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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 Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) residency program at UW Health SwedishAmerican is designed to build upon PGY1 residency graduates’ competence in the delivery of patient-centered care to be able to excel in a high-level leadership role in an institutional pharmacy setting. Pharmacy administration at UW Health SwedishAmerican oversees pharmacy staff in multiple areas, including: inpatient hospital, outpatient retail, ambulatory clinics, specialty pharmacy, anticoagulation clinic, home infusion, regional cancer center, central fill pharmacy, and rural hospital site (Belvidere). Residents will work collaboratively with the UW Health SwedishAmerican Pharmacy leadership team in leading process improvement projects, providing patient care in a collaborative practice clinic, chair subcommittees of the P&T committee, and manage human resources and financial resources to develop advanced leadership skills. Resident experiences will be tailored to meet individual goals and expectations.

The goal of this PGY2 residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership is to develop the pharmacy leaders of tomorrow. As a member of the pharmacy enterprise leadership team, the resident will receive extensive training in all key pharmacy department administrative areas to allow them to be exceptionally qualified for a variety of clinical or operational leadership positions upon completion of the residency.

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

Required Learning Experiences: 

• Orientation
• Inpatient Operations Management
• Inpatient Clinical Practice Management
• Home Infusion
• Informatics
• Health-System Leadership
• Community Pharmacy Administration
• Growth and Strategy
• Ambulatory Practice Management
• Specialty Pharmacy Administration

Elective Learning Experiences: 

• Disaster Preparedness
• Drug Policy and Procedures

Longitudinal Learning Experiences: 

• Budgeting and Financial Services
• Committee Leadership
• Pharmacy Enterprise
• Pharmacy Practice (Staffing)
• Transitions of Care

Program Information: 

• Number of Positions: 1
• Start Date: July
• Staffing/Clinical Pharmacy Services: every 3rd weekend, 1 partial evening shift every 4 weeks
• 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 certification
• Hospital committee involvement
• Participate in P&T meetings
• 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 emailed to Thomas Carey

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

Application Information:

• Application Deadline: 01/31/2025

Program Contact:

Thomas Carey, Pharm.D.

Senior Director of Pharmacy Services, Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership PGY2 Residency Program Director

UW Health SwedishAmerican Hospital

1401 E. State Street

Rockford, IL 61104

Phone: (779) 696-4580

tcarey@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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