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Dir Clinical Experience
Job Description
Job Summary
The Director of Clinical Experience manages Sidney Kimmel Medical College’s Phase 1 Clinical Experience course. The individual in this position oversees a network of Community Health Workers and ensures patient continuity of care throughout the healthcare systems. The Director collaborates with Jefferson leadership, faculty, and staff to facilitate integration with other clinical, enterprise, and local partners in building links between clinical- and community-based resources.
Essential Functions
- Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
- Supervise five Community Health Workers (CHWs) including daily management of tasks and problem solving as well as ensure triage to appropriate care as needed.
- Oversee medical students (280) deployed to clinical sites for the Clinical Experience course ensuring adequate oversight by Community Health Workers. Provides oversight of all electronic health records (EPIC) documentation of students and CHWs.
- Ongoing staff development and training; assess performance with frequent feedback and corrections as needed to Community Health Workers and students.
- Communicate and collaborate with sites and office managers to ensure optimal implementation of the Clinical Experience course.
- Conduct periodic evaluations between sites to ensure comparability of expectations and educational experiences.
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required):
- Strong knowledge of human resources and payroll policies to ensure compliance and accurate processing.
- Responsible for updating and maintaining of resource database.
- Periodically contact and visit community partners to develop and maintain relationships and assess impact of patient referral.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor’s degree required in Social Work, Nursing, or other Healthcare field. Master’s preferred.
AND
Experience:
Minimum of 5 years related experience, with at least two years direct experience in outpatient care.
Supervisory and higher education experience preferred.
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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.
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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