Pharmacy Residency Program

• $50,000 per year
• Additional staffing bonus pay is available

The resident is eligible for enrollment in AdventHealth Shawnee Mission group health insurance beginning on day 1 of employment.

Life insurance benefits up to $50,000 is provided at no cost to the resident.

​​​​​​Introductory learning experience designed to orient the resident to the roles and responsibilities of staffing and clinical pharmacists, pharmacy operations, and project management and leadership.

​​​​​Utilizes a unit-based practice model designed to provide the resident with experience managing a wide variety of disease states while functioning as a member of a multidisciplinary team. The resident will develop and monitor care plans, participate in rounds, respond to pharmacy consults, and educate patients on HNVU (Heart and Neurovascular Unit), PCU (Progressive Care Unit), and MSU (Medical-Surgical Unit).

​​​​​​This rotation is designed to develop and strengthen skills necessary for providing care to the adult critical care population. On the 28-bed medical ICU (MICU) unit, residents will participate in multidisciplinary rounds, provide comprehensive pharmaceutical services, and respond to medical emergencies. The primary goal of this rotation is for the resident to develop critical thinking skills and become proficient in problem identification, prioritization, and communication of recommendations in order to optimize patient care.

​​​​​​The cardiovascular care unit at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission is a 29-bed unit that allows the resident to observe and manage problems specific to cardiovascular disease patients. This rotation will also involve monitoring of cardiac patients in the MICU, post cardiovascular care unit and Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) clinic.

​​​​​​A broad educational experience designed to train pharmacists in all aspects of emergency medicine. Residents working alongside the clinical pharmacist will respond to all code blue and code stroke calls in the ED, perform medication reconciliations for admitted patients, and address medication consults and drug information requests.

​​​​​​Provide comprehensive care to psychiatric patients with a variety of mental health and substance use disorders. The resident will work closely with a multidisciplinary team comprised of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and social workers to optimize patient outcomes.

​​​​​​Develop pharmacotherapy knowledge and skills necessary in providing care to patients with cancer. Primary learning experiences include proficiency at chemotherapy order verification, safe compounding of hazardous medications, and patient education. The resident will work closely with med-onc and gyn-onc teams to optimize patient care.

​​​​​​Introduce the resident to a wide variety of infectious disease related topics as well as participation in the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP). The resident and clinical pharmacist work closely alongside Infectious Diseases physicians on a daily basis in order to optimize antimicrobial use and patient outcomes. The resident will participate in monitoring of high risk and restricted antibiotics, as well as utilization review, policy development and education of prescribers.

Attendance Policy

Code of Conduct

Paid Time Off

1. Licensure: Kansas pharmacy licensure is highly preferred prior to July 1, but required by August 1. Exceptions must be approved by the program director. Residents who do not meet this deadline or who do not obtain an exemption from the program director will be relieved from the program until such a time that he can present a license.
2. Personal Goals: The resident will develop personal goals for the residency year. These will be discussed with the program director and coordinators during the initial evaluation and at each quarterly evaluation.
3. Rotations: The resident will be required to fulfill the objectives of the required rotations as specified as well as selected electives.
4. Distribution: 32 hours of staffing are required per month. Resident picking up extra hours at an outside institution must get approval from the rotation preceptor, residency coordinators and residency director. One eight hour shift will be given per month as “comp day” to compensate for the weekend shifts worked. Residents are required to communicate their desired comp day for month to RPD in the beginning of the month after they receive approval of their preceptor for the month.
5. Certifications: Basic (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification will be obtained by the residents within the first 4 months of residency. The classes are both offered through SMMC Life Dynamics. Residents will be responsible for attending all Code Blue situations in the hospital.
6. Research: The resident will be required to present a major research project at the ASHP Midyear Meeting Poster Presentation in December. The resident will also be required to present at the Midwest Residency Conference in the spring. A final project manuscript must be submitted to the residency advisory committee prior to graduation from the residency.
7. Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (P&T): The residents will attend all monthly P&T meetings and will be required to present at least two times to the members, one of which will be a Drug/Medication Utilization Review.
8. Presentation Requirements: The resident will present five (5) deliverable presentations: one (1) Journal Club article, three (3) formal clinical presentations, and one formal clinical controversy of Continuing Education (CE) quality. The topic of the presentation must be submitted to the residency executive committee (REC) and clinical preceptor(s) prior to presentation. A tentative presentation timeline will be distributed during orientation and through the residency manual.
9. Preceptorship: If pharmacy students are assigned to the same service as the resident, (s)he will be expected to serve as a role model and assist in precepting clerkship students.
10. Internal publishing: Two written drug information documents per year.
11. Residency Learning System: The resident will have to at least achieve a “Satisfactory Progress” score in each goal assessed. In addition, the resident will have to score “Achieved” on the ASHP goals and objectives: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.8, 1.3.1, 3.1.1, E5.1.1

Rotations
The resident will be required to fulfill the objectives of required rotations as described in this handbook. In total, the resident shall complete 2,000 training hours, as mandated by the ASHP Accreditation Standard for Pharmacy Residency in a hospital.

Pharmacy Operations
The resident will be oriented to the pharmacy operations throughout the medical center during the first month via direct observation and interaction with the pharmacy staff. The resident will be granted computer access and will receive computer training for the hospital computer systems.

Student Mentoring
The resident is expected to serve as a role model and mentor for undergraduate pharmacy students. Opportunities for didactic teaching at area colleges of pharmacy are available.

Licensure
The resident is required to obtain Kansas pharmacy licensure prior to completion of the month-long orientation.

BLS / ACLS Training
The resident is required to complete training for basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS). These training sessions are usually offered from July-October.

Annual Leave
The resident is given paid leave throughout the year. Administrative leave will depend on the nature of the request. If an extended leave of absence is taken, time away will not count towards the 12 month residency requirement.

Compensation Day
The resident will be granted one compensation day/month when working every other weekend staffing. This may be modified as weekend staffing responsibilities change.

Residents are required to work in a staffing capacity throughout the 12-month period. Experienced pharmacists will be scheduled during these staffing periods and are readily available for consultation. The first weekend of staffing shifts are scheduled for late July. The resident’s staffing requirements are:

• Every other weekend, either in a staffing or clinical role depending on acuity of patients
• Additional staffing may be required to meet the department’s needs
• Additional holiday staffing will be required as follows:
  • One major holiday per residency year (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s)
  • One minor holiday per residency year (Memorial Day, Labor Day)
• Duty hours must be limited to 80 hours per week, averaged over a four-week period, inclusive of all in-house call activities and all moonlighting.
• Moonlighting (internal or external) must not interfere with the ability of the resident to achieve the educational goals and objectives of the residency program.
• All moonlighting hours must be reported to the RPD for approval prior and counted towards the 80-hour maximum weekly hour limit.