Professor (Scale 2) in Clinical Pharmacy Practice

This post is being recruited as part of UCC Futures- Future Medicines

UCC Futures - Future Medicines combines a multidisciplinary team of renowned world leading scientists, engineers and clinician investigators at University College Cork and affiliated hospitals to deliver high-impact, transformational, next generation medicines and medical technologies.

It leverages the expertise and infrastructure across multiple Schools in UCC’s College of Medicine & Health, in addition to UCC Research Centres and Institutes including APC Microbiome Ireland and our flagship Tyndall National Institute.   This unique translational environment will become a magnet for small & medium enterprise and multi-national corporation investment in the region particularly across the biopharma, healthcare and medtech sectors. 

UCC Futures - Future Medicines is creating step-change advancements in earlier detection, faster prognosis and targeted treatments to reduce the global health burden and improve quality-of-life for patients with chronic conditions, such as cancer, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological, and inflammatory diseases. 

Applications are invited for the five-year whole-time post of Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Practice (Scale 2) in the School of Pharmacy, within the College of Medicine and Health at University College Cork in Ireland.  The appointee will have an established and internationally recognised academic career in Clinical Pharmacy Practice with experience of leading innovative research programmes, evidence of significant grant capture and a high-quality publication record. The successful candidate will be expected to play a major role in leadership within the School of Pharmacy, to further develop of the discipline of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, and to be an effective contributor to research, research-led teaching and administration elements in UCC. This new post in Clinical Pharmacy is aligned to ‘UCC Futures’ programme  and specifically ‘Future Medicines’ – a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers and clinician investigators at UCC, working across disciplines to translate next generation medicines and medical technology for diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases. Applications are particularly welcome from those whose research interests are translational and/or transformative in the context of patient-focused pharmaceutical care, for example, in one or more of the following thematic areas in Future medicines: 

• Pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment
• Pharmacovigilance and medicine safety
• Pharmacometrics and medicine optimisation
• Patient access to medicines
• Patient acceptability and Patient needs for Future medicines 

The successful appointee will hold an academic qualification to PhD/Doctorate level in Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy related discipline and be registered (or be eligible to register) as a pharmacist with the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI). 

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to the Head of the School of Pharmacy, Professor Brendan Griffin

Appointment may be made on the Professor (Scale 2) Salary Scale: €109,602 - €128,722 (Scale B) / €104,122 - €122,287 (Scale A)

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal

Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to mailto:uccfuturesrecruitment@ucc.ie, quoting the job-title.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Thursday, 16th March 2023.

No late applications will be accepted.

University College Cork is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage you to reach out to us directly should you require assistance or reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

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