Professor in Clinical Pharmacy in Integrated Care

Professor in Clinical Pharmacy in Integrated Care (BOF) (29991) Ghent University is one of the top 100 universities in the Dutch language area, with more than 44,000 students and 15,000 staff members.

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The position, funded by the Special Research Fund, is granted the privilege of focusing primarily on research for a period of 5 years. During that period the teaching load will be limited to no more than 8 ECTS credits per semester on average over a period of 3 years.

For the further development of the academic career, please see 'Appointment information' below.

You will be affiliated with the Pharmaceutical Care Unit of the Department of Bioanalysis within the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The Pharmaceutical Care Unit conducts scientific research (and provides education and services) in the field of rational drug use and drug‑related problems, and has primarily developed expertise in research on pharmaceutical care in primary care and in pharmacoepidemiology.

Academic research You will conduct innovative and internationally recognized research in the field of clinical pharmacy in the context of integrated care. Within the Pharmaceutical Care Unit, you will develop a complementary research line in clinical pharmacy, with a focus on the hospital setting and in interaction and complementarity with primary care. Your central research ambition is to contribute to the fundamental scientific underpinning of integrated, transmural care, in which rational and safe use of medicines is addressed in a coherent and continuous manner across different care settings. You will integrate your research with the existing research activities of the Pharmaceutical Care Unit, with a view to complementarity and mutual reinforcement that open up new research opportunities.

As an academic staff member (ZAP) with a primarily research‑oriented appointment, you will:

establish your own research line(s) within the field described above;

supervise doctoral students in their research projects in clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care;

acquire external research funding;

promote the societal relevance and impact of your research.

Academic education You lecture various course units in the discipline of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care. You will deploy your research expertise and clinical experience to deliver high‑quality, research‑based and practice‑oriented education in the bachelor’s and/or master’s programmes of the faculty, and you will contribute to the further development of these programmes. Teaching assignments may evolve over time in response to the needs of the faculty, in particular after the end of the BOF funding period. In the longer term, you will assume shared responsibility within the faculty for shaping and aligning the pharmacy and hospital pharmacy curricula with future professional and academic requirements.

Institutional and societal engagement Based on your expertise and experience, you will actively contribute to the functioning of the department, the faculty, and the university. Both internally (e.g. with other research groups) and externally (e.g. with professional associations for community and hospital pharmacists), you will make your domain‑specific expertise available. You will develop and implement a strategy to promote mutual cross‑fertilisation between the professional field of the hospital clinical pharmacist, the community pharmacist, and the faculty’s research and teaching activities.

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Your strong academic CV with international visibility in the requested field: Your achievements in the field of research and education contribute to the development of the scientific domain (as evidenced by, e.g., publications, presentations, or other academic output);

You have conducted high‑quality scientific research within the specified field, as demonstrated by publications in leading peer‑reviewed scientific journals;

You have hands‑on experience in clinical pharmacy, including the translation of specialised knowledge in clinical pharmacy into broader applicability within healthcare (both in primary care and hospital settings), as well as the scientific substantiation of this translation;

You possess the necessary skills to valorise your practical experience in clinical pharmacy within the research line to be developed, to identify and integr