PGY1 Pharmacy San Mateo, California

The Kaiser Permanente San Mateo Area PGY1 Residency Program will provide residents with a supportive environment for professional growth and development in practice settings. The focus will be on skills related to clinical practice, pharmacy operations, and leadership in the profession. In addition, residents will have opportunities to refine their presentation skills, teach and precept students, and practice project management effectiveness. Our residents can also take advantage of the program’s prime location near major cities filled with fun activities to decompress during their free time.

PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy education to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligibility for board certification, and eligibility for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training. The Kaiser Permanente San Mateo residency aspires for its residents to become confident and well-rounded pharmacists with a strong commitment to the pharmacy profession, and an ability to choose from a multitude of innovative settings in which to practice.

Pharmacy Services

Kaiser Permanente San Mateo Area consists of two medical centers in both South San Francisco and Redwood City, and medical offices in Daly City, San Bruno, and San Mateo. We provide a wide range of medical services in internal medicine, gastroenterology, hematology-oncology, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, and bariatric surgery. Our new Redwood City medical center is a center of excellence for neurosurgery, while our South San Francisco medical center is a center of excellence for bariatric surgery.

The Department of Pharmacy seeks to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve by assuring the safe and effective use of medications. We provide exceptional patient care services, supported by optimized medication use systems and highly skilled pharmacy team members.

Outpatient pharmacy services are supported by a centralized automated drug refilling and patient call center, allowing our pharmacists to focus on clinical checking and patient counseling.

Inpatient pharmacy services use the latest technology in physician order entry, automated drug distribution, and IV admixture preparation. Clinical services include multidisciplinary rounding, drug/renal monitoring, pharmacy protocols (warfarin, aminoglycosides, vancomycin, parenteral nutrition, and heparin), antimicrobial stewardship, neuroscience, transitions of care bedside counseling, and quality improvement activities.

Our ambulatory care clinical pharmacists practice in a variety of clinic settings including anticoagulation, cardiovascular risk and diabetes, medication therapy management, oncology, HIV/PrEP, psychiatry, kidney stone prevention, heart failure, chronic pain, adult family medicine/hypertension, and many more. The pharmacists work under collaborative practice agreements and have prescribing privileges to initiate and adjust medication therapy, while partnering closely with physicians and nurse practitioners to manage their own patient panels.

Redwood City At A Glance

San Mateo County At A Glance

Learning Experiences

Required Learning Experiences

Drug Utilization Management
Medication Therapy Management
Outpatient Anticoagulation Clinical Service
Outpatient Pharmacy
General Medicine / Transitional Care
Inpatient Pharmacy Practice

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

Leadership and Administration
Drug Information
Research Project
Student Precepting Experience

Elective Learning Experiences

Inpatient Care Electives

Antibiotic Stewardship Program (ASP)
Critical Care (ICU)
Neuroscience Specialty

Ambulatory Care Electives

Adult Family Medicine / Hypertension
Antiretroviral Medication Management (HIV/PrEP)
Asthma Care Management
Cardiovascular Risk & Diabetes (PHASE)
Chronic Pain Clinic
Heart Failure
Hepatitis C
Kidney Stone Prevention
Oncology Pharmacy
Outpatient Medication Use Quality Improvement
Psychiatry

*Additional elective rotations may be offered to the resident during the year according to their interest and 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: 131213 and ASHP Program Code: 92005

Application Requirements

Curriculum Vitae
Official Pharmacy School transcripts, sent directly from the applicant’s college or school of pharmacy
Three letters of references/recommendations utilizing the form in PhORCAS
For Statement of Interest/Letter of Intent – Please be sure to describe ALL of the following succinctly:
– Reasons for your intent to pursue post-graduate residency training
– Short term and long term goals as a pharmacist, especially areas of practice interest
– How your experiences, skills sets, personal attributes and interests make you an exceptionally qualified applicant
– Attributes that make Kaiser Permanente – San Mateo Area a good fit for you
Application Deadline: January 2, 2025

Interview Details

On-Site Interview Required (Subject to change pending Public Health guidance)
Click here to link to the Virtual Info Session:
- November 14, 2024 – 1p.m. – 2p.m. PST
CSHP Seminar: November 1, 2024 – Attendance is contingent on community guidance and other safety considerations related to COVID-19
Open House (On-Site): Friday, TBD
Please RSVP by Wednesday, November 27, 2024 by clicking on this link
(RSVP form will be released at a later date)
For more information or to receive email updates, please contact Isabell Wu or Melissa Chee.

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

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