Founding Executive Director, Jefferson Primary Care Research Center

Qualifications

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 university’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 Care’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.