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JOB TITLE:
Clinical Assistant Professor
JOB PURPOSE:
The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy is seeking to hire one fulltime 12month appointment) nontenure track faculty member with expertise in either ambulatory care or inpatient internal medicine services. This faculty position will be hired at the level of assistant professor within the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Individuals in this position will contribute to teaching service and scholarship supporting the mission and vision of the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy. Teaching responsibilities include experiential instruction at an assigned practice site as well as didactic teaching on campus in teamtaught longitudinal course series. Additional responsibilities include scholarship academic service professional & community service and other duties as assigned.
Faculty members are expected to develop and/or advance ambulatory care or internal medicine services at the Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Cheyenne WY. Faculty members would be expected to travel to the main campus in Laramie WY for didactic teaching and service activities that require a physical presence on campus.
Established in 1946 the University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy just recently celebrated its 75th anniversary in pharmacy education. The School of Pharmacy is located on the main University of Wyoming campus in Laramie WY a beautiful area known for abundant sunshine and yearround recreational activities. Within the College of Health Sciences it partners with training programs in nursing communication disorders social work and kinesiology and health as well as the WWAMI Medical Education program and Wyoming Institute for Disabilities to provide a widerange of training opportunities across many disciplines. In addition to its fouryear Doctor of Pharmacy program (the only PharmD program in the state of Wyoming) the School of Pharmacy also oversees its online M.S. in Health Services Administration program and the UWCasper Medical Laboratory Sciences program. The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy is known for excellence in pharmacy education and it exists to advance the educational and professional development of its students generate and translate scientific findings into meaningful innovations in healthcare and positively impact the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves.
The VA Cheyenne Health Care System offers a balance of professional and clinical complexity that stimulates growth yet it also allows the professional an opportunity to enjoy life outside of work. If you are interested in a position that offers an integrated patientcentered approach while providing compassionate and state of the art care to Veterans we welcome you to apply. By serving and honoring the men and women who are Americas Veterans we fulfill President Lincolns promise to care for him who shall have served in our nations military and for their families caregivers and survivors.
The health care system serves nearly 24000 Veterans and is a 22bed general medical facility that offers acute chronic inpatient and outpatient services. The facility offers extended care services for Veterans within the 42bed Community Living Center and inpatient behavioral health with a 10bed Domiciliary.
The primary role of the Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner (CPP) within the VA involves direct patient care utilizing an advanced Scope of Practice (SOP) relative to Pharmacotherapy/Disease State Management within the interdisciplinary team setting. The CPP will provide comprehensive medication management of complex patients with acute and chronic disease states by rounding with the team facetoface telephone and telehealth encounters or indirect care and chart reviews. The CPP functions at the highest level of clinical practice working independently under their scope of practice as defined by Cheyenne VA Health Care System (CVAHCS) to directly care for patients. The CPP serves as a midlevel provider who functions to initiate modify or discontinue medication therapy and as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management. This includes but is not limited to the following: designing implementing assessing monitoring and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective least toxic and most economical medication treatments; helping achieve positive patient centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patients providers and interdisciplinary teams in assigned areas; performing physical assessments; and ordering laboratory and other tests to help determine efficacy and toxicity of medication therapy.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Precept and teach fourweek Ambulatory Care (or Internal Medicine) I and II Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience blocks throughout the calendar year (average is two students per rotation block for six months out of the year).
Teach in the didactic setting on campus in teamtaught courses during the academic year (Therapeutics course sequence Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacy Skills course sequence).
Advise pharmacy students.
Engage in scholarly activity.
Serve on school college and university and professional society committees.
Provide drug therapy management and direct patient care services for patients within the Cheyenne Veteran Affairs Medical Center.
SUPPLEMENTAL FUNCTIONS:
Travel to the Laramie campus as required.
COMPETENCIES:
Adaptability attention to detail teamwork effective written and verbal communication collegiality.
REMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY:
This position provides vital support to campus customers and requires the successful candidate be available to work on campus.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Doctor of Pharmacy degree from an ACPEaccredited program.
Completion of a pharmacy practice residency (PGY1 or equivalent experience.
Ambulatory Care clinic or hospital internal medicine work experience.
Eligibility for pharmacy licensure in WY.
All applicants selected for employment and practicing within a VA may be subject to random urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use as part of random workplace screening. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied practice within the VA.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Specialty pharmacy residency (PGY2 or fellowship.
Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) certification.
Teaching experience.
Scholarship experience.
Prior VA clinical experience/training.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
This position will remain open until filled. Complete applications received by 4/1/2025 will receive full consideration.
Complete the online application and upload the following for a complete application: cover letter resume or C.V. and contact information for four workrelated references.
The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the United States. Sponsorship for H1B work authorization or work visa is not available for this position.
HIRING STATEMENT:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation to apply for a position please callor email .
ABOUT LARAMIE:
The University of Wyoming is located in Laramie a town of 30000 in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West. The state of Wyoming continues to invest in its university helping to make it a leader in academics research and outreach. The university has stateoftheart facilities in many areas and the community provides the advantages of a major university.
Located in a high mountain valley near the Colorado border Laramie offers both outstanding recreational opportunities and close proximity to Colorados Front Range a bustling group of metropolitan cities including Denver Boulder and Fort Collins. This beautiful mountain landscape offers outdoor enjoyment in all seasons with over 300 days of sunshine annually. For more information about the region please visit http://visitlaramie/
ABOUT CHEYENNE:
The VA is inCheyenne the capital and most populous city of Wyoming. Its located convenient to scenic and distinct areas: Curt Gowdy State park Medicine Bow National Forest Pole Mountain and Vedauwoo. The area offers a wide variety of outdoor activities creating an ideal playground and hosts several historic and cultural events.Cheyenne offers many opportunities to enhance worklife balance which makes it an ideal location to start a career raise a family or ease into retirement.
Clinical Asst Professor - School of Pharmacy
