The Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration is seeking highly creative and motivated individuals for the following positions. 

Tenure Track Position, Social and Administrative Health Sciences

Kansas City campus

This tenure track faculty position, serving as a member of the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration with a teaching and research emphasis in the social and administrative health sciences, is available at the assistant, associate, or professor level. The faculty member will be expected to develop and maintain an extramurally funded research program, collaborate with other faculty to build the graduate program in social and administrative sciences, provide professional and graduate student instruction and serve the university and their discipline. Opportunities for collaboration exist with faculty members within the school, state government health agencies, managed care organizations, health professional schools within UMKC and a nationally ranked school of business and public administration.  The faculty member will also be an integral part of facilitating the curriculum and leading large and small group teaching. The social and administrative health sciences position is located at the UMKC Health Sciences Building in Kansas City at a multidisciplinary medical center campus.  Candidates should have a doctor of philosophy degree in an area of pharmacy administration or health services research.

Contact:  Jack E. Fincham, Ph.D., R.Ph., Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Search Committee Chair; (816) 235-5909, finchamj@umkc.edu

Non-Tenure Track Position in Specialty Pharmacy Practice Area

Kansas City campus

This non-tenure track faculty position will practice in a pharmacy specialty area such as inpatient medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, cardiology, oncology or pediatrics, based upon the candidate’s clinical expertise and institution needs.  In addition to developing a clinical service, the faculty member will also be an integral part of developing the site to help facilitate delivery of the curriculum, large and small group teaching, establishing new clinical services, and mentoring pharmacy students. 

Contact:  Steven C. Stoner, Pharm.D., BCPP, Chair and Clinical Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Search Committee Chair; (816) 235-5464, stoners@umkc.edu

Non-Tenure Track Position in Specialty Pharmacy Practice Area

Columbia satellite campus

This non-tenure track faculty position will practice in a specialty pharmacy area such as ambulatory care, inpatient medicine, internal medicine or family medicine, based upon the candidate’s clinical expertise and institution needs.  In addition to developing a clinical service, the faculty member will also be an integral part of developing the satellite program in terms of facilitating the curriculum, large and small group teaching, establishing new clinical services, and mentoring pharmacy students. 

Contact:  Kathleen A. Snella, Pharm.D., BCPS, Associate Dean and Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Search Committee Chair; (573) 882-1590, snellak@umkc.edu

Non-Tenure Track Position in Ambulatory Care/Primary Care Medicine

Columbia satellite campus

The position is in adult ambulatory/primary care medicine. One of the sites available is at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital.  The faculty member will practice within the VA Hospital’s primary care team clinics with opportunities to develop and initiate new services based on clinical expertise and veterans' needs.  The faculty member will also be an integral part of developing the satellite program in terms of facilitating the curriculum, large and small group teaching, establishing new clinical services, and mentoring pharmacy students. 

Contact:  Kathleen A. Snella, Pharm.D., BCPS, Associate Dean and Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Search Committee Chair; (573) 882-1590, snellak@umkc.edu