Pharmacy Residency

Thank you for considering the Northbay Health Pharmacy Residency Program!

Our program goals

Our pharmacy residency training aims to create well-rounded, competent clinical pharmacists with a solid clinical and operational foundation that can seamlessly launch them into a wide variety of pharmacy career paths. Our graduates will be prepared to:

• Provide patient care
• Assume leadership roles
• Seek board certification
• Pursue PGY2 residencies

We are actively pursuing re-accreditation from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) for our PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency and are currently at pre-candidate status.

Structure of our program

• Orientation will provide the resident with a variety of experiences to set the year up for success
• Longitudinal Experiences include Research, Clinical Administration and Operations
• Core Clinical Experiences* include:
  • Ambulatory Care
  • Critical Care
  • Medical/Surgical
  • Medication Safety/Transitions of Care
  • Oncology
  • Pharmacy Operation Hospital Practice
  • Practice Management/Administration
• Elective Experiences include advanced experiences in an area of interest including Practice Management/Administration, Oncology, Medication Safety/Transitions of Care, Critical Care and Ambulatory care
• *Note: While unlikely, experiences may be subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances

Applying to the program

Applications are only accepted when the Pharmacy Residency Program position is actively posted on our careers webpage. If the position is not currently listed, it means we are not accepting applications at this time.

In the meantime, we encourage you to review our Recruitment FAQs. Compensation and benefits details will be included in the career listing once it becomes available.

Application requirements

• Participate in the ASHP National Matching Service and submit applications through PhORCAS
• Provide pharmacy school transcript
• Obtain California Pharmacist licensure by October 1st of the residency year
• Have US Citizenship or residency
• Provide a Letter of Intent
• Provide a Curriculum Vitae
• Provide 3 Letters of Recommendation (1 from employer and 2 from APPE preceptors)
• Participate in an in-person interview