Saint Francis Hospital, a Catholic, not-for-profit healthcare organization affiliated with the Religious Sisters of Mercy, was founded in 1960 byWilliam and NatalieWarren. Saint Francis Health System was formed in 1997 and now includes Saint Francis Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Heart Hospital at Saint Francis, Saint Francis Hospital South, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Saint Francis Hospital Vinita, Saint Francis Broken Arrow, Saint Francis Cancer Center, and Warren Clinic. In 2016, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis became the eighth affiliate clinic of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Saint Francis Glenpool will be the region’s first free-standing emergency room when it opens in 2018. More than 9,500 employees make Saint Francis Health System one of Tulsa’s largest employers. More than 25 percent of employees have been with the health system longer than 10 years. More than 750 volunteers clocked more than 139,000 hours of service in fiscal year 2017.

Saint Francis Hospital is the largest in Oklahoma. The health system provides services for more than 250, 000 emergency room visits and more than 56,000 admissions annually. With more than 5,000 births, the health system leads the state in the number of deliveries performed annually at our facilities. The health system is licensed for more than 1,000 beds, including more than 200 critical care beds.

The largest expansion in the hospital’s history was completed in 2014 when an eight-story, 150- bed, 500,000 square foot patient tower and Trauma Emergency Center opened that includes acute and critical care capacity; new chapel and convent; clinical education rooms; and administrative and physician office space. Construction is currently underway on a surgery renovation that will add more than 15,000 square feet and 7 new operating rooms. An electronic medical record system was implemented in 2014 in order to provide safer, higher quality and cost-efficient outcomes. The system created a seamless, integrated electronic health record and replaced 18 separate systems previously in use. In fiscal year 2017, Saint Francis Health System provided $108,492,088 in community benefit, including nearly $50,000,000 in charity care. HealthGrades, the nation’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization, has named Saint Francis Hospital a distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence and ranks Saint Francis Hospital among the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for clinical performance.

Department of Pharmacy

The Saint Francis Health System Department of Pharmacy provides services for Saint Francis Hospital, The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, Saint Francis Hospital South, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital, Saint Francis Hospital Muskogee, Saint Francis Hospital Vinita, and Saint Francis Cancer Center. The pharmacy provides services for more than 45,000 inpatient admissions and 147,000 emergency department visits annually. The mission of the Saint Francis Hospital Pharmacy is to provide accurate, safe, effective, and timely pharmaceutical care. The department strives to be recognized as a regional and national innovator and leader in medication safety. The hospital's affiliations with two state colleges of pharmacy provide opportunities for interaction with pharmacy students. Complete renovation of the Saint Francis Hospital Pharmacy was completed in 2013. The pharmacy features a state-of-the-art sterile compounding lab with a pass-through inventory carousel and pass-through refrigerators. Pharmacy inventory management systems have been expanded to include four inventory carousels. The pharmacy utilizes automated dispensing cabinet technology housewide for safe drug storage and distribution. The pharmacy utilizes a decentralized practice model that incorporates clinical pharmacists and clinical pharmacy specialist

Program Purpose

The purpose of this twelve-month program is to develop competent, confident practitioners with expert knowledge, skills, attitudes, and abilities in infectious diseases pharmacotherapy and pharmacy practice. The Saint Francis Hospital Infectious Diseases PGY2 residency builds upon Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)  education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in advanced or specialized 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 that improves medication therapy. Residents who successfully complete an accredited PGY2 pharmacy residency should possess competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in the specialized practice area (when board certification for the practice area exists). The program provides experiences in all aspects of infectious diseases pharmacy practice. The resident will develop advanced skills in pharmacokinetics, drug selection and dosing, and formulary management. Residents will have a leadership role in institutional dosing and monitoring services as well as antimicrobial stewardship initiatives. The program features opportunities for interprofessional collaboration and for the resident to serve as a subject matter expert in infectious diseases. Other leadership opportunities include mentoring PGY1 residents and pharmacy students, as well as participating in the health system’s Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infection Control, and Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committees. Education opportunities include didactic lectures at a local university and teaching patients,students, and other health care providers. Major research projects provide exposure to developing study methods, collecting and analyzing data, and presenting findings.

Residents who successfully complete the PGY2 pharmacy residency are well-suited for advanced patient care, academic, or specialized positions, as well as specialty board certification. The residency program is designed and conducted in a manner that supports residents in achieving the following purpose and the required educational competency areas, goals, and objectives described in the ASHP Accreditation Standards for Postgraduate Year Two (PGY2) Pharmacy Residency Programs

The following competency areas are taught and evaluated throughout the residency term:
(1) Patient care
(2) Advancing practice and improving patient care
(3) Leadership and management
(4) Teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge

Website: https://www.saintfrancis.com/Careers/Documents/SFH_PGY2_ID_MANUAL.pdf