VA-Tennessee Valley Healthcare System

VA-Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Murfreesboro, TN

Last updated: 06/25/2025

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 0
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Institution type: VA
• Primary Practice Site: VAMC
• ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 54029)
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 683666)
• Program Inception: 2013
• PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 50% Inpatient / 50% Outpatient
• Preceptors: 11 BCPPs; 2 Other pharmacists

Application Details

• Application Deadline: January 9
• Starting Date: Dependent on end of PGY1
• Estimated Stipend: Approximately 51000
• Fringe Benefits: Healthcare insurance, optional dental and vision insurance plans, vacation and sick leave will accrue at four hours per two-week pay period each, 10 paid holidays,and administrative leave for professional meetings
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Yes, full support
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: Yes — early commitment for VA-TVHS PGY1 residents is offered.

Special Requirements for Application

• PharmD
• Completion of PGY1 Residency OR equivalent experience
• College transcripts
• Curriculum vitae
• Letters of recommendation (3)

PGY1 Rotations Offered

• Psychiatry
• other

PGY2 Rotations Offered

• Administration
• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Consultation liaison psychiatry
• Chronic/intermediate/extended inpatient psychiatry
• Emergency psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Neurology
• Pain management
• Substance abuse
• Other

PGY2 Features

• Staffing Component: No
• Teaching Component: Yes, required
• Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
• PGY2 Other Features: This psychiatry pharmacy residency is part of the mental health interprofessional training program at TVHS. As such, you will work closely with mulitiple disciplines and trainees from various programs. Teaching opportunities exist as preceptors accept students from 5 colleges of pharmacy. In addition, a teaching certificate is offered.
• Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 70%

Program Philosophy

The Tennessee Valley VA Healthcare System is based in Nashville and Murfreesboro TN. TVHS PGY2 Psychiatry Residency Program focuses on ensuring residents leave the program as a strong psychiatric pharmacist with a variety of experiences including inpatient psychiatry, outpatient psychiatry, outpatient substance use treatment, residential substance use treatment, and chronic pain management .

Site Special Features

This residency is located within a Veteran's administration facility with has 2 main campuses (Nashville and Murfreesboro, TN). We are also a teaching facility for multiple disciplines. This PGY2 will have multiple opportunities to interact and practice with other disciplines in both the outpatient and inpatient arenas. They will participate in an interprofessional training program along side psychology interns and post-doctoral fellows and psychiatry medical residents.