Career Center

This program will be available during Midyear for VIRTUAL interviews. You do NOT need to be registered for PPS to meet with the programs listed below. The number of positions available are listed next to each program. Please use THIS LINK to sign up for a virtual interview slot for the program(s) of interest. These will be conducted via Teams and all times are listed in EST. 

Pharmacotherapy Residency

PGY1/2 Pharmacotherapy residents will practice at Cleveland Clinic main campus over 24 months. The PGY-1 year mirrors the Pharmacy PGY-1 residency program in terms of required and elective rotations, but the rotations are arranged in clinical blocks of two to three months, which focus on a particular area of pharmacotherapy (e.g. critical care, internal medicine, pediatrics). In the second year, more specialized blocks of clinical rotations and a longitudinal ambulatory care component are offered to build and enhance competencies acquired during the resident’s first year. Residents also have the opportunity to concentrate on a particular area of pharmacotherapy in their second year.

Residents will complete a research project, manuscript, and present at local and national venues. Residents are required to staff 19 weekends during their first year and 15 weekends during their second year, work two Cleveland Clinic-recognized holidays per year, and participate in an on-call program. To assist with building research skills, the residents will participate in research curriculum that takes place throughout the year. Additional research resources include a staff statistician, statistical software, and grant funding through the department of pharmacy. Residents also participate in a longitudinal pharmacy emergency response curriculum.

PGY1 Programs

Interested applicants must be enrolled or PharmD graduates of an accredited college of pharmacy, be eligible for licensure in the State of Ohio (or Florida if applicable), and submit the standard application materials through PhORCAS (letter of intent, CV, three standard reference forms in PhORCAS, official college transcripts), with the following:

1. A minimum of one (two is preferred) of your three references should come from a preceptor who you have worked with in a clinical setting, related to an APPE in acute or ambulatory The clinical preceptor should be able to comment on your scope of responsibility, total patient load, level of autonomy, clinical abilities, and organizational and time management skills. All three reference writers should use the standard PhORCAS template to submit their candidate recommendation.

Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS)

Please submit all application materials via Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service (PhORCAS). Deadline for receipt of these materials to be considered for an interview is January 3, 2025 by 11:59 PM. For the PGY-2 residency programs (Ambulatory Care, Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Informatics, Internal Medicine, Medication-Use Safety and Policy, Neurology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Pharmacogenomics, and Solid Organ Transplant), the candidate must have completed or be enrolled in a PGY-1 program that is ASHP-accredited or in ASHP-candidate status. Upon enrollment, the resident must provide a copy of their PGY-1 certificate within 30 days of their start date.

Cleveland Clinic Health System residency sites agree that no person at these sites will solicit, accept, or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.

1. Residency applicants must be authorized for employment in the United States at the time they apply for the residency. Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy does not sponsor applicants for work visas.

2. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate Optional Practical Training visas for the Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy Residency program as the program extends beyond 12 Trade NAFTA visas are acceptable, however the candidate is responsible for the application process and all necessary fees. Cleveland Clinic cannot extend the candidate an employment letter until the candidate has matched with the Cleveland Clinic program and signed an acceptance letter. Any employment letter will state the length of the program (12 months if PGY1 or PGY2, 24 months if HSPAL or Pharmacotherapy).

3. Graduates of international pharmacy schools will be considered if they meet the ASHP criteria for application to residency. To be eligible for pharmacist licensure, candidates must be graduates or candidates for graduation from an ACPE accredited degree program (or one in the process of pursuing accreditation) or have a Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee (FPGEC) certificate from the NABP

4. Appointments of applicants to residency positions are contingent upon the applicants satisfying certain eligibility requirements [e.g., graduating from accredited college of pharmacy, obtaining pharmacist license in Ohio (for Ohio sites) or Florida (for Florida sites) within 90 days of start date, and successful completion of a pre-employment physical and drug screen, including testing for nicotine, and attendance of an on boarding appointment on site in Ohio (for Ohio programs) or Florida (for Florida Programs), or as otherwise directed by Occupational health at least 2 weeks prior to the start date].

About Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland Clinic is comprised of a 1,400-bed academic medical center and 21 additional hospitals, including 5 in Southeast Florida. In total, there are nearly 6,500 inpatient beds and over 1,500 pharmacy employees, 20 ambulatory pharmacies, significant inpatient and outpatient clinical services and a pharmacy budget exceeding $1 billion. At the Main Campus, we offer 18 distinct PGY-1 and PGY-2 pharmacy residency programs, and at our Regional Community Hospitals (Florida and Ohio), we offer 15 PGY-1 programs, one PGY-1/2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration program, two PGY-2 Critical Care programs, two PGY-2 Emergency Medicine programs, and one PGY-2 Ambulatory Care program.

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