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The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of outpatient Primary Care Physician at the Jefferson FAB Center for Complex Care/Primary Care at the Navy Yard, Jefferson Health. The FAB (For Adolescents and Beyond) Center serves as a primary care medical home for patients with complex childhood-onset conditions including, but not limited to, Autism, Intellectual and Developmental disability, Cerebral Palsy and Spina Bifida. We aim to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to people with disabilities. The practice is located in South Philadelphia near Methodist Hospital, just minutes from Center City Philadelphia and in the heart of the exciting Navy Yard/South Philadelphia business and residential district and is embedded within a larger primary care practice. This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive work environment serving a diverse, close-knit community in South Philadelphia. Successful applicant will be appointed as academic faculty at rank commensurate with experience within the Sidney Kimmel Medical School at Thomas Jefferson University. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Outpatient family medicine (currently limited to ages 12+)

• See FAB complex care patients and general primary care patients in discrete patient sessions

• Establishing and maintaining a panel of patients, managing chronic health conditions, acute conditions, and preventive care.

• Women’s health visits, routine GYN exams.

• At-home telephone call (pooled with 7-10 clinicians)

• Work as part of interprofessional team (including MA, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) that provides patient-centered care.

• Engage with the FAB Center educational and research team around UME/GME initiatives, quality improvement, and other scholarly activity.

Requirements: Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine.  Med-Peds trained providers will also be considered.  Must have or obtain a PA medical license/DEA. 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.

Qualified applicants will have significant clinical experience (3-5 years) or a fellowship in care of individuals with complex childhood-onset conditions, or other prior lived experiences supporting individuals with complex childhood-onset conditions.  Applicants should also have interest/experience in quality improvement, scholarly activity, community engagement, and medical student/resident education.

Interested candidates may submit CV to Chandler.Clemens@jefferson.edu. For additional information on Jefferson, visit www.jefferson.edu.

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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. 

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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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