Administrator, Psychiatry - Center City

Job Details
The Academic and Clinical Department Administrator provides operational, academic, and clinical administrative leadership for the Department of Psychiatry. This role supports faculty, trainees, and clinical programs; manages departmental operations; and ensures compliance with institutional, accreditation, and regulatory requirements. The Administrator works closely with the Department Chair, Psychiatry Program Directors, JUP/JMG leadership, hospital partners, and university leadership to advance the department's education, research, and behavioral health clinical missions.

Core departmental program oversight includes Adult & Child outpatient services, Emotional Health and Wellness Program (EHWP), Student Counseling Center (SCC), Center City Clinic for Behavioral Medicine, and Consultation Liaison services. Farber Institute oversight includes the Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center and the David Farber ASPIRE Center directly and Jefferson Alzheimer's Center indirectly.

At all times, the Administrator supports the Chair's leadership at the Jefferson Enterprise level.

Job Description

Essential Functions

• Oversee daily departmental administrative operations, including workflow management, space planning, and resource allocation.
• Maintain departmental policies, procedures, and operational documentation.
• Support departmental budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.
• Monitor clinical revenue, faculty compensation components, and operational expenses.
• Manage recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and performance processes for faculty and staff.
• Oversee faculty appointments, reappointments, promotions, and credentialing.
• Provide guidance on HR policies, employee relations, and professional development.
• Oversee daily clinical operations, including workflow management, space planning, resource allocation, clinical productivity, quality metrics, and service utilization.
• Regulatory compliance knowledge and management to include compliance with all regulatory agencies governing health care delivery and the rules of accrediting bodies.
• Oversee academic operations for medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees in psychiatry.
• Ensure compliance with ACGME, LCME, and institutional requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Master's Degree preferred.
• 5 years in financial administration, including budgeting experience.
• 1 year Strong background in Sponsored Grant accounting.

Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type
Regular

Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
833 Chestnut 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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