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COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, FACULTY OF HEALTH, DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Limited-Term Instructor Position (5 Years) – Primary Care/Community Pharmacotherapeutics
The College of Pharmacy in Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Faculty of Health invites applications from qualified candidates for a five-year, 100% FTE, limited term position in the College of Pharmacy at the rank of Instructor.
Â鶹´«Ã½ is comprised of 6,000 faculty and staff amongst its 13 faculties. Current enrollment is over 21,000 graduate and undergraduate students. As the largest university in the Maritimes and a member of Canada’s U15 research-intensive university group, Dal is an influential driver of the region’s intellectual, social and economic development.
The Faculty of Health’s faculty, staff and students are committed to improving the well-being of individuals, families, communities and populations through diverse health programming, collaborative research and strong community partnerships. The Faculty of Health is one of the largest faculties at Â鶹´«Ã½, comprised of eight schools, one college and one program, more than 200 faculty members, 80 staff members and over 3,000 students. With the most programmatically diverse health faculty in Canada, our students are exposed to a broad range of health topics and learning experiences.
Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s College of Pharmacy is committed to achieving the five strategic directions of the Faculty of Health including engaging in transformational teaching and learning, growth of the research enterprise, fostering citizenship, cultivating partnerships and mobilizing supports for innovation.
The successful candidate may coordinate therapeutics/skills/elective courses, will develop content and teach pharmacotherapeutics and related subject matter in areas common to primary care/community pharmacy which may include topics such as dermatology, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal conditions, immunological issues, and/or other therapeutic areas, and point of care testing or home health care. Other teaching responsibilities may include delivering content within the social, behavioural, and administrative pharmacy, professional skills, and interprofessional health education streams. Collaboration with others team-teaching in these areas will be required.
The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring students fulfill specific learning outcomes. This is achieved by: developing, updating and/or delivering cases and lectures and assessing student progress with provision of both written and oral feedback. Full course development may be required in some areas assigned.
This position may also include participation in College, Faculty and University committees, continuing pharmacy education programs and other professional and administrative service activities, as required.
Applicants must possess an entry-to-practice pharmacy degree and hold a pharmacy license in one of the Maritime provinces with an in-depth understanding of scope of pharmacy practice in the Maritime province of licensure. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of exemplary pharmacy practice experience in primary care, community pharmacy, chronic disease management, or equivalent advanced training and experience. Experience teaching in pharmacy practice and/or pharmacotherapeutics is required. Experience teaching in a problem-based learning curriculum is an asset. The successful candidate must be available to teach in-person.
Applicants must submit a cover letter stating qualifications and abilities and a complete and current curriculum vitae. Applications are to be submitted online at . The deadline for applications is March 3, 2025.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Â鶹´«Ã½ commits to achieving inclusive excellence through continually championing equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The university encourages applications from Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island (especially Mi’kmaq), persons of Black/African descent (especially African Nova Scotians), and members of other racialized groups, persons with disabilities, women, persons identifying as members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. In accordance with our Employment Equity Policy, preference will be given in hiring processes to candidates who self-identify as members of one or more of the equity-deserving groups listed above. For more information, including details related to our Employment Equity Policy and Plan and definitions of equity-deserving groups please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.
If you require any support for the purpose of accommodation, such as technical aids or alternative arrangements, please let us know of these needs and how we can be of assistance. Â鶹´«Ã½ is committed to ensuring all candidates have full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed here.
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OSCE Assessors
We also need Pharmacists to participate as OSCE assessors for the 3rd and 4th year lab exams, taking place in November/December and April.Ìý These are 1 day commitments.Ìý For more information please contact Kim Sponagle at kim.sponagle@dal.ca.Ìý Note:Ìý Pharmacists who evaluate the PEBC OSCE are considered to be in conflict unable to participate in these exams.