PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency
The PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program at ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø HealthCare Children's Hospital of Illinois is accepting applications through PhORCAS for the 2024-2025 residency year. We will not be participating in PPS at ASHP; if you would like more information please reach out to Margaret Heger or Cassandra Collins.
Our pharmacy team is pleased to offer our Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program. We are a diverse team of pharmacists providing inpatient services to multiple clinical zones, including pediatric intensive care, pediatric hematology-oncology, and neonatal intensive care.
Pediatric pharmacists verify orders for all pediatric patients at Illinois ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø facilities. Opportunities are available to earn a teaching certificate and precept APPE students and PGY1 residents.
We are committed to providing a broad experience to equip our residents for their future careers.
The residency was founded in 2012. Graduates of the program work in pediatric specialist positions in 6 states.
If you have any questions that the following information does not address please contact the Residency Program Director, Margaret Heger, Pharm.D.,BCPS at (309) 624-0786.
Program Overview
NMS Code: 660661
We participate in the match program through
- One resident per year
Pay and Benefits
- $52,000/year salary
- Medical, dental and life insurance available
- 3 weeks of PTO
- Sick pay
- Travel reimbursement
- Hospital employee discount program (various local businesses)
Residency Rotations
Core Rotations
- Administration (longitudinal)
- General Pediatrics (4 weeks)
- Inpatient Hematology/Oncology (4 weeks)
- Medication Safety (longitudinal)
- Neonatal Intensive Care (8 weeks)
- Pediatric Congenital Heart (4 weeks)
- Pediatric Infectious Disease (4 weeks)
- Pediatric Critical Care (4 weeks)
- Pediatric Nutrition Support (4 weeks)
- Pediatric Pharmacy Practice (longitudinal)
- Project (longitudinal)
Elective Rotations
- Outpatient Hematology/Oncology
- Pediatric Emergency Department
- Repeat Core
Additional Resident Staffing Requirements/Responsibilities/Assignments
- Staff every third weekend in pharmacy
- Additional 16 hours each month on second shift
- 1 major holiday and 1 minor holiday
- BLS and PALS certification (opportunity provided on site)
- Attendance at ASHP mid-year meeting
- Research project with presentation at regional conference (PPAG preferred)
Very Important: Application Checklist
- Letter of Intent/Cover Letter
- Submit CV
- 3 letters of recommendation (strongly recommended one letter be from current RPD)
- For program application deadlines, see .
Very Important: Submission Guidelines
Submitting all application components electronically to the residency application website is required.
Only the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø online application is automatically submitted via our local website.