The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of maternal child health provider at the Jefferson Family Medicine Associates practice in Center City Philadelphia.

This position is for a full-time clinical faculty member at our main teaching location. It is a unique opportunity to join a supportive work environment that attracts a wide variety of patients from across the Philadelphia area. A successful candidate will join an existing team of MCH providers at JFMA, who aim to grow this program to 200+ deliveries per year and increase the pediatric patient population in the department.

Responsibilities will include :

• Providing clinical care in the areas of family medicine and maternal-child health, providing care for uncomplicated OB patients, newborns, and performing women s health procedures (LARC, endometrial biopsy, colposcopy, pessary fitting).
• Postpartum and newborn nursery rounding, L&D shifts, and circumcisions.
• Some night and weekend coverage, to be determined by laborist schedule in partnership with the Jefferson Obstetrics and Gynecology department.
• Engaging in efforts to improve health equity, including seeking grant funding to support approaches to improve the care of underserved populations.
• Engaging in quality improvement efforts and clinical services program development.
• Establishing and maintaining a panel of primary care patients, managing chronic health conditions, acute conditions, and preventive care.
• At-home telephone call 5-9PM once monthly in a large DFCM pool of call participants.
• Working as part of interprofessional team (including MA, RNs, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) that provides patient-centered care.
• Teaching resident physicians and medical students in the area of maternal-child health.

Requirements: Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine. Must have maternal-child health experience. Surgical delivery experience is not required, but desirable. Must have or obtain a PA medical license. Academic appointment and salary will be commensurate with experience. Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package. Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting anti-racist practices. Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Founded in 1824, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, has awarded more than 31,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other private medical school in the nation. The Department of Family and Community Medicine has graduated 372 family physicians since 1974. Many leaders in family medicine across the nation have roots in our department.

Interested candidates may submit CV to . For additional information on Jefferson, visit .

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 Magnet -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.

Jefferson 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 & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains 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.