Touro College of Pharmacy invites applications for 12-month faculty position in Ambulatory Care at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Specialty of particular interests are oncology, ambulatory care, psychiatry, or acute care.
Interested candidates should email their CV and Letter of Intent to Michael Liu at cheuk-michael.liu15@touro.edu. In addition, please complete the job application via Touro.
Responsibilities
Job Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
Develop an innovative clinical practice in an ambulatory care setting and serve as a preceptor and role model for students on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences
Provide didactic classroom teaching and recitation instruction on campus
Provide service on college committees, will attend and participate in departmental meetings, and will perform other faculty duties as appropriate
Contribute to new knowledge (research) through research activities, poster presentations, publications, obtaining grants and/or contracts, clinical trials, and other scholarly work
Provide reports and other documents as requested by Department Chairs, Directors, and Deans.
Practice Site Job Responsibilities
Daily services provided by the pharmacist faculty member and/or students supervised by the faculty member include:
Perform medication reconciliation for patients seen in the clinic
Perform prospective medication review for patients seen in the clinic
Administer vaccines (flu, pneumococcal, shingles)
Counsel patients on medications prescribed by providers on appointment discharge
Design patient education leaflets for commonly prescribed agents including pain medications such as NSAIDs, Opioids, antimicrobials, and others as indicated
Respond to drug information queries
Perform prospective drug utilization reviews and provide interventions regarding agents prescribed by providers and to include review for drug interactions, contraindications, renal dosing, cost effective medication prescribing, preventative medication prescribing (such as PPIs to prevent gastropathy when using NSAIDs)
Perform screening tests for the clinic as indicated and permitted by NYS law (for example hemoglobin A1c HIV or others)
Perform pharmacogenetic testing when indicated
Provide clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy education to providers and residents in areas identified by the providers (for example, antimicrobial spectrum/coverage indications for anticoagulant discontinuation, duration of action, and reversal agents, and pain management, renal dose, adjustment of commonly utilized agents, common and important drug-drug and drug-disease interactions)
Provide timely information and updates on prescribing laws and regulations in NY State
Detect, report, and manage adverse drug reactions and medication errors
Develop collaborative drug therapy management protocols to include ambulatory care services, prescribing, and ordering laboratory tests and diagnostic imaging
Review medication storage to assist in meeting regulatory requirements
Offer a rotation in the pharmacotherapy service to residents
Lead and collaborate on research endeavors with school faculty and students
Qualifications
Education/ Experience
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) with post-graduate training- a PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residency required, preferably in ambulatory care or Fellowship or equivalent clinical experience
Previous academic experience and board certification in an area appropriate for the applicant's training and experience (e.g. BCPS or BCACP) are preferred
Must be eligible for licensure in the state of New York
Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities
A high degree of interpersonal competency: Professionalism, diplomacy, judgement, and discretion required
Strong commitment to teaching practice and scholarship
Exemplary interpersonal communication and organization skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook