Team-Based Practice Educator, Pharmacy

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The salary will be commensurate with education preparation and experience with an expected range of $00 annually at 1.0 FTE.

This non-tenure term position consists of equal responsibilities as a Lecturer (50%) and Clinical Faculty member (50%).

UBC Health is in the process of establishing a Centre for Innovation in Collaborative Health Education and Team-Based Care. The goal is to create a first-of-its-kind provincial centre providing an opportunity for students educators healthcare professionals researchers and patients to work together to improve the quality of healthcare delivery through innovations in interprofessional learning team-based care and research. A core component of the Centre will be a new purpose-built interprofessional teaching clinic in the Gateway South building on the UBC Vancouver Point Grey campus. By convening and facilitating partnerships with learners patients and UBC health professions programs the Gateway Clinic will lead ongoing innovation and scholarship in collaborative health education and team-based primary care in BC building learner competencies and placement capacity for collaborative practice in primary care across the province. The Gateway Clinic will aim to support approximately 4500 patients through longitudinal team-based primary care via the BC Patient Attachment System.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia Vancouver campus invites applications for one (1) full-time faculty position to join the Gateway Clinic team. This non-tenure term position consists of equal responsibilities as a Lecturer (50%) and Clinical Faculty member (50%).

Initial appointments with the Faculty start at a one-year term with the possibility of reappointment. Reappointment is subject to demonstrated excellence in teaching. The position is also expected to engage in supervision of learners in the practice education setting service contributions and scholarly activities to advance collaborative health education practice or quality improvement.

Reporting to the Associate Dean Practice Innovation of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences with functional reporting to the Director of Care and Program Director of the Gateway Clinic the successful candidate will be expected to teach as a practice educator contribute to the assessment and evaluation of learners in the clinical setting and support student learning and innovation in person-centred team-based care. They will be responsible for continuity of care using evidence-informed practice to collaborate with other health professionals and support learners practice education. The incumbent will also be expected to lead and/or participate in quality improvement initiatives scholarly activities and evaluation of collaborative health education programs and team-based practices. As the Gateway Clinic is a newly developing initiative the successful candidate will help to develop and implement the practices employed at the clinic and will evaluate and iterate upon best practices in team-based education and care.

Responsibilities in the role of the Lecturer include but are not limited to:

• Teaching and supervising learners in the following tasks to support practice education:

• Using a comprehensive medication management approach to assess and develop care plans for ambulatory patients.

• Consulting coordinating and referring to other team members specialists or community organizations to support the patient and caregiver in multiple dimensions of their health and wellbeing.

• Documenting care keeping medical records using the clinics electronic medical record keeping system.

• Working within their full scope and recognizing and addressing gaps in their knowledge to ensure safe quality care.

• Observe learners providing patient care including direct observation in the room or through video camera. Note: this is not for every patient encounter.

• Role model person-centred care for learners by empowering patients and caregivers as experts in their own lives prioritizing patient agency and advocating for patients and caregivers as equal team members and partners in care and education. Actively involve patients in clinical teaching and student learning (e.g. giving feedback to students on communication skills).

• Provide student support mentorship and training to learners from across the health professions. This may include providing feedback and preparing evaluations to learners regarding their patient care.

• Provide service to the University by participation in faculty and university level committees to advance collaborative health education and team-based care

• In consultation with Associate Dean Practice Innovation and Associate Dean Academic will provide additional interprofessional teaching based on Faculty need (e.g. involvement in the integrated health curriculum teaching)

Responsibilities in the role of Clinical Faculty include but are not limited to:

• Use data and research insights to devise and propose meaningful changes for ongoing improvement of clinical teaching learning and interprofessional practice and education

• Work cohesively in a team environment including the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with a large group of faculty staff students patients caregivers other individuals within a patients support network and partner organizations in care education and research.

• Learn adapt and utilize health and learning technologies (e.g. electronic health record artificial intelligence) effectively in a rapidly changing health system and health professions education program.

