Hospitalist Physician, Medical Director of Hospital Medicine for the Department of Family and Community Medicine - Center City P - Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of Hospitalist and Medical Director of Hospital Medicine for the DFCM at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City Philadelphia. 

This position is for a full-time clinical faculty member, with support for resident curriculum development and administrative time for directing the service and participating in hospital quality and operational committees, as needed.  It is a unique opportunity to join a supportive work environment and working with patients from across the Philadelphia area.

Responsibilities will include:

• Providing excellent patient care to patients admitted to TJUH on general medicine, med-surg, observation, and step-down floors, covering patients who see providers at DFCM ambulatory practices. 
• Covering 18 weeks per year of inpatient service at TJUH (7 days per week) working with a team of resident physicians, evaluating patients, creating treatment plans, ordering, reviewing test results, and communicating with patients and families.
• During service weeks and on off-service days, attending hospital committee meetings, designing and implementing curricula for resident physicians in Family Medicine, participating in departmental meetings, committees, and other assignments as needed. 
• Working as part of interprofessional team (including MA, RNs, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) that provides patient-centered care. 
• Covering at-home telephone call while on service for inpatient admissions done by the inpatient resident team (which includes night coverage). 
• Rounding on weekdays and weekends while on service.
• Designing and implementing hospital medicine curricula for family medicine residents and students. 
• Leading a rotating group of DFCM faculty providers who cover the hospital service, ensuring clinical standardization, sharing new guidelines and care pathways, and convening regular meetings to support operational success and clinical quality efforts. 
• Interfacing with hospital groups in the areas of operations, quality, and patient safety.   
• No ICU coverage required, no procedures or intubation management required.  Average census is 15 patients, covered by 2-3 interns, and 2 senior residents, with some medical consultations for surgical specialists. 

Requirements: Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine. Must have 2-3 years of hospitalist experience. 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. Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting anti-racist practices. Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Founded in 1824, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, has awarded more than 31,000 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  Chandler.Clemens@jefferson.edu.  For additional information on Jefferson, visit www.jefferson.edu.

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.