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Posted: 20-Oct-25

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Type: Residency PGY-2

Salary: $52,707

Categories:

Pharmacy

Job Setting:

Hospital/Institutional

Requirements:

Residency Required

Specialty Practice Areas:

Critical Care

Salary Details:

Participation in Rush Health Plans (health/dental/vision/life insurance), retirement savings plan, lab coat, ACLS/PALS training, travel and CE reimbursement, meal stipend, and approximately 25 days of PTO

Required Education:

PharmD

The Critical Care PGY2 Residency Program is a one year residency established to provide specialty training for residents interested in critical care medicine. The PGY2 program at Rush has one PGY2 critical care resident and additional PGY2 residents in emergency medicine, pediatrics, hematology/oncology, internal medicine, HSPAL, and solid organ transplant.

The primary goal of the program is to graduate compassionate critical care pharmacists who excel as both clinicians and scholars in an academic medical setting. This overarching goal will be completed through exposure to a variety of opportunities where the resident will serve as an integral member of interdisciplinary healthcare teams by participating in medication therapy management, answering key clinical questions and serving as a resource to the healthcare team. The resident will have an opportunity to enhance teaching abilities through didactic lectures to other disciplines in the medical center as well as at colleges of pharmacy, self and peer evaluation and being a preceptor to first year pharmacy residents and doctor of pharmacy students. The program will also develop research skills through completion of a longitudinal research project and manuscript preparation.

The residency program is designed to comply with the published accreditation standards of the ASHP.

Patient Care Experience: The PGY2 resident will participate in multidisciplinary care of critically ill patients in an academic teaching environment. The resident will practice in a state-of-the-art, critical care facility that includes a 28-bed medical intensive care unit, 28-bed mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit, 28-bed cardiosciences intensive care unit, 28-bed neurosciences intensive care unit, and a 56-bed emergency department. There are a variety of elective rotations that can be tailored to the interest of the resident.

Research Experience: The PGY2 resident will be expected to complete a longitudinal research project suitable for publication in collaboration with experienced preceptors. The project will be of the resident’s choosing and involve a critical care concept. The project will be presented at the Illinois Pharmacy Residency Conference in May or other critical care conference, if accepted. 

Teaching Experience: The PGY2 residents will serve as a preceptor for Doctor of Pharmacy students enrolled at Midwestern University, Chicago State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Rosalind Franklin University, and Roosevelt University. They also will lead organized group discussions with pharmacy students and PGY1 residents. The residents will also have the opportunity to participate in a teaching certificate program.

Operations Experience: Residents will be responsible for staffing every 4th weekend and 4 hours during the on-call shifts.

On-call Experience: Residents are expected to take overnight call in the medical center approximately one out of every 10 to 14 nights. An on-call room is available for down time between responsibilities. The on-call program is fluid and responsibilities are adapted to meet the needs of our patients and the institution with the goal of providing unique learning experiences for our residents that foster critical thinking and independence.

The resident is expected to have successfully completed an ASHP-accredited (or pre-candidate status) PGY-1 residency. Other requirements include: PharmD from an ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy, PhorCAS application, curriculum vitae, letter of intent, 3 letters of recommendations, academic transcripts, and eligibility for Illinois pharmacist licensure.

About Rush University Medical Center

Rush University System for Health is consistently recognized for our outstanding patient care, education, research and community partnerships. Rush University Medical Center encompasses a 671-bed hospital serving adults and children, and Rush University. For more than 180 years, the Medical Center has been leading the way in developing innovative and often life-saving treatments. In addition to its mission in patient care, education and research, the Medical Center maintains a strong commitment to the community. Rush reaches out to the Chicago community through offerings such as the Rush Community Services Initiatives Program, an umbrella for several student-led outreach programs designed to address the social and health care needs of residents in neighboring communities. For the sixth year in a row, RUSH University Medical Center is ranked among the nation’s best on U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, one of only 20 hospitals in the nation to earn this recognition. Eleven specialties ranked among the best in the U.S., including orthopedics (11th in nation), neurology and neurosurgery (5th in nation), cardiology (13th in nation) and ear, nose and t...hroat (19th in nation). Among the nation's best of quality, RUSH University Medical Center ranked No. 6 in the nation in Vizient's latest Quality and Accountability Study and has been in the top 10 for 13 consecutive years. The Inpatient Department of Pharmacy at Rush consists of over 200 employees working with the latest technology to provide safe and cost-effective care to patients. The practice model is such that it can provide clinical services to patients 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. Pharmacy residency programs have been in place for over 40 years and currently consists of 10 PGY1 residents and 7 PGY2 residents.

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