UW Medicine

UW Medicine, Seattle, WA

Last updated: 08/26/2026

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 13
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 2
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Institution type: University
• Primary Practice Site: University teaching hospital
• ASHP Accreditation Status: accredited (code: 95906)
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 646766)
• Program Inception: 2022
• PGY2 Required Practice Settings: 75% Inpatient / 25% Outpatient
• Preceptors: 5 BCPPs; 56 Other pharmacists

Application Details

• Application Deadline: January 3rd, 2027
• Starting Date: July 6th, 2027
• Estimated Stipend: $88,836
• Fringe Benefits: https://sites.uw.edu/rxresidency/salary-and-benefits/
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Yes, full support
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers Early Commitment: Yes — We do offer early commitment for current UW Medicine PGY1 residents

Special Requirements for Application

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

PGY1 Rotations Offered

• Psychiatry
• Neurology

PGY2 Rotations Offered

• Administration
• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Consultation liaison psychiatry
• Chronic/intermediate/extended inpatient psychiatry
• Forensic psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Neurology
• Pain management
• Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

• Staffing Component: Yes, required
• Teaching Component: Yes, required
• Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, optional
• PGY2 Other Features: The primary practice site for this program is Harborview Medical Center, with the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning at the UWMC-Northwest campus and the UW School of Pharmacy serving as additional practice sites. Throughout their training, residents will also be provided numerous teaching opportunities in various interdisciplinary settings which includes providing a didactic lecture to pharmacy students and a continuing education seminar to pharmacy colleagues. Harborview Medical Center (HMC) is a comprehensive healthcare facility dedicated to providing primary and specialized care for all patients. It is owned by the citizens of King County, governed by a county-appointed board of trustees and managed by UW Medicine. HMC is also the only adult and pediatric trauma and burn center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Its mission is to provide care for a broad spectrum of patients throughout the region, including the most vulnerable residents of King County. Areas of specialization include: a Regional Burn Center, Emergency Medicine and Disaster Management, the Eye Institute, HIV/AIDS care, the Neurosciences Institute and Comprehensive Stroke Center, Mental Health Services, (including psychiatric emergency services and substance use treatment), Rehabilitation services, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care, Sports, Spine and Orthopedic Care, and Vascular Care. The inpatient psychiatry service at HMC admits patients experiencing serious mental illness to one of three psychiatric units. The service operates at full capacity, treating up to 63 patients daily, and consists of individuals seeking voluntary treatment, as well as those ordered through the court as an involuntary detainment. The Psychiatry Consult Liaison and Addiction Medicine Consult Services also provide specialized psychiatric care and substance use treatment for patients hospitalized on the medical floors. Additionally, these services provide required and elective learning experiences for the PGY2 residents. Residents will also have a longitudinal clinic experience at Harborview Mental Health and Addiction Services Clinic (HMHS). Here they will have the opportunity to work alongside an integrated clinical pharmacist and be exposed to multiple services and programs available to patients which include Geropsychiatry, Intake and Brief intervention Services (IBIS), Mental Health Recovery Services, Harborview Addictions Program (HAP), Office-Based Opioid Treatment (OBOT), Psychotherapy, Housing, Supported Employment, Outreach, and Peer Specialist and Day Support Programs, UWMC-Northwest (UW-NW) is a community-based, non-profit hospital with 281 beds. This campus is also home to the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning (CBHL) building. There are 2 floors in CBHL that are medical/surgical beds where staff care for patients with behavioral health and/or medical needs. The other 3 floors contain secured units that provide psychiatric services for patients admitted to one of 2 long term civil commitment (LTCC) units consisting of ~35 beds each, a geriatric psychiatry unit consisting of 11 LTCC beds and 25 voluntary/involuntary beds, and an adult voluntary unit consisting of ~20 beds. UW-NW also has a Psychiatry Consult Liaison service that provides care for patients hospitalized throughout the rest of the hospital. The Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation provides electroconvulsive therapy and transcranial magnetic stimulation to both outpatients and inpatients at CBHL.
• Residents achieving BCPP within 3 years: 75%

Program Philosophy

PGY2 psychiatry program that provides training to develop the specific skills and competencies that are needed to assume advanced practitioner and leadership roles in psychiatric pharmacy practice. Residents have opportunities to provide care to a diverse patient population in multiple settings across UW Medicine.

PGY1 Special Features

NA

Site Special Features

Residents will rotate monthly on the following services at Harborview (unless otherwise specified) alongside psychiatry residents, medical students, and other pharmacy trainees: Inpatient Adult Psychiatry – Acute Care (Mood and Personality Disorders), Inpatient Adult Psychiatry – Acute Care (Bipolar Disorder and Dual Diagnosis), Inpatient Adult Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit, Inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service, Long-term Civil Commitment Inpatient Treatment @ UWMC-NW campus, Outpatient Mental Health – VA Puget Sound @ Seattle VA Medical Center, and Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry @ UWMC-NW campus. Residents also have the opportunity to rotate through the following as elective rotations: Ambulatory Clinics - Family Medicine, Chronic Pain, or HIV at Madison Clinic, Clinical Research Rotation @ UW SOP, Inpatient Child Adolescent Psychiatry- Acute Care @ Children's Hospital Seattle, Inpatient Psychiatry Consult Liaison, Inpatient General Medicine, Inpatient Neurology, and Long-term Inpatient Treatment @ Western State Hospital.

Open House / Virtual Visit

• When: TBD - We will have a virtual open house in the months of October, November, and December. Check back for dates/times.