Faculty/Academic Fieldwork Coordinator

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will function as an integral member of the Jefferson Occupational Therapy Department faculty and an Academic Fieldwork Coordinator across Jefferson's Center City and East Falls campuses.
• Specific responsibilities include:
• Coordinate multiple ongoing projects and communicate effectively with community partners, entry-level program directors and faculty
• Collaborate with administrative staff across the OT department to ensure program compliance and ACOTE standards are met for all OT programs
• Collect and interpret data for fieldwork curriculum development across three OT programs
• Advise students on developing skills needed for site specific learning objectives
• Ensure students meet site health and onboarding requirements for fieldwork
• Schedule and confirm student placements across the department
• Advise students and fieldwork educators related to experiential learning
• Maintaining a faculty-centric scholarship agenda
• Engaging in internal and external service

Requirements

• Applicant must: be an occupational therapist
• have a master's degree or higher
• have experience as an academic fieldwork coordinator or fieldwork educator
• possess excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills
• Applicant should demonstrate experience and skill in teaching, collaboration, and sustaining partnerships
• Applicant should be open to novel and dynamic processes to support students through experiential learning
• Experience in innovative program development and serving the community is highly preferred
• Interested candidates should submit an on-line application/CV at http://hr.jefferson.edu/human-resources.html in the search box enter: REQ-0018688
• Address additional questions to: Mary Muhlenhaupt, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Program Director at mary.muhlenhaupt@jefferson.edu
• For more information on Jefferson's OTD program, please go to https://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/rehabilitation-sciences/departments/occupational-therapy/degrees-programs/doctorate.html
• Work Shift
• Workday Day (United States of America)
• Worker Sub Type
• Regular
• Employee Entity
• Thomas Jefferson University Primary Location Address
• 901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Details - Are you seeking the opportunity to prepare forward-thinking occupational therapists? - Would you like to contribute to leading-edge occupational therapy curricula? - Do you enjoy creating and implementing innovative programming? Consider joining our dynamic Experiential Learning Team in the Department of Occupational Therapy ranked among the top 10 nationally by US News & World Report. FACULTY POSITION This is a full-time 12-month faculty position in the Department of Occupational Therapy with administrative responsibilities as the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator offered at the rank of Instructor or assistant professor (depending on experience) with a start date of July 1, 2026. The position involved work on Jefferson's Center City and East Falls campuses. Job Description

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