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PGY 2 Oncology Pharmacy Resident

Dartmouth Health · Burlington, MA

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FULL-TIME Posted Sep 29, 2026

Job Description

Type: Residency PGY2 – Experienced
Department: Pharmacy
Job Setting: Hospital/Institutional
Specialty Practice Areas: Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program
Full-time 40 hours

Job Summary:

Acts as a pharmacist in training in a specialty area of pharmacy practice. Develops advanced practice skills by providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care through integrated drug distribution, clinical services and teaching.

Responsibilities:

• Provides pharmaceutical care by assisting physicians, medical residents, and mid-level practitioners in various tasks, including, but not limited to, prospective and retrospective medication review, medication reconciliation, patient counseling, documentation of activities in the medical record, etc.

• Actively participates in multidisciplinary patient care rounds.

• Evaluates the appropriateness of indication, dose, dosage form, route of administration, allergy considerations, formulary status, medication interactions, therapeutic duplications, etc.

• Provides medication recommendations to the team to optimize patients’ medication therapies.

• Provides pharmacy managed consult services for vancomycin, aminoglycosides, and warfarin.

• Provides additional pharmacist driven services including therapeutic interchange, IV to PO conversion, renal dosing adjustment, etc.

• Detects, monitors, documents, and reports adverse drug reactions and medication errors.

• Identifies and promotes cost containment strategies throughout the institution.

• Ensures compliance with controlled substance distribution.

• Serves as a medication information resource to health care professionals and patients.

• Precepts Doctor of Pharmacy Advanced Pharmacy Practice students, as well as Post-Graduate Year 1 pharmacy residents in conjunction with the resident’s clinical rotation duties.

• Participates in the quality improvement activities of the department by conducting a medication usage evaluation and a clinical research project. Results are reported to the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, as well as at local and national conferences as appropriate.

• Provides continuing education sessions on medication-related topics to the medical and pharmacy staff at Dartmouth-Hitchcock.

• Participate in clinical rotations aligned with various sub-specialties in the area of focus of the PGY2 residency program.

• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Previous health system experience required.

• Must be able to work independently with minimal direct supervision, to set priorities, make critical decisions, respond quickly to emergency requests, handle frequent interruptions, and adapt to changes in workload.

• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Required Licensure/Certification Skills:

• Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited degree program (or one in process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Equivalency Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).

• Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a pharmacist in the state of NH.

• The applicant must be participating in, or have completed, an ASHP-accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program or one in the ASHP accreditation process.
To learn more, please visit: https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org/pharmacy-residency/pgy-2-oncology-residency-program
Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer.

Additional Details

City
Burlington
State
Massachusetts
Country
US
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