Position Summary: Pharmacy residency training is an organized, directed, accredited program that builds upon knowledge, skills, attitudes and abilities gained from an accredited professional pharmacy degree program. The first-year residency program enhances general competencies in managing medication-use systems and supports optimal medication therapy outcomes for patients with a broad range of disease states. The first year residency allows pharmacist specialization in patient clinical care optimization with refinement of skills directed at patient care, literature review, presentations and research. Pharmacy resident also completes longitudinal staffing component on weekends and weekday evenings. Residency job descriptions aligns with ASHP (American Society of Health System Pharmacy). The RCMC resident exemplifies the Rush Copley Medical Center mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush Copley Medical Center policies and procedures.

Responsibilities and Duties of First Year Resident

• Residents’ primary professional commitment must be to the residency program
• Residents must be committed to the values and mission of the organization conducting the residency program
• Residents must be committed to completing the educational goals and objectives established for their respective residency program
• Residents must seek constructive verbal and documented feedback that directs their learning
• Residents must be committed to making active use of the constructive feedback provided by residency program preceptors
• Residents must responsibly fulfill role as clinical pharmacist while completing longitudinal staffing component.

Qualifications:

• Resident applicant qualifications will be evaluated by the residency program director through an established, formal procedure that includes an assessment of the applicant’s ability to achieve the educational goals and objectives selected for the program. Further, the criteria used to evaluate applicants must be documented and understood by all involved in the evaluation and ranking process.
• The resident will be a graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited Pharmacy program.
• The applicant must be licensed, or be eligible for licensure in Illinois on the first day of the residency.
• Residents must participate in and adhere to the rules of the Resident Matching Program process and participate in the application process through PhORCAS. The resident must have successfully matched into Rush Copley Medical Center through PhORCAS, or the subsequent scramble, for the residency programs offered at Rush Copley Medical Center.