Author: Kamuda, Anna D.

About Hines:

Program Contacts:

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital is classified as a 1a facility, located 12 miles west of downtown Chicago on a 147-acre campus, offers primary, extended and specialty care, and serves as a tertiary care referral center for VISN 12. Specialized clinical programs include Blind Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurosurgery, Radiation Therapy and Cardiovascular Surgery. The hospital also serves as the VISN 12 southern tier hub for pathology, radiology, radiation therapy, human resource management and fiscal services.
Hines VA currently operates 483 beds and 6 CBOCs (community-based outpatient clinics) in Hoffman Estates, Kankakee, Oak Lawn, Aurora, LaSalle, and Joliet. More than 850,000 patient visits occurred in fiscal year 2017, providing care to more than 57,000 veterans, primarily from Cook, DuPage and Will counties.
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital has active affiliations with the Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine and is also a rotation site for multiple colleges of pharmacy.

PGY-2 HSPAL Residency Program Director
Elizabeth Stone, PharmD
Chief of Pharmacy Services
Email: Elizabeth.Stone1@va.gov Phone: (708)202-8387 x 2-5620
PGY-2 HSPAL Residency Program Coordinator
Manali Szynkarek, PharmD
Pharmacoeconomics Program Manager
Email: Manali.Szynkarek@va.gov Phone: (708)979-2830

ASHP PGY-2 Purpose:

PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care or other advanced practice settings. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency are prepared for advanced patient care, academic, or other specialized positions, along with board certification, if available.

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital

5000 S 5th Avenue
Hines, IL 60141
(708) 202-8387

PGY-2
Health-System Pharmacy
Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) Residency Program

About Hines VA HSPAL PGY-2 Program:

The purpose of this residency program is to provide the pharmacist with a broad range of experience in pharmacy management and leadership under the coordination of a proven pharmacy management team. The training will be hands-on, experiential learning with an emphasis on the adult learning model and development of self-assessment by the resident, with guidance and constructive, frequent feedback from the Residency Program Director and a qualified team of preceptors.
Our program builds upon PGY-1 residency graduates’ competence in the delivery of patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services to prepare residents who can assume high-level managerial, supervisory, and leadership responsibilities.

Required Learning Experiences:

The resident must successfully complete all the required learning experiences:
Orientation
Inpatient and Outpatient Operations Management
Practical Pharmacy Management: Inpatient and Outpatient Supervisory Training
Formulary Management and Pharmacoeconomics
Clinical Management- Acute Care and Ambulatory Care
Contracting and Procurement
Pharmacy Informatics

Required Learning Experiences (continued):

USP Management and Sterile Compounding
Medication Safety (Longitudinal)
Personnel Management (Labor Management/Recruitment/Performance Evaluations) (Longitudinal)
Direct Patient Care (half-day in clinic each week or inpatient staffing, Longitudinal)
Research: Complete agreed-upon research project(s), conference presentation(s), and written report in a format suitable for publication
Prepare one newsletter article
Prepare one drug class review, monograph, treatment protocol, or policy
Prepare one Medication Usage
Evaluation to present at P&T meeting
Prepare and present one monthly override and trigger drug and the annual adverse drug event (ADE), medication error/root cause analysis, and override report
Prepare at least one P&T meeting agenda and meeting minutes
One ACPE-accredited seminar
Yellow Belt: Course and Exam

Additional Learning Experiences:

Opportunity to take part in a teaching certificate program if one has not been completed in the PGY-1 residency year
Experience serving as a co-preceptor for students of various colleges of pharmacy is available, dependent on primary preceptors’ schedule.

Program Details:

ASHP accreditation status: Accredited
Duration: 12 months
Number of positions: 1
Application Deadline: 01/12/2024
Starting Date: 07/01/2024
End Date: 06/30/2025
Estimated stipend: $56,341
Benefits include: 13 sick days
13 vacation days
11 holidays
ASHP Code: 41913
NMS Match Code: 166813

Application Requirements (through PhORCAS):

U.S. citizenship
PharmD degree from ACPE-accredited college of pharmacy
Pharmacist licensure in any U.S. state
Completion of an accredited PGY1 pharmacy residency program
Official college of pharmacy academic transcripts
Curriculum vitae
Letter of intent
Three letters of recommendation (one must be from the PGY1 RPD)
Be available for virtual interview