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Horizon Health Network – Zone 2
Saint John Zone
400 University Ave.
Saint John, NB  E2L 4L2

Director: Moira Wilson, BSc. (Pharm)
Director of Pharmacy, Horizon Health Network
Phone: 506-648-6983
Fax: 506-649-2629

Coordinator: Jaclyn LeBlanc
Hospital Pharmacy Residency Coordinator, Saint John Regional Hospital

Contact: Jaclyn LeBlanc, Pharm D, BCPS
Phone: 506-649-2875
Fax: 506-649-2629
Email: Jaclyn.LeBlanc@HorizonNB.ca

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Type: Hospital Pharmacy Residency Program
Focus: To provide an experiential learning environment using pharmacy practitioner role models so the necessary skills, knowledge, and values can be acquired and applied by the resident in the provision of exemplary patient care

Vacation/holiday leave: 2 weeks

Education/conference leave: up to 5 days

# Positions: 2
App. deadline: November 1, 2011
Starting date: June 4th, 2011 (negotiable)
Est. stipend: ~$32,000 per annum

Program highlights:

• 52-week program which includes 2 weeks of vacation
• Computerized physician order entry environment
• Longitudinal Care rotation

Summary of Rotations:

Residents are expected to complete one rotation from each area of practice, if scheduling permits.  The resident may select their remaining electives without restriction.  Availability of rotations may be site specific.  Residents are only expected to complete rotations at the site they are accepted into.  However, residents may request to complete rotations at the other site.  Preference for rotation selection is given to the site specific residents.

Required rotations:
Orientation (1 week)
Drug information (4 weeks)
Medication Management (4 weeks)
Practice Management (2 weeks)
Longitudinal Rotation – Collaborative Care (2 weeks + one afternoon every 2 weeks)
Project (6-8 weeks)
Introduction to Pharmaceutical Care (1 week)
Mandatory Patient Care Rotations (16 weeks)
Electives Rotations (8 weeks)
Teaching (4 weeks)
Vacation (10 days)
Conference(s) to be determined yearly

Minimum required credentials: Canadian citizens/landed immigrants who have graduated from a recognized College of Pharmacy and have a strong motivation to attain high level of competency in pharmacy practice.  Successful applicants must obtain PEBC certificate and become licensed in NB early in the residency program.  Residents must register in the Post Graduate Pharmacy Program and pay tuition fees to Dalhousie University.

ORGANIZATION

Type: New Brunswick's largest multi-site accredited Regional Health Authority, including 12 hospitals and health centers. For more details, please visit www.ahsc.health.nb.ca
Number of beds: 790
Sites: Saint John Regional Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, Sussex Health Center, Charlotte County Hospital and 8 other health care facilities
Affiliation: Dalhousie University

2011/2012 Residents:
Glenn Myers
Samantha Scott

2010/2011 Residents:
Jenna Brown
Jillian Reardon

2009/2010 Resident:
Lindsay Creamer

2008/2009 Resident:
Alison Hakkert