Contact:
Tera D. Moore, Pharm.D., BCPS
Residency Program Director
Primary Care Clinical Coordinator
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
7400 Merton Minter Blvd 119
San Antonio, TX 78229
(210) 617-5300 ext. 15652
tera.moore@va.gov

LOCATION:
San Antonio, Texas

LENGTH OF RESIDENCY:
1 year

START DATE:
July 1

REQUIREMENTS:
U.S. citizens
Pharm.D. degree from ACPE-Accredited institution. Eligible to practice pharmacy in at least one state. Selection is based on professional competence, scholastic achievement, references, communication skills, and clinical practice and research interests.

STIPEND:
Competitive salary plus an attractive benefits package with sick leave, annual leave, and administrative leave available. Health insurance is available.

The PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency is a comprehensive, post-doctoral clinical program designed to provide training and experience to prepare pharmacists for specialty practice in the field of ambulatory care.

The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) is composed of the Audie L. Murphy Division, the Kerrville Division, and the Satellite Clinic Division. The STVHCS is a 268 bed facility providing primary, secondary and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine. It also supports a 90 bed Extended Care Therapy Center, a 30-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, an eight-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, and a Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center.  The system has an active ambulatory care program with satellite outpatient clinics in Corpus Christi, McAllen, San Antonio, Laredo, Harlingen and Victoria. Community Based Clinics are located in Alice, Beeville, Eagle Pass, Kingsville, New Braunfels, San Marcos, and Seguin.

The Pharmacy Service at Audie L. Murphy Hospital offers 24-hour coverage, decentralized unit-dose drug distribution, complete IV-admixture program, and clinical services in selected areas of the hospital. Pharmacies are also located in the outpatient clinics and operate during clinic business hours.

The resident will participate in clinical pharmacy activities at both Audie L. Murphy (ALM) Hospital and Frank M. Tejeda VA Outpatient Clinic (FTOPC). Pharmacists are responsible for promoting appropriate cost-effective pharmacotherapy, patient monitoring to assure safety and efficacy of prescribed therapy, and educating patients, caregivers, and health care providers. Practice areas include: 1.) TDM (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring) Clinic, 2.) Diabetes Improvement Clinic, 3.) STX Anticoagulation Clinic, 4.) other specialty outpatient clinics. The TDM and Diabetes Improvement Clinics accepts referrals for the management of diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, CAD, CHF, target drug monitoring (isoniazid prophylaxis, amiodarone), and individual medication counseling. A research project is required.

The resident is an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, directly responsible to the Chief, Pharmacy Service. Daily guidance and supervision will be provided by the resident's clinical preceptor and program director, as well as the physicians affiliated with the practice site. An affiliated appointment with the University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy is available.