PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency

Our pharmacy team is pleased to offer an American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Residency program.

We are a diverse team of pharmacists providing inpatient services to multiple clinical zones, including adult, pediatric, and critical care, across the OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center and OSF HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois campus.

OSF Saint Francis Medical Center is a 600+ bed hospital and Level I adult and pediatric trauma center located in downtown Peoria, Illinois.

If you have any questions that the following information does not address, please contact the Residency Program Director, Erika Diericx, PharmD, BCPS at Erika.A.Diericx@osfhealthcare.org or (309) 624-2617.

Program Overview

NMS Code: 193613
We participate in the ASHP Resident Matching Program.

  • Three residents per year
  • July 1 - June 30 (Orientation begins in mid-June)

For your application to be considered complete, we must receive items in the checklist below by the January deadline.

Pay & Benefits

  • $50,000/year salary
  • Medical, dental and life insurance available
  • Two weeks off for vacation time (including holidays)
  • One week off for well-being or sick time 
  • Travel reimbursement
  • Hospital employee discount program (various local businesses)
  • Free food from the hospital cafeteria

Residency Rotations

We are committed to providing a broad experience to equip our residents for their future careers.

Rotations are set up as follows:

  • Ten four-week rotations consisting of seven core rotations and three elective rotations
  • Four three-month longitudinal rotations and two year pharmacy practice rotations

Core Rotations

  • Orientation
  • Adult Internal Medicine
  • Critical Care (Surgical, Cardiovascular, or Emergency Medicine)
  • Infectious Disease
  • Pediatric Critical Care
  • Pharmacy Administration
  • Medical Critical Care

Elective Rotations

  • Anticoagulation
  • Cardiac Critical Care
  • Cardiology
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Heart and Kidney Transplant
  • Neonatal Critical Care
  • Neurology
  • Neuro/Surgical Critical Care
  • Nutrition Support
  • Oncology
  • Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Longitudinal Rotations

Three Months

  • Pharmacy Informatics
  • Precepting
  • Medication Safety
  • Drug Information

12 Months

  • Pharmacy Practice
  • Code Response

Research

  • Required to complete a year-long research project
  • Projected completed throughout the year with a project month during December
  • Present research poster at Great Lakes regional conference and ASHP mid-year meeting

Staffing

  • Every 3rd weekend
  • Nine Monday-Friday blocks throughout the year
  • Work one major and one minor holiday
  • No on-call requirements

Additional Resident Staffing Requirements, Responsibilities, & Assignments

  • Completion of on-site BLS, ACLS and PALS certifications
  • Attendance at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition
  • Completion of Teaching Certificate Program through Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) School of Pharmacy (optional)

Very Important: Application Checklist

Application Deadline: January 10
All following items must be completed by this date.

  1. Send three Letters of Reference (letters from direct patient care preceptors preferred)
  2. Letter of Intent/Cover Letter
  3. Submit CV
  4. Submit Copy of Transcripts

Very Important: Submission Guidelines

Submitting all application components electronically to Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service is required.