JCRS Assistant Professor - Department of Occupational Therapy

Job Description

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will function as an integral member of the Jefferson OTD Program faculty team within the large Department of Occupational Therapy.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Teaching content in an innovative OTD entry-level curriculum
• Maintaining a faculty-centric scholarship agenda
• Engaging in internal and external service
• Participating in program development activities
• Advising Doctoral occupational therapy students
• Serving as a faculty mentor to occupational therapy students for their Doctoral Capstone

Qualifications:

• Applicant must be an occupational therapist with
  • a terminal doctorate degree (e.g. OTD, PhD, EdD or ScD).
  • experience in teaching, scholarship and service.
• Applicant should demonstrate an interest in working in a highly collaborative and expansive academic environment, which emphasizes excellence, and innovation in occupational therapy education.

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Interested candidates should submit an on-line application/CV at http://hr.jefferson.edu/human-resources.html in the search box enter: REQ-0025230

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

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