Pharmacy Residency Program – Kingsport
Holston Valley Medical Center
Holston Valley Medical Center’s PGY1 pharmacy residency program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and offers a wide range of learning experiences.
The mission of the residency program is to foster and promote optimal drug therapy and improve the quality of life for individuals requiring and receiving health care.
Residents enrolled in the program will be trained by pharmacists who are clinical specialists in their respective field.
About PGY1 residency
Holston Valley Medical Center’s PGY1 pharmacy residency program is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and offers a wide range of learning experiences.
The mission of the residency program is to foster and promote optimal drug therapy and improve the quality of life for individuals requiring and receiving health care.
Residents enrolled in the program will be trained by pharmacists who are clinical specialists in their respective field.
Residency benefits
Holston Valley’s PGY1 program offers competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits, including availability of medical, pharmacy, dental and vision coverage, a 403-B retirement plan, PTO (paid time off) plan, and paid expenses for required clinical meetings.
Learning experiences
Core:
- Critical care
- Internal medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Acute care
Longitudinal:
- Pharmacy practice
- Leadership and stewardship
- Project
Elective:
- Cardiology
- Night clinical pharmacy
- General medicine
- Family medicine
- Hospital pharmacy management
- Ambulatory care – family medicine
- Ambulatory care – oncology
- Teaching and learning curriculum
Educational leadership
Multi-Facility Director, Pharmacy Services, Northwest Market – Rebecca Hoover, Pharm.D., BCPS, MBA
Phone: (423) 224-3544
Fax: (423)224-5347
Email: Rebecca.Hoover@balladhealth.org
Residency Program Director | Assistant Director, Pharmacy Services, Holston Valley Medical Center – Brooke Stayer, Pharm.D., BCPS
Phone: (423) 224-3111
Fax: (423) 224-5347
Email: Brooke.Stayer@balladhealth.org
Other preceptors
- Jessica Burchette, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Savanah DeRossett, Pharm.D., BCCCP
- Carley DeVee, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Cindia Elkins, BS Pharm, BCPS
- Melody Fredo, Pharm.D.
- Kirsten Hawbaker, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP
- McKenzie Highsmith, PharmD, BC-ADM
- Kirk Jones, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Jordan Lee, Pharm.D.
- Andrea Mullins, Pharm.D.
- Kealey Simmons, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Kimberly Welch, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Brad Willis, Pharm.D., BCPS
- Rebekah Wilson, Pharm.D., BCPS
About Holston Valley Medical Center
Partnering with and serving the Kingsport community for more than 80 years, Holston Valley is a 505-bed facility which houses a Level III trauma center and high quality, nationally recognized care.
More than 450 board-certified or board-eligible physicians provide exceptional care in our hospital.
Pharmacy services
Holston Valley’s department of pharmacy services provides drug information, and therapeutic drug dosing and monitoring for all patients at HVMC and for patients at seven other Tennessee-based Ballad Health facilities.
The central pharmacy serves the hospital 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. The central pharmacy is supported by a surgical satellite pharmacy and decentralized pharmacists in the emergency department, medical and cardiac critical care areas, and various acute care areas.
The surgical satellite pharmacy is open 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, and the emergency department is staffed by a pharmacist 20 hours per day, 7 days per week. The medical ICU is staffed 10 hours per day, 7 days per week, and other acute care areas are staffed 8 hours per day, 5 days per week.
All pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to patients through appropriate, accurate, and timely dispensing of medications. In providing this care, pharmacists assess patient care requirements, provide clinical assessment of the medication-related problems, assess, recommend, and monitor medication regimens, and review patient medical records for additional opportunities for intervention.
Decentralized pharmacists and clinical specialists provide additional direct patient care and are members of multi-disciplinary medical teams throughout HVMC. They collaborate with the medical team to optimize medication therapy and provide many services including:
- appropriate drug therapy selection
- drug information
- drug stewardship
- emergency code participation and facilitation
- medication reconciliation
- patient medication discharge education
- therapeutic drug dosing and monitoring
Pharmacy staff and stats
The pharmacy employs approximately 25 pharmacists and 25 technicians and support staff.
The central pharmacy serves the hospital 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, providing approximately 1.7 million inpatient doses and preparing nearly 350,000 sterile admixtures each year.
Pharmacy coverage
This central pharmacy is supported by a surgical satellite pharmacy and clinical pharmacists in the emergency, medical, surgical and cardiac critical care areas, as well as medical/surgical acute care areas.
Pharmacy hours
The surgical satellite pharmacy is open Monday–Friday from 6 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
The emergency department is staffed by a pharmacist 10 hours a day, seven days a week, and other patient care areas are staffed by pharmacists eight hours a day, five days a week.
How to apply
All applications must be submitted through the Pharmacy Online Residency Application Service (PhORCAS) and the application deadline is mid- January each year. See PhORCAS website for the required documents. An on-site interview and participation in the National Matching Services are required. For more information and additional resources please contact Brooke Stayer.
ASHP CODE: 54008
NMS CODE: 187213