Assistant or Associate Professor/ Pharmacy Practice Labs Coordinator

Organization's Summary Statement:
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) seeks a full-time, twelve-month, non-tenure track faculty member to coordinate all pharmacy practice teaching laboratory/skills activities across the PharmD Program. UMES is located in rural Maryland and is one of America’s most beautiful campuses. The School of Pharmacy is dedicated to developing exemplary pharmacy professionals and scholars who are committed to patient-centered care, lifelong learning, discovery, and service for diverse communities of the Delmarva Peninsula, the State of Maryland, and around the world. Faculty are dedicated and promote a positive work environment.

Salary: $116,500 - $135,960

Benefits:
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, as a University System of Maryland institution and a Maryland State agency, provides a comprehensive benefits package to all regular faculty and staff. The Office of Employee Benefits provides consultative services and assistance with benefits planning, enrollment, and changes. Eligible employees may participate in a variety of benefit plans including:

• Health insurance, including multiple medical plan options for employees
and dependents offered through the State of Maryland Employee Benefits
Division.
• Prescription drug, dental, and flexible spending accounts, and vision
coverage.
• Retirement plans: mandatory enrollment in a state pension system or an
Optional Retirement Plan with Fidelity or TIAA, Supplemental Retirement
Accounts (TIAA, Fidelity, or MSRP-Nationwide) with $600 annual state
match, Life Insurance (state sponsored MetLife, USM sponsored MetLife
Plan, life insurance and long-term disability insurance).
• Tuition remission benefits for eligible employees and, subject to USM
policies, spouses and dependents at University System of Maryland
institutions.
• Leave benefits, including paid annual (22 days per year) and sick leave (15
days), personal leave (3 days per year) and paid holidays.
• Employee wellness and support resources and access to the State of
Maryland wellness programs.

Responsibilities:
• Curriculum planning, mapping and assessment of laboratory/skills
activities for the school’s newly designed integrated curriculum.
• Coordination of all practice laboratory/skills activities across the
curriculum, including objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs).
• Orientation of faculty, health professionals and students to the lab.
• Train faculty, adjunct faculty, health professionals, and
resident/fellow/student to execute laboratory/skills activities.
• Preparation of the lab for skills-based activities.
• Order supplies and maintain inventory for all pharmacy practice lab
activities.
• Work collaboratively with all faculty in scheduling skills-based activities in
the lab.
• Assist faculty in developing and implementing meaningful
practice/clinically based scenarios for simulation.
• Assist faculty in the development of the assessment tools used to assess
entrustable professional activities.
• Provide feedback and evaluate student skills assessments in coordination
with course instructors.
• Assists in procuring and maintaining various pharmacy-related software
and equipment.
• Provide oversight to students for remediation of practice skills as
requested by faculty.
• Cooperate and coordinate with others in team taught courses as agreed to
with the Department Chair.
• Maintain a clinical practice site in their area of expertise.
• Develop independent and collaborative educational research in their area of
expertise.
• Serve on School and University committees, participate in regional and/or
national professional organizations, and engage in other school and
University activities (e.g. admissions interviews, student advising).
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Department Chair

Required Minimum Qualifications:
• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.
• Post-doctorate residency training, academic fellowship, or at least 3 years
of comparable clinical experience.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• A record of leadership.
• Excellent communication skills

Physical Demands:
• May require extended periods of standing, bending, stooping, sitting at
desk.
• May require lifting.
• Requires communication with a variety of constituents externally and
internally.
• Requires operation of a variety of office equipment.

Preferences:
• Experience in providing direct patient care and teaching in both didactic
and experiential teaching is preferable.
• Additional consideration will be given to candidates with a strong pharmacy
practice background, previous full-time academic experience, and those
who have completed the American Pharmacist Association Certificate
Training Programs in Immunization, Medical Therapy Management, and
Patient-Centered Diabetes Care.

Licenses/ Certifications:
• Current Maryland pharmacy license or eligibility for Maryland licensure
required.

UMES-HLPR-School of Health Professions

Faculty Regular

$116,500 - $135,960