• When required due to learner availability and capacity provide continuity of pharmaceutical care within an interdisciplinary team setting to facilitate innovation in team-based education and care

Applicants must be a pharmacist with completion of entry-to-practice pharmacy degree (BSc in Pharmacy or PharmD) a license to practice as a full pharmacist in BC and authorization to administer immunizations (or the ability to become licensed and authorized) by the College of Pharmacists of BC. Professional liability insurance is required. The successful candidate must have a minimum of 3-5 years of clinical practice experience in a relevant practice area and experience teaching students in university settings and/or providing direct clinical supervision. Specific expertise in primary care or experience working in team-based care contexts is required. Preference will be given to applicants with a residency in primary/ambulatory care or with an additional post-graduate degree in a related discipline (e.g. education leadership or research). Familiarity with the UBC entry-to-practice PharmD pharmacy curriculum is addition the successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate a commitment to enhancing ones own awareness knowledge and skills related to equity diversity inclusion and trauma-informed care.

• Possess a willingness to respect diverse perspectives including perspectives in conflict with ones own.

• Demonstrate a strong foundation in key program concepts such as person-centred team-based care interprofessional education shared decision-making and continuous quality improvement or approaches for integrating knowledge into practice.

• Demonstrate a commitment to cultural humility and lifelong learning by continuing to develop the technical relational and professional skills needed now and in the future to provide a culturally safe environment that support a diverse range learners and patients.

• Demonstrate the ability to work in an educational environment supporting and enabling the success of learners (e.g. health professional students).

• Demonstrate knowledge of PharmaCare policies and procedures common drug products (dosage forms costs availability) and common nonprescription and natural health products is desired.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the determinants of health and health promotion and chronic disease management principles and practices.

• Demonstrate knowledge of the standards of practice and guidelines for clinical practitioners established by the College of Pharmacists of BC.

• Demonstrate experience and interest in pursuing evaluation and research to advance collaborative health education and practice improvement.

• Demonstrate ability to collaborate effectively both in-person and virtually with a diverse team in a complex environment.

• Demonstrates exceptional culturally safe communication skills that support therapeutic relationships clear documentation collaborative team-based care and psychologically safe environments for learners patients and colleagues alike.

The Gateway Clinic is a collaborative project across the health professions led by UBC Health within a centre for innovation in collaborative health education and team-based care. UBCs School of Nursing is the administrative operator of the Gateway to Team-Based Care.

The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences offers one of the top pharmacy degree programs in Canada as well as an excellent work environment in their award-winning building. Rapidly growing the Faculty is now home to more than 85 full-time and cross-appointed academic faculty members over 600 clinical faculty 1200 undergraduate students and 120 graduate students.

The salary will be commensurate with education preparation and experience with an expected range of $00 annually at 1.0 FTE plus benefits. Candidates who bring diverse perspectives and lived experiences are encouraged to apply as we strive to enhance diversity inclusiveness socio-cultural representation and perspective of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. An application package should include:

• a letter of application that addresses scholarly professional and creative work teaching philosophy administrative service research and experience fostering interprofessional collaboration and education;

• a brief statement (1-2 pages) of your current or previous contributions to advancing anti-racism equity diversity decolonization Indigenization and inclusion in an academic professional or community context;

• a brief statement (1 page) of your understanding of collaborative team-based patient-centered care

• a detailed curriculum vitae; and

• names of three references

Applications should be submitted online.

The anticipated start date is March 16 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Review of applications will begin on January 2 2026. We will continue reviewing applications until a suitable candidate is found.

Inquiries about the position may be directed to .

Commitment to Accessibility and Accommodation

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible work environment for all members of its workforce. Within this hiring process we will make efforts to create an accessible process for all candidates (including but not limited to disabled people). Confidential accommodations are available on request by contacting . If you have any questions regarding accommodations or accessibility during the recruitment and hiring process or for more information and support please visit UBCs Centre for Workplace Accessibility (CWA) or contact the Centre at .