Assistant/Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology - Thomas Jefferson University

Number of Positions In Requisition

1

Job Details

The Department of Pathology and Genomic Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) has an opening for an Assistant/Associate Director of Clinical Microbiology. The TJUH clinical microbiology laboratory offers full service aerobic and anaerobic bacteriology, mycobacteriology, mycology, infectious diseases serology, virology, and rapid molecular microbiology testing, including several laboratory developed tests, and maintains a close, productive relationship with our infectious diseases faculty.

Job Description

Qualified PhD applicants will have certification from, or be board eligible by, the American Board of Medical Microbiology, preferably having completed an ASM CPEP-approved program in Medical and Public Health Laboratory Microbiology. Qualified MD, DO, or MD/PhD applicants must be board-certified (or eligible) in clinical pathology. The applicant will be expected to participate in training pathology residents, infectious disease fellows, pharmacy residents, and medical students. The Assistant/Associate Director will have a faculty appointment at Thomas Jefferson University, will have responsibility providing clinical microbiology direction to the TJUH clinical microbiology laboratory and consultation with infectious disease physicians at other Jefferson Enterprise hospital locations. There will also be opportunities to serve on institutional clinical committees including antimicrobial stewardship, test utilization (diagnostic stewardship), and infection control. A strong academic orientation is favorable, including evidence of scholarly achievement and proposals or current funding for translational research projects.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1020 Locust 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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