Residency Program in Pharmacy Practice
Welcome to Pharmacy Services of Vitalité Health Network. We are pleased to present our brand-new Residency Program in Pharmacy Practice, which will take place within a primarily Francophone environment.
We are offering you the opportunity to participate in active pharmacy practice in a certain number of clinical settings, including critical care, long-term care, mental health and antimicrobial management. Our educational environment will give you solid pedagogical skills and our competent research staff will be an excellent resource in helping you acquire all the skills needed to develop and analyze a research project.
Our employees are committed to supporting the residency program and helping you throughout your year of residency. This will be an amazing year of learning!
Pharmacy Services
Mission: Collaborate in optimizing the wellness of the population by providing exceptional pharmaceutical care.
Vision: Provide innovative and patient-centred pharmaceutical care using modern technologies within a stimulating workplace that promotes personal and professional development.
Residency Program
Mission: Advance pharmacy practice by offering a professional excellence development program in French.
Type of residency
Residency Program in Pharmacy Practice (1st year). Visit the website of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists for further information on first-year programs.
Number of spaces
2 spaces per year
Start date
September (as of 2024)
Estimated stipend
$50,000 for the 52-week period
Vacation
2 weeks of vacation plus 5 flexible days individual leave
Program structure
Structured learning experiences over a 52-week period will facilitate achieving the results targeted by the program. Within each structured learning experience, activities will enable you to achieve the program objectives. Rotations will include a combination of compulsory and elective rotations designed to give you exposure to different patients, medications, medical disorders and interdisciplinary team members.
A customized plan will be developed based on your knowledge and fields of interest to improve your skills and allow you to achieve the targeted results.
General orientation – 1 to 2 weeks
Information and pharmaceutical assessment – 3 weeks
Dispensing – 4 weeks
Orientation to clinical practice – 2 weeks
Compulsory clinical rotations – 16 weeks
- Mental health
- Infectious diseases
- Cardiology
- Emergency
Elective clinical rotations – 8 to 12 weeks (2 or 3 rotations to be chosen)
- Critical care
- Dialysis
- Internal medicine
- Geriatrics
- Oncology
- Surgery
Teaching – 4 weeks
Management and leadership – 2 weeks
Research project – 6 to 8 weeks
Vacation – 2 weeks
Training – 1 week
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FAQ
You must apply for the Network’s Residency Program in Pharmacy Practice through the matching service of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Please click the link below for comprehensive information on the application process:
We are currently in the official accreditation process with the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board (CPRB). The program’s learning objectives have been developed based on the CPRB’s national standards.
We can offer you a unique, one-time opportunity associated with a new program, namely to actively develop numerous aspects of the residency program. This learning experience, so valuable for your career, will only happen once as part of this residency program.
Please also be aware that when accreditation is granted, it will be retroactive to the date the Network applied to the CPRB for accreditation. This means that you will be considered a graduate of an accredited residency program as soon as the Network receives its official accreditation.
- Hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy or Doctor of Pharmacy degree and already be on the labour market, or be a student registered in the last year of a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program.
- Meet the French-language requirements.
Vitalité Health Network is a regional health authority that delivers and manages health care and services in an area covering all of northern and southeastern New Brunswick. The Network’s zones include the:
- Beauséjour Zone, comprising the Moncton region;
- Acadie-Bathurst Zone, comprising the Bathurst region and Acadian Peninsula;
- Northwest Zone, comprising the Edmundston region, located on the Maine (United States) and Quebec borders;
- Restigouche Zone, comprising the Campbellton region, located on the Quebec border along the Restigouche River and Chaleur Bay.
Most rotations will take place at the Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton, and you will also have the opportunity to do rotations in one of the Network’s three other sites. Travel and accommodation costs for rotations outside the Moncton region will be reimbursed.
Residents will not be required to work as pharmacists during the program. However, there could be opportunities to work in the drug dispensing department, depending on the facility’s needs and the resident’s interest.
The job opportunities with the Network’s Pharmacy Services are excellent. Numerous full-time and part-time positions are available in different Network facilities. We also offer recruitment incentives when a work contract of predetermined length is signed. Please contact us for further details.
