PGY2 Critical Care (1 position): The critical care residency program at Holmes Regional Medical Center is a 12 month program offering core-learning experiences in medical, surgical, neuroscience, and cardiovascular intensive care as well as infectious disease, emergency medicine, and eICU. The program will be customized to promote achievement of the resident’s professional goals. See a virtual tour of Health First Residency Programs here: https://vimeo.com/474241245 Holmes Regional Medical Center is located in the middle of Florida’s famed space coast and is approximately 5 miles from the coastline. As the first hospital in Brevard County, it has been serving the population since 1937. It features a level II Trauma center, the region’s only aeromedical helicopter (First Flight), a level II neonatal ICU, primary stroke center, and Health First VitalWatch, central Florida’s only electronic intensive care unit (eICU) which remotely monitors all ICU beds across the four hospital system. Holmes Regional has a 22 bed MICU, 22 bed SICU, 14 bed CVICU and 60 bed ER with 4 resuscitation/trauma bays. The Department of Pharmacy’s mission is to provide quality patient care by optimizing medication use and ensuring medication safety. Integrated throughout the hospital, the pharmacy team is committed to evidence-based medicine and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to provide the highest quality pharmaceutical services. Pharmacists are involved in physician-led critical care, trauma, and general medical rounds, cost savings and quality improvement projects, drug therapy surveillance, medication order entry, preparation and delivery and precepting of residents and APPE students. Residency Program Website: https://hf.org/hospitals_services/hrmc/pharmacy_residency.cfm Program Structure: The year of residency begins with a six-week orientation followed by nine learning experiences (including 2 electives). Each required learning experience is six weeks long and each elective is four weeks long unless otherwise specified. Required Rotations - Medical ICU
- Surgical ICU (trauma focused)
- Cardiovascular ICU
- Surgical ICU II (neuro focused)
- Infectious Disease (4 weeks) OR Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
- Medical ICU II
- eICU (4 weeks)
Elective Rotations - NICU
- Trauma
- Any required rotation with an additional focus
- Offsite electives in burns, neurocritical care and transplant (liver, heart, or lung SOT) are available
Longitudinal Experiences - Inpatient staffing
- eICU staffing
- Research project
- UF Teaching Certificate Program (optional)
Additional Residency Activities - Grand rounds presentation
- Case report presentations
- Medication use evaluation
- SCCM journal club webinar (if selected)
- Co-precepting of APPE students and PGY-1 residents
- Precepting of PGY1 resident grand rounds and MUE
- Committee participation for P&T, clinical pharmacy council, critical care, sepsis, and code blue
- Code blue response
Program Benefits - ASHP/FSHP membership
- BLS/ACLS/PALS certification
- AHLS certification (optional)
- Travel and registration allowances for Florida Residency Conference, Midyear Clinical Meeting, and SCCM Annual Congress
Salary PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (1 position): Program Purpose at Health First A PGY2 health-system pharmacy administration and leadership residency builds upon PGY1 residency graduates’ competence in the delivery of patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services to prepare residents who can assume high level managerial, supervisory, and leadership responsibilities. Areas of competence emphasized during the program include safe and effective medication-use systems, quality assurance and improvement, the management of human resources, the management of financial resources, use of technology, and advanced leadership. The residency lays the foundation for continued growth in management and leadership skills. Upon graduation, residents are prepared for a clinical or operational management/supervisory role in a variety of work settings. During the residency year, a combination of block and longitudinal learning experiences will be utilized. These experiences are variable in length, often overlap, and may be adjusted as needed. Required Longitudinal Experiences - Health System Pharmacy Leadership
- Medication Safety
- Drug Policy and Procedure Development
- Formulary Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- Human Resources/Recruitment
- Financial Stewardship
- Contracts and Procurement
- Informatics
Required Focused Rotations - Orientation
- Clinical Pharmacy Services
- Inpatient Operations: Tertiary Medical Center
- Inpatient Operations: Community Hospital
- Ambulatory Care Services Management
- Health Plan/Pharmacy Benefit Management
Unique Certification/Training Opportunities - ASHP Pharmacy Leadership Academy
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow/Green Belt
- UF Teaching Certificate Program
Program Sponsored Conferences - Required
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- Florida Residency Conference (FRC)
- FSHP Annual Conference
- Optional
- ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
- ASHP Pharmacy Leaders Conference
- ASHP Pharmacy Preceptors Conference
- Non-Pharmacy Healthcare/Leaders Conference (e.g. Becker's Hospital Review)
Salary About Health First and Holmes Regional Medical Center Health First encompasses: - Holmes Regional Medical Center
- Cape Canaveral Hospital
- Palm Bay Hospital
- Viera Hospital
- Health First Health Plans
- Health First Family Pharmacy
- VitalWatch, Central Florida’s only electronic Intensive Care Unit (eICU)
- Health First Medical Group
- Trauma and Heart Centers
VitalWatch provides Health First’s critical care physicians, nurses and pharmacy specialist the ability to monitor real-time vital signs, laboratory results and complete electronic medical records of patients in various intensive care units at all four Health First hospitals from a central location. As the only state-accredited Level II trauma center in Brevard and Indian River counties, the Trauma Center offers 24/7 care with rapid patient transport via First Flight aeromedical helicopter. | 
