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• Are you seeking the opportunity to prepare forward-thinking occupational therapists?
• Would you like to contribute to leading-edge occupational therapy curricula?
• Do you enjoy creating and implementing innovative programming?
Job Description
Consider joining our dynamic Experiential Learning Team in the Department of Occupational Therapy ranked in the top 10 in the nation by US News & World Report.
FACULTY POSITION
This is a full-time, 12-month faculty position in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) Program with administrative responsibilities 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 and the Doctoral Capstone Coordinator for the OTD Program.
Specific responsibilities include:
Managing the program's Doctoral Capstone including cultivating new capstone sites, teaching capstone related content, and overseeing the placement and evaluation of capstone students
Serving as a faculty mentor to occupational therapy students for their Doctoral Capstone
Advising all students related to the Doctoral Capstone experience and project.
Maintaining a faculty-centric scholarship agenda
Engaging in internal and external service
Qualifications: Applicant must: be an occupational therapist
have a terminal doctorate degree (e.g. OTD, PhD, EdD or ScD).
have 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.
Applicant with experience in program development and implementation preferred
Interested candidates should submit an on-line application/CV at in the search box enter: REQ-
Address additional questions to: Mary Muhlenhaupt, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Program Director at
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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Worksite address
philadelphia, PA, 19117, US
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