The Midwifery & Women’s Health programs at Thomas Jefferson University is on the cutting edge of a changing world. By weaving tradition with vision, we offer our students education for the betterment of the health of women and individuals, their families, and communities. Situated within the College of Health Professions, our academic programs include MS-Midwifery, MS-Midwifery Completion, Doctor of Midwifery, Graduate Certificate, and Re-Entry to Clinical Practice. We also offer dual admission to applicants of the accelerated nursing program at Jefferson (FACT+MS) and to applicants of the MS in Midwifery and Doctor of Midwifery (MS+DM).

The Midwifery & Women’s Health programs at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting applications for a full-time faculty member at the Assistant & Associate Professor rank. As a faculty member, you will assume responsibility for a variety of activities related to the education of midwifery students such as: teaching online and in on-campus simulation, student advising, clinical oversight, student evaluation, and curriculum development. This position will include clinical education activities for the Master prepared candidate or Doctoral education for the doctorally prepared candidate. All full-time faculty members are expected to provide service to the University by serving on a committee, and assist with ongoing midwifery program activities.

Through our innovative model of online education, we provide students a reliable, flexible and user-friendly method for learning and communication. We offer students periodic, required on-campus intensives where cohorts of students come together with faculty for learning in Jefferson’s state of the art simulation center. Real-time web-meetings allow for course dialogue, clinical supervision, and program and faculty development. Learning is an active process, therefore, our graduate curriculum emphasizes breadth and depth of reading for meaning, evaluation of evidence for care, seminar discussion, writing in the discipline, clinical immersion, and real-world projects for knowledge acquisition, application, and synthesis.

Qualified candidates will be graduates of a midwifery education program accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, certified by the American Midwifery Certification Board, and hold a graduate degree in midwifery or a related discipline. The successful candidate will possess excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills, thrive in a team, and be willing to lead projects. Teaching and scholarship experience preferred. Applicants interested in funded research will also be considered. Clinical practice is possible up to one day per week. While our programs are primarily on-line, this position requires the successful candidate to be geographically located in or near Philadelphia as the position requires the candidate to be intermittently physically present on-campus. Applicants who live in or plan to relocate to New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania will be considered. Philadelphia is a vibrant city with myriad cultural attractions, yet within a 2 hour drive of farmland, mountains and beaches.

Our faculty are passionate about excellent, accessible midwifery education and seek candidates who share the same passion for our mission.

Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits including; medical/dental/vision, short term & long term disability, retirement, dependent tuition and generous time off.

Cover letter, CV, and reference contact list should be emailed directly to [Register to View] Applicants should additionally apply on the Jefferson career site at: [Register to View] Job ID # 9292847

Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, located in Philadelphia PA, are dedicated to educating the professionals of tomorrow in a variety of disciplines; engaging in discovery and design to improve lives, and providing exceptional primary through complex quaternary care to people in the communities we serve throughout the Delaware Valley.

Jefferson is a professional university that defies convention and dedicates itself to collaborative, transdisciplinary and interprofessional approaches to learning. The University is nationally ranked in graphic design, interior design, fashion, midwifery, primary care, physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, research and strategic leadership.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.