PGY1 Pharmacy Riverside, California

The Kaiser Permanente Riverside, California ASHP accredited Postgraduate Year One (PGY-1) Pharmacy Residency is the fourth largest service area in Southern California which includes Kaiser Permanente Health Plan Members in Riverside County, Southern California. The PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency practice site is approximately 18 miles northeast of Disneyland in Orange County, California. The Kaiser Permanente (KP) Riverside Service Area (RSA) extends throughout Riverside County, with two hospitals located at two medical center hospital campuses, Riverside Medical Center (RMC) and Moreno Valley Medical Center (MVMC), with eighteen outlying medical office buildings, and one ambulatory surgical service building servicing over 589,000 members.

RMC is currently a 226 licensed bed teaching hospital (expanding to 447 licensed beds in early 2027) offering comprehensive medical services including: Emergency Medicine, ICU/CCU, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, Medical & Surgical Care, Labor & Delivery, and Oncology. It also supports healthcare education through: An accredited Family Medicine and Internal Medicine residency program, a nursing training program, and an accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program. Riverside Oncology Infusion Pharmacy is also a practice site for the Inland Empire PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program with Kaiser Permanente San Bernardino County and Riverside County programs. RMC is a KP National Center of Excellence for ambulatory services for advanced renal cell carcinoma and melanoma treatment, including IMLYGIC therapy and has received The Joint Commission Disease Specific Certification as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. The other service area medical center, the Moreno Valley Medical Center hospital is licensed for 101 medical/surgical beds. In addition, in Murrieta, California, the Moreno Valley Medical Center Hospital has a hospital-licensed ambulatory surgical services building which provides same-day surgeries. Riverside County Oncology Pharmacies also provide centralized clinical oral chemotherapy drug management to patients in both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Riverside County Outpatient Anticoagulation Services provides centralized anticoagulation management services to patients in both Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.

The PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Kaiser Permanente, Riverside follows guidelines set by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), provides thorough training in a variety of specialties and has been accredited by ASHP since 2009. The Kaiser Permanente, Riverside PGY1 pharmacy residency mission is to develop mature pharmacists who provide world class pharmaceutical care in multiple patient populations. Pharmacy residents will function as a member of an integrated health care team, demonstrating proficiency, confidence, and compassion. Pharmacy residents will educate patients, health care providers and students, earn an ASHP accredited teaching certificate and develop practice management and administrative skills adaptable to their practice setting.

---

Pharmacy Services

The KP RSA Pharmacy Services include two, 24-HR Inpatient Pharmacies (RMC and MVMC), Murrieta Ambulatory Surgery Center (MASU), a shared Home Health Infusion Pharmacy for San Bernardino County and Riverside County, four licensed Oncology and Specialty IV Infusion Center Pharmacies (RMC, Palm Desert, Moreno Valley, and Murrieta), 13 KP licensed outpatient pharmacies (with the addition of one outpatient pharmacy in 2027) and 16 different Clinical Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services. KP RSA also offers IPPE, APPE, and AE, pharmacy student teaching rotations in various ambulatory care, inpatient and outpatient pharmacies, and drug education / formulary management with various Schools of Pharmacy in California.

Our Inpatient Pharmacy Services provide centralized medication dispensing with automated dispensing on patient floors, electronic medical records and CPOE. The Pharmacists provide drug therapy recommendations and targeted drug therapy management under collaborative drug management protocols in all disciplines.

Our Clinical Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services provide medication therapy management utilizing collaborative drug therapy management protocols with pharmacist prescriptive authority and provides patient education in the following services: Outpatient Anticoagulation, Heart Failure, Renal, Oncology and Specialty IV Drug Infusion, Oral Oncology, HIV/Hepatitis C, Medicare Part D Medication Therapy Management, Psychiatry, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Patient-Centered Medical Home Practices in Primary Care for diabetes population management, and Specialty Pharmacy Medication Therapy Management (Irritable Bowel Disease, Rheumatology). Ambulatory Care Pharmacists also provide consultative pharmacy services and patient education in Controlled Substance Stewardship/Pain, New Member Medication Review Service, Neurology Memory Clinic, Adult Asthma Beta-Agonist Overuse and Patient Discharge Review, and Medication Safety initiatives/Drugs to Avoid in the Elderly.

Riverside At A Glance

---

Learning Experiences

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation – 4 Weeks
• Acute Care Inpatient (DPC) – 8 Weeks
• Acute Care Medicine (DPC) – 4 Weeks
• Drug Education/Drug Information & Formulary Management – 3 Weeks
• Oncology/Specialty Drug Therapy Infusion (DPC) – 5 Weeks
• Outpatient Anticoagulation Service (DPC) – 5 Weeks
• Patient-Centered Medical Home in Primary Care (DPC), (Includes population care management in diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia) – 4 Weeks
• Renal (DPC) – 4 Weeks

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Ambulatory Quality Longitudinal – 24 Weeks
• Acute Care Inpatient (Longitudinal) (DPC) – 2 Weeks
• Leadership & Practice Management (Longitudinal) – 48 Weeks
• Medication-Use System and Medication Safety (Longitudinal) – 42 Weeks
• Research & Project Management (Longitudinal) – 51 Weeks
• Teaching, Education, and Dissemination of Knowledge (Longitudinal) – 42 Weeks

Elective Learning Experiences

• Any required learning experience may be selected as an elective experience with specialization and/or research activities
• An elective learning experience (2-4 wks, varies)
• Additional elective learning experiences in Ambulatory Care: Heart Failure; Controlled Substance Stewardship/Pain, and Specialty Drug Use Management; Oncology Elective-Oral Chemotherapy; Oncology Immunotherapy
• Additional Longitudinal elective learning experiences in Inpatient Pharmacy focus areas in any of the following: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Acute Care, and Inpatient Pharmacy Administration
• Acute Care – Emergency Medicine (Kaiser Permanente, Downey Medical Center)

---

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: 158013 and ASHP Program Code: 92013

---

Application Requirements

• Statement of Interest/Letter of Intent
• Current Curriculum Vitae, detailed to include clinical learning experience taken (or planned), number and type of community service hours, professional organization memberships, leadership/club/association positions held, research publications, presentations/posters presented to external audiences outside of pharmacy school, (pharmacy work experience is required of all applicants, list employer(s) and dates must be outside of volunteer/community service, IPPE, APPE, AE time), and Pharmacy school scholarships and awards
• Official Pharmacy School transcripts – sent directly from the applicant’s pharmacy school only
• Three letters of references/recommendations utilizing the form in PhORCAS
• Application Deadline: January 6, 2027

---

Interview Details

• Virtual interview required: Late January – Mid February
• Click here to link to the Virtual Information Sessions:
  • October 13, 2026 – 2p.m. – 3p.m. PST
  • October 21, 2026 – 3p.m. – 4p.m. PST
  • November 16, 2026 – 2p.m. – 3p.m. PST
  • November 17, 2026 – 10a.m. – 11a.m. PST
  • December 14, 2026 – 2p.m. – 3p.m. PST
• Additional Information (i.e. Open House, etc.): Please contact Christine Diaz at Christine.L.Diaz@kp.org to RSVP for the in-person 2026 Open House Event on November 12, 2026 and to be notified of future events.
• Open House Flyer

**This residency agrees that no person at this residency will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant**

Back to all programs