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 equipped to meet the challenges of contemporary pharmacy practice with an emphasis in process improvement principles. The residency experience provides a solid foundation of skills essential for advanced hospital practice or the pursuit of additional, specialized post-graduate pharmacy training.

PGY1 pharmacy residency programs build on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and outcomes to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists responsible for medication-related care of patients with a wide range of conditions, eligible for board certification, and eligible for postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residency training.

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; and,
(4) teaching, education, and dissemination of knowledge

Website: https://www.saintfrancis.com/Careers/Documents/SFH_PGY1_MANUAL.pdf