60% Instructor, Senior Instructor, or University Teaching Fellow, Pharmacy Skills Lab

The College of Pharmacy in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Health invites applications from qualified candidates for a career stream position (60%) in the College of Pharmacy Skills Lab at the rank of Instructor, Senior Instructor, or University Teaching Fellow, depending on qualifications. 

 

Dalhousie University is comprised of 6,000 faculty and staff amongst its 13 faculties. Current enrollment is 18,500 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 Dalhousie, 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.

 

Dalhousie’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 Skills Laboratory component of the undergraduate curriculum consists of Skills Lab courses in each year of the curriculum. The courses use evidence-based pedagogical approaches, focusing on practical skill development and application of knowledge acquired in the problem-based learning and critical appraisal series components of the curriculum. Students learn to identify drug therapy problems and develop therapeutic management and monitoring plans. Professional skills required for successful completion of the practice experience program are introduced and practiced. Content includes, but is not limited to: pharmaceutical care, including application of clinical therapeutics and pharmaceutics applied through patient care scenarios, medication history taking, written and verbal communication skills, patient education, device training, injection training, extemporaneous compounding, prescription evaluation and processing and pharmacist prescribing. Simulation is integrated throughout all years. Skills Lab courses are integrated and linked and require extensive collaboration amongst the Skills Lab faculty.

 

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The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring students fulfill specific learning outcomes.  This is achieved by: developing, updating and delivering lectures, lab and workshop material (presentations, cases, assignments), arranging guest lecturers with relevant expertise, recruiting, training and supervising lab demonstrators, and assessing student progress with provision of both written and oral feedback

 

The successful applicant will work closely with other Skills Lab instructors to ensure seamless development of curriculum between years.  They will work with faculty from all aspects of the curriculum, including therapeutics and pharmaceutical sciences (integrated problem-based learning), critical appraisal series, social, behavioural and administrative pharmacy, and the practice experience program, to ensure appropriate integration of concepts through the Skills Lab curriculum. The successful applicant may also partner with faculty and staff in other health related programs. This position includes participation in College, Faculty and University committees.

 

Applicants must possess an entry-to-practice pharmacy degree and be eligible for licensure to practice pharmacy in Nova Scotia.  The successful candidate will have demonstrated exemplary pharmacy practice experience. A minimum of five years’ exemplary pharmacy experience is preferred.  Experience in pharmacy skills-based teaching is required.  This includes direct instruction, facilitation, and assessment of students. Course coordination and development is an asset. Best qualified applicants will have experience using Learning Management Systems.  The successful candidate must be available to teach both online and in person.  

 

Applicants will submit a cover letter describing their teaching, pharmacy practice, and administrative experiences.  Applicants should clearly explain how these experiences demonstrate how they fulfill the requirements of the position.  A curriculum vitae must also be submitted.  Both documents will be submitted to: http://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/8241. 

The position will close on Feb 18, 2022.

 

This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

 

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

 

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.

The successful candidate will be required to provide proof of full vaccination or may seek an accommodation from Dalhousie’s vaccine requirements on grounds protected under provincial human rights legislation. Visit the Campus Check website for more information.