Director Drug Information

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The Hampton University Department of Pharmacy Practice invites applications for

a

highly motivated

individual to serve as

Director of the Drug Information Center (DIC) for a twelve-month, full-time, non-tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2023

Founded in 1868, Hampton University is a leading historically black university (HBCU) located on the Virginia Peninsula in the City of Hampton.

  It is a privately endowed, co-educational, nonsectarian institution.  The School of Pharmacy is seeking Pre-Candidate Status by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

and

if approved, will

award the Doctor of Pharmacy degree.

It is located on the east coast of Virginia in the picturesque Hampton Roads area that includes the cities of Hampton, Norfolk, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Newport News.

The University

seeks

to motivate and prepare students to achieve at the highest academic level. Students develop and

demonstrate

a sense of character within themselves and in their relationship with others. Students are taught to embrace those personal values, which make them responsive to the social, economic and

more

problems affecting our society.

Description of the Drug Information Center (DIC):

The Hampton University School of Pharmacy DIC aims to:

Proactively develop and deliver valuable medication information to healthcare professionals and consumers with an emphasis on improving patients' medication-related health status,

Train our students to develop

expertise

in the retrieval, interpretation, and communication of medication information, and

Contribute to the advancement of medication and public health information through scholarly activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Responsibilities as Director of the DIC include all aspects of the center operations and support for the functions

of

as the center will

provide

education to the public. Responsibilities of the faculty appointment within the School of Pharmacy

Responsibilities include developing,

coordinating

and delivering didactic education that align with current ACPE standards; developing and

maintaining

an innovative Drug Information practice site; conducting scholarly activities such as patient-centered outcomes research, Grantsmanship and publications; engaging in service to the University and the community

and other activities appropriate to the position

Essential Responsibilities of the Position:

Teaching

Precept 4

th

Year students for the Drug Information APPE

Coordinate courses including but not limited to: Principles of Drug Information, Intro to Drug Information & Health Informatics

Provide instruction in other courses as assigned, including the use of Blackboard and ExamSoft to deliver instructional materials

Provide instruction on the use of drug information databases, statistical software, etc

Scholarly activities

Develop and deliver valuable drug information resources, particularly critical analysis and economic evaluation of newly approved medications or recent publications focused on clinical programs

Enhance instructional materials for use within courses, continuing education

programs, and delivery via the DIC website

Publish a minimum of one peer-reviewed article, or comparable activity, per year

Service

Increase the access and use of developed drug information resources

Administer and manage all aspects of delivering drug information services to the Hampton University community

Comply with

all the duties and responsibilities associated with being a Hampton University faculty member 

Requirements

Additional Requirements

Working knowledge of statistical analysis programs (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R,

Sofastats

Working knowledge of database systems (e.g., SQL Server, MySQL)

Working knowledge of all major drug information resources and databases

Excellent communication, analytic, interpersonal, and presentation skills

Qualifications

Candidates applying for this position will be considered based on the following qualifications.

Basic Qualifications

A graduate

of an ACPE-accredited pharmacy program

with a Pharm.D. degree.

Licensed, within

90 days

of hire, to practice pharmacy by the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy.

Completion of a PGY-1 residency or a minimum of TWO years’ experience in working in a Drug Information Center and/or Health Informatics

Preferred Qualifications

Completion of

Drug

Information, Pharmacoeconomics, Health Informatics or Health Economics Outcome Research (HEOR) residency or fellowship program

Minimum two years’ experience in a comparable position

2 years of supervisory experience in drug safety/pharmacovigilance

Graduate-level training in biostatistics

Excellent leadership and communication skills

Proven ability to manage multiple competing projects

Company info

Hampton University
Website : http://www.hamptonu.edu