PGY2 Psychiatry San Jose, California

PGY2 residency programs build upon Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency training to develop pharmacist practitioners with knowledge, skills, and abilities as defined in the educational competency areas, goals, and objectives for advanced practice areas. Residents who successfully complete PGY2 residency programs are prepared for advanced patient care or other specialized positions, and board certification in the advanced practice area, if available.

The Kaiser Permanente San Jose PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program provides comprehensive learning experiences in a variety of areas related to mental health. Training includes learning experiences in the inpatient and ambulatory care settings. In addition to working closely with preceptors, physicians, and patients to become an integral part of the psychiatric care team, the psychiatric pharmacy resident will work closely with psychiatric medical residents; coupling together as a team during specific psychiatry learning experiences to enhance interdisciplinary collaboration as a trainee and for the future.

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Pharmacy Services

The Kaiser Permanente Greater San Jose Area pharmacists and technicians provide pharmaceutical services in the inpatient setting as well a wide range of clinical programs in the ambulatory and outpatient settings. We have 5 outpatient pharmacies in San Jose, 1 pharmacy in Gilroy, Watsonville and Scotts Valley along with 1 inpatient pharmacy in San Jose. Clinical Pharmacists work as an integral part of a robust multidisciplinary team in the areas of adult and child psychiatry as well as addiction medicine and recovery services. Pharmacists provide medication management through video and telephone visits, teach patient classes, lead an ADHD program, provide didactic lectures for the psychiatry medical residents, as well as precept pharmacy students and residents.

The Kaiser Permanente San Jose PGY2 Psychiatric residency program provides an innovative, challenging and dynamic learning environment to its residents. Residents will experience caring for patients with a wide range of mental health conditions such as depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, insomnia, ADHD, neurocognitive disorders, bipolar disorders, and psychotic disorders.

San Jose At A Glance

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Learning Experiences

Required Learning Experiences

• Orientation (3 weeks)
• Drug Use Management (4 weeks, Formulary Management)
• General Adult Psychiatry (6 weeks; Ambulatory Care)
• Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (6 weeks; Ambulatory Care)
• Inpatient Behavioral Health Center (6 weeks; Inpatient)
• Inpatient Medical Psychiatric Unit (6 weeks, Advanced Inpatient)
• Consult Liaison Psychiatry (6 weeks, Advanced Inpatient)

Required Longitudinal Learning Experiences

• Continuing Medical Education (3 months)
• Regional Medication Use Evaluation (3 months)
• Management / Leadership Series (12 months)
• Project / Research Management (12 months)
• Teaching (12 months)

Elective Learning Experiences

• Addiction Medicine Recovery Services (Ambulatory Care)
• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Ambulatory Care)
• Chronic Pain Management (Ambulatory Care)
• HIV/Infectious Disease (Ambulatory Care)
• Hospice (Ambulatory Care)
• Headache Clinic (Ambulatory Care)
• Regional Neurology Movement Disorder Service (Ambulatory care)

– Elective learning experiences are 6-week split rotations
– All core learning experiences may be repeated as an advanced elective rotation

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Requirements for Acceptance

• Must have completed an ASHP accredited or candidate-status PGY1 residency prior to start of program.
• Must be licensed as an Intern Pharmacist in the state of California by the first day of residency program if not already licensed as a pharmacist in California.
• 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: 606166 and ASHP Program Code: 92956

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Application Requirements

• Statement of Interest/Letter of Intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Official Pharmacy School transcripts, sent directly from the applicant’s college or school of pharmacy
• 3 letters of references/recommendations utilizing the form in PhORCAS
• One letter of recommendation should be from a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
• Application Deadline: January 6, 2025

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Interview Details

• On-Site Interview Required (subject to change)
• On-Site Interview Dates: Approximately Mid-Late February 
• Click here to link to the Virtual Information Sessions:
  • November 12, 2024 – 1p.m. – 2p.m. PST
  • December 17, 2024 – 1p.m. – 2p.m. PST

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