Tuscaloosa VA medical Center
Tuscaloosa VA medical Center, Tuscaloosa, AL
Last updated: 02/24/2025
RPD since 2010
3701 Loop Road East,
Tuscaloosa, Al 35453
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
United States
Primary Practice: Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center
Maximum Number of Positions
- PGY1: 4
- PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
- PGY2 Neurology: 0
Program Details
- Institution type: VA
- Primary Practice Site: VAMC
- ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 51104)
- NMS Participant: Yes (code: 51104)
- Program Inception: 1998
- PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 50% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
- Preceptors: 3 BCPPs; 10 Other pharmacists
Application Details
- Application Deadline: January 10, 2025
- Starting Date: July 1, 2025
- Estimated Stipend: 44,597.00
- Fringe Benefits: No evenings shifts No weekend shifts Mon - fri 8.00 am to 4.30 pm
- Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Yes, full support
- Interviews Required: Yes
- Offers pre-commitment: Yes — Yes via VANEC
Special Requirements for Application
- PharmD
- Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
- Eligible for state licensure
- College transcripts
- Curriculum vitae
- Letters of recommendation (3)
- US Citizenship
Other FAQs
if we early commit, then we don't have any applicants for the next year.
PGY1 Rotations Offered
- Psychiatry
- Neurology
- other
PGY2 Rotations Offered
- Administration
- Adult inpatient psychiatry
- Adult outpatient psychiatry
- Consultation liaison psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Neurology
- Pain management
- Substance abuse
- Other
PGY2 Features
- Staffing Component: Yes, optional
- Teaching Component: Yes, required
- Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
- PGY2 Other Features: Residency involves teaching PharmD students, PGY 1 Residents, Clozaril clinic, Outpatient discussion groups on Substances abuse, PTSD, Opioid safety, Naloxone use and depression.
- Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 50%
Program Philosophy
To prepare PGY 1 residents as Psychiatric Pharmacist Specialist to be able to work in setting up a practice in Psychiatric Pharmacy, to work as a collaborator with other members of the treatment team, in treating, analyzing, and making recommendations in the care of patient with psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Pharmacists that has graduated from this program, are all currently employed either in the Veterans affairs medical system, in Private practice, in State hospital, and in academia working on psychiatric related manufactures of agents for mental health.
PGY1 Special Features
working in acute psychiatry and residential rehab domicillary, substance abuse unit, clozaril, and ptsd unit, pain management, opioid and benzodiazepine taper, Buprenorphine clinic.
Site Special Features
Site has both outpatient and in-patient psychiatric unit. Also association with McWhorter School of Pharmacy and Auburn university in Precepting 2nd year and 4th year pharmacy students.