Hybrid Assistant or Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice bei Touro University New York

Touro Pharmacy invites applications for 12-month faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Specialty of interest in ambulatory care.

Job Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

• Develop an innovative clinical practice in the family medicine clinic at New York Presbyterian 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 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
• Perform screening tests as indicated and permitted
• 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
• 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 required.
• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) with post-graduate training- a PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residency required, 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. BPS and 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, PowerPoint, & Outlook

Travel

• As required

Working Conditions

• Extensive Use of Computers
• Extensive time sitting and standing
• Able to lift up to 5 lbs.