PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency

The pharmacy team at St. Francis Medical Center is pleased to offer the post graduate year two Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program. We are a diverse team of pharmacists providing acute oversite to patient care in many areas of our hospital including the Adult ICUs (Cardiovascular, Medical, Neuro, and Surgical) as well as emergency medicine in our Level 1 Trauma center.

OSF St. Francis Medical Center Critical Care and Emergency Medicine pharmacists provide hands-on support to our PGY1 residents through precepting and code response. We are committed to providing broad experiences to equip our students and residents for their future careers. Our pharmacy team collaborates with other disciplines within our medical center including the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine.

OSF St. Francis Medical Center’s PGY1 and PGY2 Pediatric residencies founded in 2011 and 2012 respectively are both ASHP Accredited. The PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy residency was established in 2024 and is ASHP Pre-Candidate accreditation status.

Should you have any question that the following information does not address, please contact the PGY1/PGY2 Residency Program Director, Erika Diericx. 

Program Overview

NMS Code: 703552
We participate in the match program through Pharmacy Online Residency Centralized Application Service

  • One resident per year

Pay and Benefits

  • $52,000/year salary
  • Medical, dental, vision and life insurance available
  • Three(3) weeks of paid time off: one week of wellbeing time, two weeks of PTO.
  • Professional Memberships and Travel reimbursement
  • Hospital employee discount program (various local businesses)
  • Meal Stipend through the OSF Cafeteria

Residency Rotations

Core Rotations

  • Orientation (2-4 weeks)
  • Cardiovascular ICU (4 weeks)
  • Emergency Medicine (4 weeks)
  • Neuro/Surgical ICU (4 weeks)
  • Medical ICU (4 weeks)
  • Pediatric ICU (4 weeks)
  • Nutrition Support (4 weeks)
  • Administration I - Precepting (longitudinal)
  • Administration II - System (longitudinal)
  • Emergency Response/Code (longitudinal)
  • Research Project (longitudinal)
  • Code Response (longitudinal)

Elective Rotations

  • Advanced Emergency Medicine
  • Advanced Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Transplant
  • Trauma Service

Additional Resident Staffing Requirements/Responsibilities/Assignments

  • Pharmacy Practice/Staffing: every third (3rd) weekend
  • 1 major holiday and 1 minor holiday
  • BLS, ACLS, and PALS Certification (on site)
  • Attendance at the ASHP Annual Mid-Year meeting
  • Research project with presentation at regional conference

Very Important: Application Checklist

Very Important: Submission Guidelines

Submitting all application components electronically to the residency application website is required.

Only the OSF online application is automatically submitted via our local website.

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