Jefferson BEACON (Bringing Equity and Care to Our Neighborhoods) Director, Family & Community Medicine

The Department of Family & Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University is seeking a Director of the Jefferson BEACON program, which is a co-curricular program will train students as physician leaders with the necessary skills to promote health equity and improve the health of disadvantaged urban communities in Philadelphia. The Director of this program will lead the development of the curriculum, provide mentorship, oversee evaluation and assessment, communicate and interface with community partners. The Department has a long-standing commitment to education, as evidenced by a nationally recognized university-based residency as well as several outstanding fellowship programs. Central to our departmental mission is training the next generation of physicians how to improve the health care of our patients, families, and communities, with a particular emphasis on health equity and care for the underserved. We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated excellence in the skills of teaching, curriculum development, evaluation and assessment, mentorship, and has expertise in public health and community medicine. We strongly encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply.

The individual will be expected to develop a primary care clinical practice, with optional rotation through the family medicine hospital service.

Roles and responsibilities:

Jefferson BEACON Director

• Perform inventory of MS1 curriculum and meetings with course directors for which topics are addressed
• Identify and collaborate with other specialty colleagues on shared resources
• Design curriculum for monthly sessions (didactics, interdisciplinary case discussions, journal clubs, reflection sessions)
• Recruit speakers from Jefferson and the community who care for Philadelphia communities
• Deliver/lead monthly sessions
• Advise students on selection of articles for journal club and provide guidance for the discussion
• Develop, implement, evaluate curriculum for 2 week leadership seminar in 4th year curriculum
• Recruit, interview, and select student applicants
• Recruit faculty mentors among Jefferson faculty and in the community and orient to program
• Identify community sites for students to participate in their longitudinal community experience and volunteer on intermittent basis
• Provide faculty development to mentors
• Advise and mentor students
• Design and conduct evaluation of the program (surveys, focus groups)

• Board certified/board eligible individual with a medical degree (MD or DO) in Family Medicine.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in public health and community medicine through work experience.

Interested candidates may submit a cover letter and CV for consideration to Chandler Clemens at [Register to View]

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.