We have one residency position available in this program.
Residents typically prefer to live in the Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington or Washington, DC, area (or within a ten-mile radius). The Inova system office is located near a major DC metro area highway (I-495), which makes it accessible from all directions and pharmacy administration has a separate location in Chantilly, which will be more important to consider location in the second year.
The application process will continue via PhORCAS and qualified applicants selected for an interview will be invited to complete a virtual or on-site interview in early to mid-February.
The PGY2 resident will have the opportunity to travel across the system and participate in activities that impact patients through the continuum of care including, inpatient sites, retail sites, OR suites and Ambulatory Care clinics. The available rotations also offer the resident opportunities to participate in system-wide quality improvement activities throughout the year virtually or through other in person means.
Applicants are most likely to succeed when they have a keen interest in medication safety opportunities-whether it is in policy, technology, drug information, analytics, publishing, teaching medication safety, or in quality improvement. If these any of things excite you–please apply!
Career opportunities are endless. The FDA has a Medication Safety staff and they are usually recruiting for additional team members. There are medication safety pharmacists, medication safety coordinators as well as medication safety officers. Inpatient roles also include analytics, IT pharmacy personnel, drug information specialists, and this position would help tremendously with managerial type positions as well. Ambulatory, community and outside of the inpatient sector there are publishing jobs, editorial work, safety specialists for vendors, ISMP/ECRI and a slue of other industries and opportunities for the lifechanging mindset changes that awaits you.