Faculty.Professor.Assistant - Full-Time

Position Description

Psychiatric Pharmacy Clinical Specialist Assistant Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics

School of Pharmacy

1. Brief statement of duties and responsibilities:

The Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy (SOP) is seeking a highly motivated, creative, team-orientated individual for a full-time, calendar year, appointment stream faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. The successful candidate will have their primary efforts focused on providing pharmacy services and patient care for patients at the UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital (WPH). This is an in-person, on campus position. The faculty member will primarily spend their time working in the WPH and the SOP buildings. This faculty position may be union eligible.

The University of Pittsburgh is in the top 2% of universities worldwide and is ranked # 7 in NIH funding with $1.5 Billion invested in research. The University was recently recognized by Forbes as a “New Ivy”—1 of only 10 public universities in the U.S with such a distinction. The School of Pharmacy was recently ranked # 8 by the US News and World Report.

As a faculty member, the candidate will be committed to excellence in service, teaching, and scholarship. This is an on campus, full-time 12-month position. The school offers a professional Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree, and post-professional fellowship and graduate degree programs (M.S. and Ph.D.). The Pharm.D. and Ph.D. degree programs are delivered as non-virtual programs. Some Masters programs are virtual or hybrid.

Responsibilities for faculty position include:

· Serve as a psychiatric pharmacy specialist at WPH providing patient care in an academic psychiatric setting.

· Serving on committees at WPH as appropriate.

· Serve as a faculty member who teaches psychiatric-related content to the Pharm.D. students in didactic lectures students at the SOP.

· Serve the Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics through the following, additional duties, as assigned by the Department Chair:

• Participation in School committees (strategic planning and search committees)
• Active participation in local, regional, and/or national professional organizations
• Develop a track record of scholarship, which includes peer-reviewed publications, grants, and presentations at national and regional conferences.
• Precept pharmacy students and residents at UPMC WPH as part of clinical service.
• Other duties/tasks as assigned by the Department Chair and WPH supervisor.

2. Minimum objective qualifications; other desirable qualifications:

Required:

· A Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree from an accredited US university.

· Clinical expertise in psychiatric pharmacotherapy.

Preferred:

· Experience in teaching in a pharmacy school

· Completion of an ASHP-accredited PGY-2 psychiatric pharmacy residency

· Board certification in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP).

· Scholarship experience (publishing and presentation at scientific conferences).

3. Rank and/or title; salary range or minimum:

Appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor.

4. Tenure/tenure-stream/non-tenure stream; full/part-time:

This is an appointment stream, full-time position.

5. Proposed starting date:

November 1, 2026

6. Name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact:

Apply at join.pitt.edu, requisition 26006584, where you will upload your cover letter, CV, statement of teaching and areas of interest in scholarly activities and service, and names of three contacts who will serve as references. Please direct specific inquiries to Dr. Tom Nolin (nolin@pitt.edu) Chair of the Search Committee.

7. EEO/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled:

The University of Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.