Contact:
Tricia Tabor, Pharm.D., BCPS
Community Care Pharmacy Practice Residency
Scott & White Prescription Services
4236 Lowes Drive
Temple, TX 76508
ttabor@swmail.sw.org
(254) 298-6150

LOCATION:
Temple, Texas

LENGTH OF RESIDENCY:
1 year

START DATE:
July 1

REQUIREMENTS:
Pharm.D. degree from ACPE-accredited institution.
Texas licensure by September 1.
A strong interest in clinical pharmacy practice.

STIPEND:
Competitive salary plus an attractive benefits package, including 3 weeks of vacation.

The College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, in conjunction with Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Clinics and Health Plan offers an ambulatory care-based PGY1 pharmacy practice residency experience designed to provide training for individuals interested in ambulatory care and community pharmacy practice. Experiential components include the provision of direct patient care in the community pharmacy and ambulatory clinic settings. Pharmacists manage drug therapy in a variety of patient populations including those taking anticoagulants and with diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and lipid disorders. General medication therapy management services are also provided.

The Department of Pharmacy at Scott & White provides progressive, clinically oriented pharmacy services for the hospital, clinic and health plan. Included among the major departmental functions are 24-hour in-patient pharmacy services, the Drug Information Center, home infusion services, anticoagulation, diabetes and dyslipidemia management clinics and a wide range of clinical pharmacy services provided by Scott & White patient care pharmacists and clinical specialists. Nine residency/fellowship-trained clinical pharmacy specialists currently practice at Scott & White; specialty areas include adult medicine, pediatrics, pharmacokinetics/infectious disease, hematology/oncology, drug information, and ambulatory care.

In addition to provision of a wide array of clinically oriented patient care services, the Department of Pharmacy at Scott & White has a significant teaching/research presence within the institution. A major element of the departmental teaching mission involves offering both pharmacy practice and post-doctoral specialty residency training opportunities.

Scott & White, located in central Texas, is a 110-year-old institution that includes a 500-bed tertiary care hospital, the Scott & White Clinic in Temple, 20 regional clinics throughout central Texas, and a 200,000-member health maintenance organization. Scott & White also serves as a major teaching facility for the College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, and the College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center.

The University of Texas at Austin and its affiliated institutions are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.  Qualified women and minorities are encouraged to apply.  Security sensitive; conviction verification conducted on applicant selected.