Assistant / associate professor department of occupational therapy

Job Details

• Are you seeking the opportunity to prepare forward-thinking occupational
  
  

therapists and conduct collaborative research projects with entry-level

occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) students?

• Is making a difference in the lives of individual and community clients an
  
  

important career goal?

• Would you like to contribute to leading-edge occupational therapy
  
  

programming?

Consider joining our dynamic Department of Occupational Therapy ranked in the top 10 in the nation by US News & World Report.

This is a full-time, 12-month teaching position in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program offered at the rank of assistant or associate professor (depending on experience) with a start date of July 1, 2026. The position is located on Jefferson’s Center City Philadelphia Campus.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will function as an integral member of the Jefferson OTD Program faculty team within the large Department of Occupational Therapy.

Specific Responsibilities Include

• Teaching content in an innovative OTD entry-level curriculum
• Maintaining a faculty-centric scholarship agenda
• Engaging in internal and external service
• Participating in program development activities
• Advising Doctoral occupational therapy students
• Serving as a faculty mentor to occupational therapy students for their Doctoral
  
  

Capstone

Job Description

Qualifications:

Applicant must be an occupational therapist with

• a terminal doctorate degree (e.g. OTD, PhD, EdD or ScD).
• experience in teaching, scholarship and service.
  
  

Applicant should demonstrate an interest in working in a highly collaborative and expansive academic environment, which emphasizes excellence, and innovation in occupational therapy education.

Interested candidates should submit an on-line application/CV at in the search box enter: REQ-0018688

Address additional questions to: Alison Bell, OTD, OTR/L, Chair, Search Committee at [email protected]

For more information on Jefferson’s OTD program, please go to

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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