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Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2)

Critical Care

Holmes Regional Medical Center1350 Hickory St.

Melbourne, FL 32901

The PGY2 Critical Care Program conducted by Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center has candidate status by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. This residency site participates in the ASHP Resident Matching Program and agrees that no person at this site will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any residency applicant.

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Candidate RequirementsApplicants must meet the following requirements:

Must have a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited college or university

Must be licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered pharmacist in the state of Florida at the start of the residency program

Must be in the process of completing an ASHP-

accredited PGY1 residency program

Must participate in and adhere to the rules of the Resident Matching Program process

Application Checklist[ ] Letter of intent

[ ] Curriculum vitae

[ ] Three professional recommendations, at

least two of which should be from clinical

preceptors

To obtain additional residency program

information, please email

PharmacyResidency@HF.org

Note: We do not sponsor international visas, however,

TN visas are accepted. Employment is contingent upon satisfying eligibility requirements (i.e., background check

-tion to work in the United States, etc.). Residents will be required to obtain licensure as a registered pharmacist in the state of Florida within 90 days of the program start date to continue employment.

[ ] Official transcripts

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists (ASHP)/Florida Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FSHP) membershipBasic Life Support (BLS)/Advanced Cardiac LifeSupport (ACLS)/Pediatric Advanced Life Support(PALS)/Advanced Hazmat Life Support (AHLS)

About Health First and Holmes Regional Medical CenterAs Central Florida’s only fully integrated healthcare system, Health First encompasses:

Holmes Regional Medical CenterCape Canaveral HospitalPalm Bay HospitalViera HospitalHealth First Health PlansHealth First Family PharmacyVitalWatch, Central Florida’s only electronic

Intensive Care Unit (eICU)Health First Medical GroupTrauma and Heart Centers

VitalWatch provides Health First’s critical care physicians, nurses and pharmacy specialists the ability to monitor real-time vital signs, laboratory results and complete electronic medical records of patients in various intensive care units at all four Health First hospitals from a central location.

As the only state-accredited Level II Trauma Center in Brevard and Indian River counties, the Trauma Center offers 24/7 care with rapid patient transport via First Flight aeromedical helicopter.

Program StructureThe year of residency begins with a six-weekorientation, followed by nine learning experiences(including two electives). Each required learningexperience is six weeks long and each electiveis four weeks long unless otherwise specified.

Required RotationsMedical ICUSurgical ICU (trauma focused)Cardiovascular ICUSurgical ICU II (neuro focused)Infectious Disease (four weeks) orEmergency Medicine (four weeks)Medical ICU IIeICU (four weeks)

Elective RotationsNeonatal ICUTraumaAny required rotation with an additional focus (except eICU andInfectious Disease)Off-site electives in burns ICU, transplant(heart, lung or liver) and neurocritical careare available

Longitudinal ExperiencesInpatient staffingeICU (two shifts per rotation)Research projectUF Teaching Certificate Program (optional)

Additional Residency ActivitiesGrand rounds presentationCase report presentationsMedication use evaluationSociety of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) journal club webinar (if selected)Co-precepting of APPE students and

PGY1 residentsPrecepting of PGY1 resident grand

rounds and Medical Use Evaluation (MUE)Committee participation for pharmacy and therapeutics, clinical pharmacy council, sepsis, code blue

and critical careCode blue response

Program Overview

The critical care residency program at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center is a 12-month program offering core-learning experiences in medical, surgical, neuroscience and cardiovascular intensive care, as well as infectious disease, emergency medicine and an electronic intensive care unit (eICU). The customized program will promote achievement of the resident’s professional goals.

Holmes Regional Medical Center is located in the middle of Florida’s famed Space Coast and is

serving the community since 1937. Holmes Regional features a Level II Trauma Center, the region’s only aeromedical helicopter (First Flight), a Level II Neonatal ICU, a primary stroke center and Health First VitalWatch, Central Florida’s only eICU that remotely monitors all ICU beds across the four-hospital system. Holmes Regional has a 22-bed Medical ICU, 22-bed Surgical ICU, 14-bed Cardiovascular ICU and 60-bed Emergency Department (ED) with four resuscitation/ trauma bays.