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
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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