The Jefferson Primary Care Research Center at Thomas Jefferson University seeks an experienced primary care researcher as its inaugural Executive Director. The center is a newly founded, university-level structure that will enhance the primary care research portfolio of the university in alignment with the clinical mission of Jefferson Health. Jefferson Health is the largest provider of health care services in the Philadelphia area and includes Jefferson Primary Care, a 98-practice network serving over 600,000 people across diverse communities.

The Executive Director will develop and execute on a vision for primary care research that builds on and grows existing work in collaboration with the universityrsquo;s colleges and departments, while maintaining an active research portfolio. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong track record of independent funding, leadership abilities, and a history of successful mentorship and collaboration across departments and colleges. This position has a dual reporting structure to the Senior Associate Provost for Clinical Research and to the Chair of Family and Community Medicine/ Vice President for Jefferson Primary Care. The Director will be appointed as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. We welcome applicants who are PhD researchers as well as clinician-researchers from any professional discipline or specialty.

Thomas Jefferson University is a model professional university that includes the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, the College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Population Health, College of Rehabilitation Sciences, and College of Health Professions, and Institute of Emerging Health Professions.

Jefferson Health is an integrated health system comprised of 18 hospitals, a large ambulatory and specialty care footprint, Jefferson Primary Carersquo;s extensive regional network, and Health Partners Plans providing insurance through Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP.

Requirements:

• Ability to develop and deliver on a vision for primary care research focused on core areas of expertise of high priority to primary care teams and the communities they serve
• Strong track record of extramural funding and publication
• Ability to collaborate constructively with interprofessional colleagues across colleges and departments
• Experience with multisite practice-based research
• Strong commitment to mentorship and team development
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and health equity
• Clinical or research doctoral degree

Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of a strategic plan for primary care research at Jefferson Health, incorporating the perspectives of key stakeholders and collaborators.
• Establish productive and efficient structures and processes to support primary care research.
• Mentor and support the success of research faculty for the Center for Primary Care Research.
• Provide oversight to the development and management of a practice-based research network.
• Conduct funded research in area of high relevance to primary care clinical services.
• Proactively seek to support the careers of people from backgrounds underrepresented in health services research, at all levels of pipeline development.
• Partner with health services leadership to align research opportunities with key priorities for primary care clinical and operational improvement, including areas such as care model redesign, implementation of patient-centered quality initiatives, and health equity.

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 Magnetreg;-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.

Jeffersonrsquo;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 amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains 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.