Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
Thomas Jefferson University East Falls Campus
Application
Details
Posted: 16-Aug-24
Location: East Falls , Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Occupational Therapist
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 9302613
Faculty Position:
This is a full-time, 12-month teaching position in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) Program on Jefferson’s East Falls campus, Philadelphia, PA; offered at the rank of assistant professor (or associate professor depending on candidate’s experience) with a start date of July 1, 2025.
The MSOT – East Falls Program, located in the new state-of-the-art Ronson Health & Applied Science Center, employs a blended-learning format in which students attend on-campus class meetings on eight times each semester (Friday and Saturday) and complete online learning activities between on-campus sessions using distance education technology.
Responsibilities:
Function as an integral member of the faculty team
Teach content in the innovative blended curriculum
Maintain a scholarship agenda
Participate in service activities
Advise graduate occupational therapy students
About Jefferson
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 42,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top healthcare systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia area, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 17 hospitals and more than 160 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
Qualifications:
NBCOT certification and Pennsylvania State License (or eligible for license)
Terminal doctorate degree, e.g. EdD, OTD, PhD, ScD
Demonstrated excellence and innovation in occupational therapy education
Evidence of scholarship/research
Interested candidates should submit an on-line application/CV at: https://hr.jefferson.edu/careers.html Job ID # 9302613
Address additional questions to Chair of the Search Committee: Malachy Clancy, PhD, OTR/L, BCPR, CLA at malachy.clancy@jefferson.edu
For more information about the Department of Occupational Therapy and the MSOT Program, please go to Jefferson.edu/OT
About Thomas Jefferson University East Falls Campus
Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.
Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.
Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated ...Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.
Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.
OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing
As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.
