Pharmacy Practice Residency

Sacred Heart’s pharmacy department employs approximately twenty-five clinical staff pharmacists. The services provided by the department include profile review, drug information, pharmacokinetics, and nutrition support, among many others. Automated services help support the needs of the hospital with electronic medication dispensing and administration records, including bedside barcoding and provider order entry. Advanced technology is continuously evaluated and implemented to help take great care of our patients.

Completion of the Pharmacy Practice Residency program at Sacred Heart Health System will develop skills within a pharmacist to work on multidisciplinary teams and provide direct patient care to various populations comprising of adults, pediatrics and neonates.  The clinical experiences at Sacred Heart cover multiple medical subspecialties including med/surg, oncology, critical care, and emergency medicine.  The resident pharmacist will be able to educate healthcare personnel consisting of pharmacy students, nurses, physicians, and also patients and their families.  Leadership skills will be developed throughout the residency to a point that the pharmacist will have the ability to offer supervision of staff and oversight of projects.  The pharmacist will ultimately be able to demonstrate medication safety procedures aimed at benefiting the patient and the department. 

It is the goal of the pharmacy practice residency at Sacred Heart Health System to provide the following outcomes to any resident completing the program:

1. Confidence to work in interdisciplinary groups as part of the health care team
2. Competence to provide education to other health care professionals in various settings
3. Leadership skills to work within any healthcare system
4. Awareness and initiative to lead medication safety efforts throughout the health system
5. Enhanced professionalism and marketable job skills to further a career in the practice of clinical pharmacy

ROTATION EXPERIENCES

• Adult Internal Medicine
• Pediatric Medicine - Optional year-long electives in pediatrics
• Nutrition
• Drug Information
• Pharmacy Practice Management
• Possible Electives Include :
  • heme / onc
  • cardiology
  • critical care
  • infectious disease
  • neonatology

BENEFITS

• Stipend of $41,000 yearly
• Full dental, health, and vision coverage
• Paid time off (12 days per year)
• Paid holidays (8 days)
• Paid attendance at one professional clinical meeting and the Southeastern Residency Conference