Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Touro College of Pharmacy, and Assistant Professor, Touro College of Dental Medicine

## Overview The Touro College of 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. The faculty position includes a faculty appointment at the Touro College of Dental Medicine. The practice site is at the Touro College of Dental Medicine in Hawthorne, New York. ## Responsibilities Job Responsibilities include, but not limited to the following: - Faculty will develop an innovative clinical practice in an in-patient or ambulatory care setting and serve as a preceptor and role model for students on introductory and advanced pharmacy practice experiences - Faculty will provide didactic classroom teaching and recitation instruction on campus - Faculty will provide service on college committees, will attend and participate in departmental meetings, and will perform other faculty duties as appropriate - Faculty will contribute to new knowledge (research) through research activities, poster presentations, publications, obtaining grants and/or contracts, clinical trials and other scholarly work - Faculty will 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 at the Dental Clinic 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 dentists 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 dentists 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 dental 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 dental providers and residents in areas identified by the dental providers (for example, antimicrobial spectrum/coverage, indications for anticoagulant discontinuation, duration of action, and reversal agents, 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 dental residents - Lead and collaborate on research endeavors with dental school faculty and students ## Qualifications #### Education/Experience - The applicant should have a Pharm.D. Degree with post-graduate training- a PGY-1 and PGY-2 Residency 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 #### 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 a…