"Staff Amgen Fellow, Limited Term"

Job Description Summary

Chapman University School of Pharmacy (CUSP), in collaboration with Amgen Inc., offers a fellowship in Oncology Medical Affairs to provide comprehensive training and experience in a broad range of Medical Affairs activities, focusing on Hematology/Oncology-related products.

The Outcome Goals of this 2-year fellowship are to prepare the graduate to:

• Actively participate in specific areas of medical affairs through intensive, hands-on training in settings of academia, clinical practices, and industry to gain expertise in medical affairs
• Promote the role and value of a clinically-trained pharmacist in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical industry
• Become a highly competent candidate to be recruited by the pharmaceutical industry with expertise in Oncology and medical affairs

The fellow will spend the first 6 months focusing on clinical and inter-professional experience training at CUSP, followed by 18-months rotation training at Amgen Inc.

Responsibilities

• Shadow the inter-professional team at the clinical sites to understand real-time oncology patient care, and provide in-service presentations to inter-professional staff
• Gain exposure to patient care in different clinical settings and the financial reimbursement process
• Maintain compliance with policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements at the clinical sites, and supports the Mission, Vision and Values of the clinical sites
• Provide concise, applicable, comprehensive, and timely responses to requests for drug information from health care providers under the close supervision of program director, or a licensed pharmacist, or a clinical oncologist
• Provide liaison support between pharmacy, medical, nursing and other multidisciplinary staff in order to resolve problems and improve medication safety
• Participate in and accomplish CUSP Teaching Certificate program
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• PharmD degree and/or equivalent combination of education and experience; licensure in California
• Previous experience in pharmacy practice
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to develop and maintain professional relationships
• Ability to effectively addressing and manage conflict
• Ability to work collaboratively with other interdisciplinary roles and cultivate inter-professional relationships
• Ability to learn to mentor and teach trainees and students
• Strong analytical and organizational skills to sort and prioritize deadlines and work with the mentors to ensure timeliness and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously mixing long-term projects with the urgency of immediate demands
• Strong inter-professional communication skills to effectively communicate across disciplines in a manner that supports a team approach

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in pharmacy experiential education and academia or precepting student pharmacists

Special Instructions to Applicants

Below is a list of required documents:

• Letter of Intent (initial application)
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) (initial application)
• Unofficial Transcripts (Applicant may provide copies of their official transcripts)
• Three Letters of Recommendation, with at least two from pharmacy professionals

We ask that the reference submit their letters to us directly using the Qualtrics link that we have developed. Applicants must send out requests for letters of recommendation to their respective authors and share the submission link (https://chapmanu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6y5J0ase1doDJki) to upload their letters by Friday, December 1, 11:59 pm (PST). We encourage applicants to confirm submission of LORs with their authors prior to this deadline.

For specific questions and further information, please contact the program team members by email pharmamgen@chapman.edu.