Clinical Assistant Professor/Inpatient Psychiatry
Company: Rutgers University
Location: Piscataway
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Posting Summary The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers,
The State University of New Jersey, invites applications for a
full-time, non-tenure track faculty position. The faculty member
will hold a clinical appointment at Hackensack Meridian Health
Carrier Clinic. The Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy is recognized
at all levels—local, state, national, and international—as offering
one of the most challenging, dynamic, and rewarding programs of
study leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Alongside
supportive faculty and staff, students at the School establish a
strong foundation for learning that persists long after graduation.
The Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration emphasizes
the clinical and regulatory aspects of pharmacy practice. The
Department’s mission is to prepare students to deliver
pharmaceutical care across various practice settings. Graduates are
equipped with the skills needed to adapt to a changing healthcare
landscape. Students also receive foundational scientific knowledge,
ethics, and attitudes necessary to adjust their careers over their
lifetime as healthcare evolves. This mission aligns with the Ernest
Mario School of Pharmacy’s overall goals in four key areas:
teaching, practice, scholarship, and service. Hackensack Meridian
Health ( HMH ) Carrier Clinic has been a trusted source of
compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their
families since 1910. One of the largest independent, nonprofit
central Jersey behavioral health facilities, Carrier Clinic
specializes in inpatient psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation
for substance abuse. The facility provides a comprehensive array of
expert care and education for adolescents, teens, adults, and older
adults at both inpatient and residential levels. Outpatient
services offer ECT and drug abuse addiction treatment. The facility
provides a safe, compassionate, and respectful environment and is
set in a beautiful 100 acre country setting at the foothills of the
Sourland Mountains, in centrally located Belle Mead, NJ. The team
at HMH Carrier Clinic is driven by the goal of returning everyone
to their family, workplace, community, and the things they enjoy.
The behavioral health clinical pharmacist faculty member will
collaborate with pharmacists, nurses, and medical staff to optimize
care in the inpatient setting. The faculty member will organize,
develop, and participate in clinical and quality improvement
activities. Clinical activities include, but are not limited to the
following: practice under collaborative practice agreement to
optimize inpatient pharmacotherapy, participation in quality
initiatives to reduce readmissions, enhance medication access,
participation in multidisciplinary rounds, provide
interprofessional education, collaboration on policy and procedure
development, committee participation, perform research and
medication use evaluations, conduct dosing consults, support
Medication Assistance Treatment initiatives, follow hospital
procedures for billing for services when appropriate, provide
community outreach support, and precept. Applicants must have a
Doctor of Pharmacy degree and have completed at least two years of
residency training with a PGY -2 in psychiatry/Behavioral Health or
equivalent experience. Candidates must be highly motivated,
innovative, and team-oriented and possess excellent communication
and interpersonal skills to provide patient-centered care with a
commitment to teaching, service, and professional advancement.
Board certification is preferred. Eligibility for licensure as a
pharmacist in the State of New Jersey is required.
Keywords: Rutgers University, Scranton , Clinical Assistant Professor/Inpatient Psychiatry, Healthcare , Piscataway, Pennsylvania
