VA - Lebanon, PA - Lebanon VA Medical Center, Lebanon, PA
Last updated: 10/03/2023
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Maximum Number of Positions
- PGY1: 0
- PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
- PGY2 Neurology: 0
Program Details
- Primary Practice Site: VAMC
- PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 20% Inpatient / 80% Outpatient
- ASHP Accreditation Status: Yes (code: 23116)
- NMS Participant: Yes (code: 632166)
- Program Inception: 2020
- Application Deadline: January 10th
- Starting Date: around July 1st
- Estimated Stipend: $51,421
- Financial Support for CPNP Annual Meeting: Full Support
- Fringe Benefits: Health care, dental, vision benefits. Accrual of at least 13 days paid annual leave and 13 days paid sick leave every year (depending on time served). Eleven paid federal holidays.
- Interviews Required: Yes
- Offers pre-commitment: Yes, Only to current Lebanon VA Medical Center PGY1s
Special Requirements for Application
- PharmD
- Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
- College transcripts
- Curriculum vitae
- Letters of recommendation (3)
- US Citizenship
PGY2 Rotations offered
- Administration
- Adult inpatient psychiatry
- Adult outpatient psychiatry
- Neurology
- Pain management
- Substance abuse
- Other: PCMHI, Pharmacoeconomics, Academic Detailing, Palliative Care/Hospice
PGY2 Features
- PGY2 Staffing Component: No (or N/A)
- PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Required
- PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
- PGY2 Other Features: The residency involves teaching PharmD students, PGY1 residents, and various interdisciplinary trainees. An optional teaching certificate is offered.
Residents have the potential to receive a PGY2 scope of practice to develop a higher level of autonomy.
- PGY2 Preceptors: 1 BCPPs, 3 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists
Program Philosophy
Our goal is to provide residents with opportunities to build a strong foundation in psychiatry, a high level of autonomy, and a range of experiences to develop into well rounded, independent psychiatric clinical pharmacist practitioners.
Site Special Features
The residency is part of an academic teaching center. The resident will practice at the Lebanon VA hospital main campus and at least one of it's community based outpatient clinics. There is also potential to complete a rotation at a neighboring VA healthcare facility.
