Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Programs

RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center, Toms River, NJ

Last updated: 10/02/2023

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Maximum Number of Positions

• PGY1: 0
• PGY2 Psychiatry: 1
• PGY2 Neurology: 0

Program Details

• Primary Practice Site: Community hospital
• ASHP Accreditation Status: Candidate
• NMS Participant: Yes (code: 792466)
• Program Inception: 2019
• Application Deadline: January 12th 2024
• Starting Date: July 2021
• Estimated Stipend: 60,640
• Financial Support for AAPP Annual Meeting: Full Support
• Fringe Benefits: Provide full medical benefits. Also provide support to attend ASHP midyear.
• Interviews Required: Yes
• Offers pre-commitment: No

Special Requirements for Application

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

PGY2 Rotations offered

• Administration
• Adult inpatient psychiatry
• Adult outpatient psychiatry
• Child and adolescent psychiatry
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Substance abuse

PGY2 Features

• PGY2 Staffing Component: Yes, Required
• PGY2 Teaching Component: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Teaching Certificate Program: Yes, Optional
• PGY2 Other Features: Teaching pharmD students, teaching certificate is offered. May also have the opportunity to help precept PGY-1 residents. Leadership forum within our system which helps to foster networking and professional development.
• PGY2 Preceptors: 2 BCPPs, 1 Other Pharmacists, 0 Non-Pharmacists

Program Philosophy

We strive to develop effective leaders in psychiatric pharmacy while providing the highest level of care to our patients.

Site Special Features

We are a freestanding psychiatric facility that is a part of RWJBarnabas, the largest health care network in New Jersey. We provide DNA testing in our outpatient and inpatient sites and utilize technology to a high degree to increase the quality of our care.