Assistant Program Director Family Medicine Residency - Faculty Physician - Department of Family and Community Medicine Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson

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Job Description

The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for Assistant Residency Program Director and outpatient primary care physician at the Jefferson Family Medicine Associates practice.JFMA is the flagship academic training site of Jeffersons nationally renowned Department of Family and Community Medicine. JFMA serves a highly diverse patient population of approximately 30000 people with an unflagging commitment to excellence and equity across the full care spectrum of family medicine. JFMAs care teams include 27 faculty physicians 4 nurse practitioners 30 residents 3 fellows and 45 staff members and are committed to interprofessional patientcentered models of care. The extended care team also includes integrated behavioral health consultants social workers nurse care managers and population health support teams. Clinical services include adult and childrens primary care prenatal care reproductive health services colposcopy treatment of opioid use disorder genderaffirming care procedure clinics and obesity management. Founded in 1974 the Department of Family and Community Medicine has graduated 382 family physicians from its residency programs including many leaders in the field. Nearly half of graduates from the past ten years choose to work in medically underserved areas; a similar number choose academic careers.

Responsibilities will include:

• Outpatient family medicine full spectrum procedures available (no OB deliveries).
  • Treating 3 patients per hour with protected time for clinical administration 26 hours patientfacing care 4 hours clinical administrative time).
  • Establishing and maintaining a panel of patients managing chronic health conditions acute conditions and preventive care.
  • Womens health visits routine GYN exams and LARCs if desired / credentialed.
• Athome telephone call 59PM once monthly in a large DFCM pool of call participants.
• Some evening and weekend outpatient responsibilities as part of regular faculty requirements.
• Working as part of interprofessional team (including MA RNs behavioral health social workers population health specialists) that provides patientcentered care.
• Precepting Resident Physicians at JFMA 1 halfday per week).
• Protected GME support for:
  • Resident mentorship and evaluation.
  • Residency recruitment activities.
  • Faculty lead for the Resident Practice Management Curriculum.
  • Director of resident elective experiences.
  • Additional opportunities for resident clinical experience coverage at community partnerships.

Qualifications:

Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified or eligible in Family Medicine.Must have or obtain a PA medical license. Academic appointment and salary will be commensurate with experience. Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package. Experience in clinical education preferred but not required. Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting antiracist practices. Candidates from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Founded in 1824Sidney Kimmel Medical Collegeat Thomas Jefferson University located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania has awarded more than 31000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other private medical school in the nation. The Department of Family and Community Medicine has graduated 372 family physicians since 1974. Many leaders in family medicine across the nation have roots in our department.

Interested candidates may submit CV to. For additional information on Jefferson visit www.jefferson.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highestquality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21stcentury 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 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 notforprofit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a notforprofit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.