This PGY1 pharmacy residency program is ASHP accredited and is accepting two positions to begin July 2025. The position is a 12-month, postgraduate training experience that is designed to expose residents to a wide variety of clinical experiences. The required rotations are 4-5 weeks long and include: Acute Care Medicine (I and II), Critical Care, Infectious Diseases, Emergency Medicine, Ambulatory Care / Transitions of Care, and Management / Administration. Longitudinal rotations include Antimicrobial Stewardship, Medication Safety, and Staffing. In addition, residents will be able to choose from a variety of elective options, which can be tailored to suit their interests. Examples of clinical services that will be performed during the residency include, but are not limited to, optimization of medication therapy, patient care rounding, pharmacokinetic and renal dosing, therapeutic drug monitoring, drug information, anticoagulation dosing, drug interaction monitoring, and patient education. In additionto clinical experiences, residents will complete a residency project, earn a teaching certificate through a local university, participate in didactic and experiential teaching, and gain drug utilization evaluation and performance improvement experiences.
The goal of this PGY1 program is to prepare residents to provide the highest level of pharmaceutical care while serving as an integral member of the multidisciplinary team.
Memorial Hospital Belleville is one of the 14 hospitals that comprise the BJC Healthcare system. BJC Healthcare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, serving primarily metro St. Louis, mid-Missouri, and Southern Illinois.
Memorial Hospital Belleville (located 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis) is a Magnet® designated 222-bed acute care community hospital offering emergency, medical, surgical, critical care, and ambulatory care services. Adjacent to the hospital is Memorial Care Center (MCC), which is an 82-bed award winning and Magnet® designated skilled rehab nursing facility. In addition to the Belleville campus, pharmacy residents will have the opportunity to deliver care at the Memorial Hospital Shiloh campus, located 15 minutes from the Belleville campus. Memorial Hospital Shiloh is a 94 bed-all private Magnet® designated hospital. Memorial Hospital Belleville, Memorial Hospital Shiloh and MCC are encompassed under Protestant Memorial Medical Center, Inc.