Founding Executive Director, Jefferson Primary Care Research Center - Faculty Physician - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

The Jefferson Primary Care Research Center at Thomas Jefferson University seeks an experienced primary care researcher as its inaugural Executive Director. The center is a newly founded, university-level structure that will enhance the primary care research portfolio of the university in alignment with the clinical mission of Jefferson Health.   Jefferson Health is the largest provider of health care services in the Philadelphia area and includes Jefferson Primary Care, a 98-practice network serving over 600,000 people across diverse communities.

The Executive Director will develop and execute on a vision for primary care research that builds on and grows existing work in collaboration with the university’s colleges and departments, while maintaining an active research portfolio. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong track record of independent funding, leadership abilities, and a history of successful mentorship and collaboration across departments and colleges. This position has a dual reporting structure to the Senior Associate Provost for Clinical Research and to the Chair of Family and Community Medicine/ Vice President for Jefferson Primary Care. The Director will be appointed as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. We welcome applicants who are PhD researchers as well as clinician-researchers from any professional discipline or specialty.

Thomas Jefferson University is a model professional university that includes the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Population Health, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, and College of Health Professions, and Institute of Emerging Health Professions.

Jefferson Health is an integrated health system comprised of 18 hospitals, a large ambulatory and specialty care footprint, Jefferson Primary Care’s extensive regional network, and Health Partners Plans providing insurance through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.

Requirements:

• Ability to develop and deliver on a vision for primary care research focused on core areas of expertise of high priority to primary care teams and the communities they serve
• Strong track record of extramural funding and publication
• Ability to collaborate constructively with interprofessional colleagues across colleges and departments
• Experience with multisite practice-based research
• Strong commitment to mentorship and team development
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and health equity
• Clinical or research doctoral degree

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of a strategic plan for primary care research at Jefferson Health, incorporating the perspectives of key stakeholders and collaborators.
• Establish productive and efficient structures and processes to support primary care research.
• Mentor and support the success of research faculty for the Center for Primary Care Research.
• Provide oversight to the development and management of a practice-based research network.
• Conduct funded research in area of high relevance to primary care clinical services.
• Proactively seek to support the careers of people from backgrounds underrepresented in health services research, at all levels of pipeline development.
• Partner with health services leadership to align research opportunities with key priorities for primary care clinical and operational improvement, including areas such as care model redesign, implementation of patient-centered quality initiatives, and health equity.

About Jefferson  

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 65,000 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 15 not-for-profit 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 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.    

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.