Careers at ProHealth Care

Program Mission Statement and Program Aims

ProHealth Care's PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency program offers an individualized learning experience to prepare the next generation of pharmacists with the skills required for successful independent practice. The ProHealth Care pharmacy department fosters a supportive community to develop personal and professional growth of all team members. The program promotes excellence within the pharmacy department in collaboration with the ProHealth Care team to serve the greater Waukesha community.

Program Aims:

1. Commitment to Residents:

• As licensed pharmacists, the residents are treated as peers, allowing them to participate in decision-making, share knowledge openly, and receive constructive feedback in a collaborative environment.
• ProHealth Care will expose residents to a breadth of diverse clinical experiences while maintaining program flexibility to align with resident interests. Preceptors and program leaders will assist residents with professional goals and career planning.
• The program will facilitate development beyond clinical knowledge to foster a deepened understanding of health system operations and being a pharmacy professional in a multitude of health care settings. Residents gain proficiency in accountability, communication, efficiency, and time management.

2. Commitment to Pharmacy Department:

• The residency program will implement longitudinal projects which will contribute to pharmacy practice advancement at ProHealth Care.
• The residency program creates an educational environment to support the professional and clinical development of all pharmacy team members at ProHealth Care.
• The residency program connects the pharmacy departmental pillars of inpatient, oncology, ambulatory, and retail to encourage team building and a supportive culture.

3. Commitment to Community:

• The residency program creates an educational environment that expands beyond the department of pharmacy through interprofessional relationships.
• Pharmacy residents provide care to patients in the Waukesha community through a commitment to pharmacy practice including but not limited to education, medication management, transitions of care, and follow up in ProHealth Care clinics.
• The pharmacy residency program and its residents will continually identify opportunities to establish a tangible presence in the community through service-based care.

Program Information:

• Number of Residents: Two
• Length: One year traditional residency
• ASHP Status: Accredited
• Staffing Responsibilities:
  • Residents staff every other weekend with a majority of shifts being decentral
  • Residents have one administrative day after staffing weekend
  • Residents staff one major and one minor holiday

ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital:

For more than a century, ProHealth Care has been the health care leader in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, providing outstanding care across a full spectrum of services. We strive to continuously improve our community's health and well-being by combining skill, compassion and innovation. Our team of health professionals offer a wide range of services including home health care, hospice care, hospital care, rehabilitation, and more.

Waukesha Memorial Hospital features a Level 3 - 16 bed NICU, Level 3 trauma center, and state-of the art 24 bed ICU. Our hospital is recognized as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, earning the Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement and Quality Award from the American Stroke Association. It also maintains centers of excellence in Neuroscience, Orthopedics, Women's Health, Heart and Vascular Services as well as a top-ranked Regional Cancer Center. With more than 650 staff physicians, Waukesha Memorial has been providing care to the adults and children of the city and the region since 1914.

Pharmacy Services:

Pharmacists at ProHealth Care and Waukesha Memorial Hospital are embedded and involved throughout the health care system. Decentralized pharmacists provide patient care services in all areas of the hospital including the emergency department, procedural areas, and medical wards operating through many consult services and pharmacy driven protocols.

Pharmacy Services Offered:

• Decentralized Clinical Pharmacists
• Interdisciplinary Rounding
• Pharmacy Consult Services:
  • Vancomycin
  • Aminoglycosides
  • Warfarin
  • Heparin/LMWH
  • IV to PO
  • TPN
  • Dofetilide
  • Renal Dose Adjustments
• Discharge Programming
  • Discharge medication reconciliation
  • Discharge Counseling
  • Bedside medication delivery
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacists
  • Anticoagulation Clinic
  • Hematology and Oncology Clinic
• Representation and Leadership in Multidisciplinary Committees
• Department Wide Pharmacist-Led Educational Series
• Pharmacy Student Precepting of IPPE and APPE students primarily from all three Wisconsin Schools of Pharmacy

ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital's PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program participates and abides by the rules and regulations outlined by the National Matching Services Inc (NMS) and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP). Applicants should register for the match and submit applications via PhorCas.

• National Matching Service Code: 301013
• ASHP Status: Accredited
• ASHP Registration #: 45912
• ASHP Residency Directory

Benefits

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For questions, please contact:

Aaron O'Connell, PharmD, BCPS - Residency Program Director
Email: Aaron.OConnell@phci.org
Phone: 262-928-6291

Jacob Mortag, PharmD - Residency Program Coordinator
Email: Jacob.Mortag@phci.org
Phone: 262-928-2487