Kettering Health Main Campus
Pharmacy Residency

About Kettering Health Main Campus

Kettering Health Main Campus is the largest medical center in Kettering Health, serving patients throughout Greater Dayton. Kettering Health Main Campus is a vibrant community teaching hospital with 478 beds, including 46 ICU beds, a Level II Trauma Center, and Level IIIB NICU. We offer highly skilled specialists and the most advanced medical technology, and we’re often the first to bring leading-edge treatments to the region, giving patients access to the highest level of care. From compassionate care to state-of-the-art technology, Kettering Health Main Campus is committed to the health and wellness of the community.

Postgraduate Year 1 (PGY1) Training

Our ASHP accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program at Kettering Health Main Campus is a 52-week post-graduate program that focuses on developing a competent, confident, and well-rounded pharmacist in the acute care setting. The program offers a variety of experiences and has equipped residents for positions in specialized clinical roles, PGY2 training, academia and others. Kettering Health Main Campus has been graduating well-trained PGY1 pharmacy residents since 2013.

Day to day, residents are directly involved in providing pharmaceutical care to patients as part of the multidisciplinary team in a variety of areas including internal medicine, critical care, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology, antimicrobial stewardship, neonatal intensive care and cardiology. The PGY1 Resident will be trained in Pharmacy Consult Services including pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring, nutrition support, anticoagulation, and antiarrhythmic medication patient counseling. Development of pharmacy leadership skills in both the inpatient administrative and operational realms is also a priority.

Program Eligibility

Program Code: 44020
National Matching Service Code: 183113
Number of Positions: 2

Applicants for Kettering Health Main Campus's PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program should hold a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an AACP-accredited College of Pharmacy and eligible for licensure in the state of Ohio.

The following items must be received by January 2 to complete an application to the program. Please submit all application materials through the Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS).

Letter of intent
Curriculum vitae
College transcripts
Three letters of recommendation

We welcome applications from non-U.S. citizens who have a green card (permanent resident status) or a current visa valid through the entire duration of the residency program. Kettering Health pharmacy residency programs are NOT able to sponsor visas for pharmacy residents.

Program Benefits

PGY1 Residents will receive a competitive stipend, paid medical, dental, and vision insurance, 14 days of paid time off (plus conference travel and selected holidays), and an educational travel allowance for ASHP Midyear Clinical Conference*. The resident will be provided an office with a personal workspace, electronic access to Network library resources, full Microsoft Office365 subscription, drug information software, Pharmacists' Letter, Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification, and more.

* Pending the availability of appropriate departmental funding.

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