PGY1 Pharmacy Residency
at SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton
About the Ministry
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital – Fenton, a Primary Stroke Center, Level II Time Critical Diagnosis STEMI Center, and a Primary Heart Attack Center serves the medical needs of the expanding community in southwest St. Louis County. Specializing in heart and vascular, neurosciences, cancer care, maternity and other medical services, SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton makes your health and wellness a primary focus.
Residency Overview
Our pharmacy staff consists of approximately 60 employees, including 30 pharmacists. Our clinical pharmacy services are carried out by clinical pharmacy specialists, PGY-1 pharmacy residents, and clinical pharmacists. These clinical pharmacy services focus primarily on internal medicine (general medicine and neurology), critical care (28-bed mixed medical/surgical intensive care unit), and ambulatory care (family medicine and outpatient anticoagulation clinics). In addition to direct patient care activities, clinical pharmacists perform antimicrobial stewardship activities, complete pharmacokinetic and other clinical consults, educate patients and providers, and precept pharmacy students.
Our pharmacy utilizes the latest advances in technology, including the EPIC electronic health record, inclusive of a clinical pharmacy dashboard, automated dispensing cabinets, and advanced inventory technology, to deliver optimum and continuous patient care. Unique features of the hospital include 100% private patient rooms and a decentralized nursing model.
This PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency conducted by SSM Health St. Clare Hospital in Fenton, MO is accredited by ASHP
Contact Us
Residency Program Director: Christopher Carter, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
christopher.carter@ssmhealth.com
Phone: 636-496-3756