"Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University"

Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University

Company: Thomas Jefferson University

Job Location: Jefferson’s Center City Philadelphia Campus

Category: Occupational Therapy

Type: Full-Time

• Are you seeking the opportunity to prepare forward-thinking occupational therapists and conduct collaborative research projects with entry-level occupational therapy doctorate (OTD) students?
• Is making a difference in the lives of individual and community clients an important career goal?
• Would you like to contribute to leading-edge occupational therapy programming?

Consider joining our dynamic Department of Occupational Therapy ranked in the top 10 in the nation

by US News & World Report.

FACULTY POSITION

This is a full-time, 12-month teaching position in the Occupational Therapy Doctoral Program offered at the rank of assistant or associate professor (depending on experience) with a start date of July 1, 2026. The position is located on Jefferson’s Center City Philadelphia Campus.

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.

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: Alison Bell, OTD, OTR/L, Chair, Search Committee at alison.bell@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