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UW Health SwedishAmerican is a 357-bed, full-service, non-profit hospital serving the greater Rockford region, northern Illinois, and southern Wisconsin. SwedishAmerican is also a teaching hospital that hosts the University of Illinois College of Medicine's residency program. Clinical pharmacists are assigned to the emergency department, each floor of the hospital, specialty pharmacy, cancer center, retail pharmacy, and the pharmacist managed anticoagulation clinic.

The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy residency program at UW Health SwedishAmerican allows the resident to gain clinical skills and hands on experience by being part of a multidisciplinary team in a wide range of clinical areas tailored to the resident's interests in critical care. The critical care unit (CCU) is a 30 bed mixed medical, surgical, and neuro intensive care unit in the Heart Hospital. The critical care pharmacists at UW Health SwedishAmerican provide prospective medication order review and active participation in multidisciplinary rounds. Pharmacists also provide recommendations and prepare medications during cardiac resuscitations, intubations, and other medical emergencies in the critical care unit and hospital.

The goal of this Critical Care PGY2 residency is to develop future critical care specialists. As a graduate of the residency program at UW Health SwedishAmerican, residents will receive extensive training in all key critical care areas to allow them to be qualified for a variety of positions in critical care and prepare them for board certification.

Program Website:  Pharmacy Residency Programs at UW Health Northern Illinois - UW Health - Remarkable Careers

Required Learning Experiences: 

• Orientation
• Critical Care
• Medical Intensive Care
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Surgical Intensive Care
• Advanced Critical Care
• Emergency Medicine
• Infectious Disease
• Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Elective Learning Experiences: 

• Mental Health (acute care)
• Nutrition Support
• Toxicology (Illinois Poison Center & Toxicology at Toxikon Consortium)
• Disaster Preparedness
• Pulmonology
• Trauma Life Services at University of Wisconsin Madison
• Neuro ICU at UIC or University of Wisconsin Madison

Longitudinal Learning Experiences:

• Leadership
• Pharmacy Practice (Staffing)
• Pharmacy Project
• Teaching and Precepting

Program Information: 

• Number of Positions: 1
• Start Date: July
• Staffing/Clinical Pharmacy Services: every 3rd weekend, partial PM staffing shift every 3 weeks, 2 holidays
• Annual Stipend: $54,700

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision available
• Professional travel reimbursement
• Free parking

Program Requirements:

• Pharm.D. degree from an ACPE accredited college of pharmacy
• Completion of an ASHP accredited PGY1 residency (this position is eligible for early commitment through the PGY1 program)
• Current licensure from State of Illinois (or eligible for Illinois licensure)

Required Residency Activities:

• BLS/ACLS/PALS certification
• Hospital committee involvement
• Grand Rounds
• Design and complete a residency project
• Complete medication use evaluations (MUEs)
• ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting poster presentation and Regional Pharmacy Resident Conference presentation
• Teaching Certificate (if not previously obtained)

Application Process: The following must be received in PhORCAS

• Letter of Intent
• Curriculum Vitae
• Three letters of reference
• Official pharmacy school transcripts

Application Information:

• Application Deadline: 01/08/2025
• ASHP Program Listing

Program Contact:

Wendy Harney, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care PGY2 Residency Program Director

UW Health SwedishAmerican

1401 E. State Street

Rockford, IL 61104

Phone: (815) 988- 6804

wharney@uwhealth.org

About UW Health Northern Illinois SwedishAmerican Hospital

Welcome to UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital. Serving greater Rockford, northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, UW Health in northern Illinois features a major 357-bed acute care hospital and free-standing outpatient cancer center in Rockford, a medical center in Belvidere, a network of 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinics and the region’s largest home healthcare agency. Located in the heart of Rockford, our flagship -- SwedishAmerican Hospital -- is a 357-bed, full-service hospital that is home to more than 400 active and courtesy staff providers, encompassing over 40 different specialties to care for your family. 12 counties Number of counties that our patients come from throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. 357 inpatient beds Number of inpatient beds at our flagship hospital, UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford. 1911 building starts The year when donation of a single dollar launched the construction of a Swedish hospital in Rockford. From that one dollar donation, SwedishAmerican grew to a health system that serves hundreds of thousands of patients every year. 2015 partnership The year in which SwedishAmerican became a partn...er of UW Health, making it more convenient for patients from northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin to receive care from doctors at UW Health, one of the nation’s leading academic health systems.

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