Overview
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.
Responsibilities
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
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
Working Conditions
- Extensive Use of Computers
- Extensive time sitting and standing
- Able to lift up to 5 lbs.
Maximum Salary
USD $127,500.00/Yr.
Minimum Salary
USD $102,000.00/Yr.
