
Application Requirements
- A PowerPoint presentation that will be utilized as a sample of the applicant’s written work
- Application Deadline: January 1, 2025
Interview Details
- On-site Interview Required
- On-site interviews will be held in February of 2025
- Click here to link to the Virtual Information Session:
- November 21, 2024 – 12p.m. – 1p.m. PST
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Wesley Mortensen, PharmD, MBA
Clinical Pharmacy Director
Residency Program Director
975 Sereno Dr.
Vallejo, California 94589
United States
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Wesley.R.Mortensen@kp.org
(707) 651-1000
Virginia Hon, PharmD, CDCES
Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Supervisor
Residency Program Coordinator
975 Sereno Drive
Vallejo, California 94589
United States
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Virginia.C.Hon@kp.org
(707) 651-1000
Quinn Le, PharmD, BCGP
Drug Education Coordinator
Residency Program Coordinator
975 Sereno Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
United States
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Quinn.Le@kp.org
(707) 651-1000