Smith's Pharmacy PGY1 - Kroger (Community-Based)

Overview

The Smith’s Community Residency Program offers residents the opportunity to 1) deliver innovative patient care services and patient-centered dispensing in a community pharmacy and in the community it serves, 2) participate in pharmacy management, professional advocacy, teaching/precepting and business development activities at multiple levels within the pharmacy organization and 3) teach, including completion of a teaching certificate program, and conduct practice-based research with support from Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy.

Residency graduates will be prepared as clinicians, leaders and advocates for the future of pharmacy. Smith’s, and The Kroger Company, offer multiple career paths for residency graduates. It is our desire that residents continue as Smith’s employees and help to lead our organization into the future.

Residency Sites and Learning Experiences

Smith’s Pharmacy, West Jordan, Utah

Learning Experiences: Patient Care, Patient-Centered Dispensing, Leadership/Management, Teaching/Precepting

Time spent: 2-3 days per week

The resident’s primary practice site will be a Smith’s Pharmacy. Additional learning activities will also be available in other Smith’s Pharmacy locations. The resident will provide basic pharmacy services in addition to dispensing, such as counseling, immunizations, health screenings and medication therapy management (MTM) interventions. In addition, the resident will provide extended patient care services including comprehensive medication management and health coaching for various disease states (i.e. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, tobacco dependence and obesity). The resident will work closely with the Pharmacy Manager to gain management skills necessary to run a profitable, patient-centered pharmacy. The resident will also serve as a preceptor for student pharmacists in both introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences.

Smith’s Division Office, Salt Lake City, Utah

Learning Experiences: Leadership/Management, Practice Advancement, Teaching/Precepting, Patient Care

Time Spent: 1-2 days per week

At the Smith’s Division Office, the resident will work with division- and district-level personnel with roles to support Smith’s Pharmacy operations and clinical services. The resident will work with their district pharmacy coordinator and the division clinical coordinator on practice advancement initiatives, including a clinical services development project quality improvement project and a practice-based research project.

Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy, South Jordan, Utah

Learning Experiences: Teaching/Precepting, Research

Time Spent: 1 day per week

The resident will spend time at the College of Pharmacy interacting with faculty, students and other pharmacy residents. The resident will have the opportunity to participate in teaching in a mastery learning based academic program. A faculty liaison will provide support for the resident’s practice-based research project.

Additional Information

Program length: 12 months, typically from July 1st to June 30th
Stipend: $47,000
Benefits as a Smith’s employee:
• 10 vacation/personal days
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Discounts at Smith’s/Smith’s Marketplace stores
Professional meetings: registration fees and travel allowance provided for ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, APhA Annual Meeting and regional residency conference

Resident Qualifications:
• Graduate of an ACPE-accredited school/college of pharmacy
• Doctor of Pharmacy degree preferred
• Licensed or eligible for licensure in Utah

Application and Interview Process
Submit the following items via PhORCAS by the January 1, 2020 deadline:
• Personal Statement/Letter of Intent
• Curriculum vitae
• Official transcript
• Three (3) letters of recommendation

Qualified candidates will be invited for on-site interviews to be held in late January through early March.

For More Information
Contact Smith’s Residency Program Director Jayme Garcia, PharmD by email at jayme.garcia@sfdc.com.

About Smith’s:
Smith’s Food and Drug is a division of The Kroger Company, one of the largest traditional grocery-pharmacy chains in the country. Smith’s operates over 135 pharmacies in seven states in the Intermountain West.