Pharmacy Residency Program

AdventHealth Sebring is part of AdventHealth. It is comprised of 229 total beds across three campuses in Sebring, Lake Placid, and Wauchula. The Sebring campus serves as the primary practice site for the residency program. The Sebring campus has a very active emergency room and is the site of the only Heart, Vascular, Stroke, and Chest Pain Center in Highlands County. We are a full-service medical and surgical acute care center, including birthing services. Wauchula, a critical access skilled nursing facility, is the area’s only transitional care unit and Hardee County’s only emergency department. The pharmacy department works very closely with providers to continually provide exceptional health care services to our community. Clinical pharmacists are integral members of multidisciplinary teams and are heavily involved in the inpatient management of pharmacokinetics, anticoagulation, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Pharmacy actively participates in multiple local and corporate committees, including Medication Safety, Antimicrobial Stewardship, P&T, Stroke, Code Blue, Readmissions, and Falls.

PGY-1 Residents at AdventHealth Sebring are given the opportunity to participate in a variety of experiences including, but not limited to, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Hospital Operations, Hospital Administration, and Transitional Care Services.

Program Duration: 12 months

Number of Positions: 2

Start Date: First Monday of July

Estimated Stipend: $53,500

On-site Interview Required: Yes

Program Benefits:

• 10 paid days off for personal leave
• Travel reimbursement and administrative leave for ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Florida Residency Conference
• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance plans
• Discounted meals

All applications for PGY-1 residency must be submitted via PhORCAS and consist of, at minimum:

• Letter of Intent
• Current CV (Curriculum Vitae)
• Academic Transcripts from all colleges of pharmacy attended
• Three letters of recommendation, of which at least two must be from a pharmacy preceptor or manager

Application Deadline: January 7

National Matching Service Code: 257413

The following learning experiences will be offered:

Required:

• Orientation
• Internal Medicine I
• Internal Medicine II
• Cardiology I
• Critical Care I
• Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Emergency Medicine I
• Administration/Pharmacy Leadership

Elective

• Emergency Medicine II
• Cardiology II
• Critical Care II

Longitudinal

• Pharmacy Practice Leadership
• Transitions of Care
• Pharmacy Service (Staffing)
• Research
• Medication Safety
• Drug Information

Additional Experiences:

Participation in committees, including:

• Pharmacy and Therapeutics
• Medication Safety
• Infection Control/Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Stroke
• Performance Improvement
• Precepting IPPE/APPE students
• Development and review of policies and procedures
• Development and review of clinical initiatives

Primary Contact:

Heather Upchurch, PharmD, CPh, DPLA

Pharmacy Director

Residency Program Director

Secondary Contact:

Stacey Preston, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Residency Program Coordinator