Community Care:

QFC (Quality Food Center) Pharmacy :
The QFC Pharmacy is a member of Kroger Family of Pharmacies. With 34 pharmacies located throughout the State of Washington, the QFC Pharmacy culture is governed by the core values of honesty, integrity, respect, diversity, safety and inclusion. The objectives of the 12-month residency program are to advance the Resident Pharmacist’s knowledge in drug therapy, medication and disease management, as well as health screenings and wellness education while developing communication and management skills to deliver patient-focused care and implement new innovations in service delivery. The main training locations are at the University Village QFC Pharmacy, the QFC Corporate Office in Bellevue, Washington, and the Liberty Bay Internal Medicine (LBIM) Clinic in Poulsbro, WA, as well as periodic rotations through other pharmacies. The resident will spend the first 3 months of the training period at the LBIM. Residency learning activities will include, but are not limited to the following: medication therapy management, travel vaccination and immunization, long-term care facility drug regimen review, disease management in hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, asthma/COPD and osteoporosis. Interdisciplinary learning on diet and nutrition counseling will also be included. Residency preceptors include pharmacists at all training locations, the clinical care coordinator and pharmacy managers of QFC Pharmacy as well as faculty preceptors and Residency Program Director at the University of Washington Department of Pharmacy.  Click here for more information.

The following are potential educational and training opportunities available to the resident:

At Site Pharmacies

• Medication therapy management consultations
• Travel vaccination consultation
• Immunization assessment
• Therapeutic substitution
• Asthma therapy education
• Hypertension management
• Diabetes therapy aand monitoring consultation
• Drug interaction consultations
• Osteoporosis risk assessment

• Medication dispensing and refill requests
• Medication safety and review
• Medication adherence packaging
• Vaccinations and immunizations services

At Pharmacy Administration Office

• Pharmacy law in community and long term care practice
• Policy, procedures and reports
• Product procurement, third party negotiations
• Workflow management
• Staff and scheduling

Other Educational Opportunities

Pharmacy Location

QFC Pharmacy at University Village
2746 NE 45th Street, Seattle WA 98105

For More Information, contact

Annie Lam, Pharm.D., CGP, FASCP
Residency Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Phone: (206) 543-2579
or

Marci Reynolds, Pharm.D.
QFC Pharmacy Clinical Care Coordinator
Phone: (206) 510-9027
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Ambulatory Care:

1) Valley View Clinical Pharmacists/Providence Everett Health System:
VVCP has been providing pharmaceutical care services to the community of Monroe, just 45 minutes northeast of Seattle, since 1981. The goal of the residency program is to produce an advanced clinical practitioner in the community-focused clinic pharmacy, who has a desire to gain clinical pharmacy skills necessary for disease-state management and drug-therapy management.

Many of the services offered at VVCP involves direct patient care and maintenance of growing relationships with clinic providers. As part of the Providence Everett Medical Center (PEMC) network, the clinic pharmacy enjoys a close relationship with the two PEMC hospitals in Everett located 15 miles away

The clinic pharmacy is a professional pharmacy that also provides drug therapy management and durable medical equipment. A consultation room offers privacy for clinical activities. Collaborative practice agreements include anticoagulation, diabetes management, immunizations, medication refills and other clinical services.

Steve Erickson, PharmD, RPh, is the residency preceptor. The resident will be an employee of the Providence Everett Health System, the predominant health system in North King County. A more extensive description of the programs and services of Valley View Clinical Pharmacists can be found in their brochure.

2) Health Point Pharmacy PGY-1 Residency Program:
The HealthPoint Pharmacy system consists of a network of 2 licensed pharmacies and 5 tele-pharmacies or remote pharmacies. The central pharmacy in Kent, WA oversees the 5 tele-pharmacies in the King County area. Our pharmacies are located with the HealthPoint clinics. HealthPoint is a private non-profit healthcare network providing primary healthcare to our patients. We are a member of the North West Primary Care Association and provide healthcare to the under served, indigent and managed care population in the King County area. The pharmacy program started in 2006 and now provides dispensing, tele-pharmacy, and clinical pharmaceutical services to all our clinics.

The HealthPoint Community Care Pharmacy resident will be an integral team member in improving the pharmacy based medication therapy management program, starting an anticoagulation, Diabetes Education and Hyperlipidemia Program. The resident's home pharmacy will be at the Kent Central pharmacy, but may travel to other pharmacy site areas. The residency will become proficient in HealthPoint Electronic Medical records, Dispensing, Tele-Pharmacy, Clinical Protocol and upcoming new pharmacy programs. For more information on HealthPoint go to HealthPoint's Website or see their brochure here .