Number of Positions: 2
Estimated Salary: NMS Code – 238423
Estimated Starting Date: July 1
Residency Site Location: Little Rock, Ark.; various, travel is expected
Harps was founded in 1930 with the first store located in Springdale, Ark. Over the next 34 years, they remodeled and expanded as their business continued to grow. Harps is the largest employee-owned company with 80 stores in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. Harps Pharmacy has been in the forefront of innovation, especially in the training of medication therapy management services. Harps developed MTM The Future Today, a training program focused on implementation of patient care services in community pharmacies, and in 2016, partnered with UAMS to offer the program as a continuing education.
Site Coordinator: Duane Jones, BSPharm
Duane Jones serves as District Manager, Community Pharmacy Residency Director, Clinical Programs and Operations Director for the Pharmacy Division of Harps Food Stores, Inc. Jones also serves as a Luminary for CPESN in Arkansas and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UAMS College of Pharmacy and the Program Director for MTM The Future Today.