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POSTED ON 2/17/2025
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Drexel offers its highly engaged faculty and professional staff a comprehensive and world‐class benefits package that includes generous vacation and paid time off as applicable (including civic engagement days), up to an 11% 403(b) Retirement Plan match with immediate vesting, and remote and flexible work options for many roles. Our exceptional medical plans include domestic partner and fertility assistance and our award‐winning A Healthier U wellness program. In addition, faculty and professional staff at Drexel enjoy free tuition for themselves and their dependents for Drexel degree programs, certification, and non‐certification programs. And as part of the tuition offering to employees, Drexel participates in a tuition exchange program for dependents with other higher education institutions. These are just a sample of our extensive benefit offerings. Please see this Benefits Brochure for more information.

Assistant Professor

Apply now Job no: 504619

Work type: Full-Time

Location: University City - Philadelphia, PA

Categories: College of Nursing and Health Professions

Job Summary

The Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences (PTRS) at Drexel University invites applications for a 12-month tenure track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. The successful candidate will be an outstanding clinical research scientist focused on developing and maintaining a strong research program supported by federal extramural funding. We are specifically searching for a clinician scientist with expertise in evidence-based, pragmatic nonpharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s-related dementias (AD/ADRD). As a core Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program faculty member, this individual will teach in the DPT program, participate in admissions interviews, advise DPT students and contribute to their success, maintain a scholarly agenda that meets accreditation guidelines, participate in curriculum review, and provide service to the department, college, and University. Responsibilities are otherwise governed by the College of Nursing & Health Professions and Drexel University policies for tenure track faculty and their workload. Pennsylvania physical therapy licensure and APTA membership are expectations for Drexel physical therapy faculty.

Essential Functions

  • The successful candidate will be an outstanding clinical research scientist focused on developing and maintaining a strong research program supported by federal extramural funding. - As a core Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program faculty member, this individual will teach in the DPT program, participate in admissions interviews, advise DPT students and contribute to their success, maintain a scholarly agenda that meets accreditation guidelines, participate in curriculum review, and provide service to the department, college, and University. - (Essential)

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of PhD or Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Rehab Sciences, or related field.
  • Minimum of 1 years of experience.
  • Post-doctoral fellowship or career development training in a high-quality setting
  • Expertise in multi-morbidity management in older adults, particularly evidence-based, pragmatic nonpharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s-related dementias (AD/ADRD)
  • Well-defined research plan and goals including the mentoring of doctoral students
  • Significant clinical practice experience supporting expertise as a clinician scientist
  • Defined interest in academic leadership opportunities, e.g., future role as department head, vice chair, or other significant leadership role.
  • Commitment to excellence in physical therapy teaching and education.
  • Strong communication skills and evidence of productivity working with teams of people.
  • Commitment to the mission, vision, values, and direction of the PTRS department, College of Nursing & Health Professions, and Drexel University.
  • Pennsylvania physical therapy licensure or eligibility.
  • APTA membership or willingness to become a member of the APTA on hire

Preferred Qualifications

  • Teaching experience in a Doctor of Physical Therapy program
  • Engaged or interested in becoming actively engaged in the APTA and its academies

Physical Demands

  • Typically sitting at a desk/table

Location

  • University City - Philadelphia, PA

Additional Information

This is a full-time Faculty position classified as Exempt. The salary offered is based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review.

For information about benefits, please review Drexel’s Full-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet or Part-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet.

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised: Feb 13 2025 Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: May 13 2025 Eastern Daylight Time

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Assistant Professor

Apply now Job no: 504619

Work type: Full-Time

Location: University City - Philadelphia, PA

Categories: College of Nursing and Health Professions

Essential Functions

  • The successful candidate will be an outstanding clinical research scientist focused on developing and maintaining a strong research program supported by federal extramural funding. - As a core Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program faculty member, this individual will teach in the DPT program, participate in admissions interviews, advise DPT students and contribute to their success, maintain a scholarly agenda that meets accreditation guidelines, participate in curriculum review, and provide service to the department, college, and University. - (Essential)

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of PhD or Doctorate in Physical Therapy, Rehab Sciences, or related field.
  • Minimum of 1 years of experience.
  • Post-doctoral fellowship or career development training in a high-quality setting
  • Expertise in multi-morbidity management in older adults, particularly evidence-based, pragmatic nonpharmacological approaches to managing chronic pain in community-dwelling older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s-related dementias (AD/ADRD)
  • Well-defined research plan and goals including the mentoring of doctoral students
  • Significant clinical practice experience supporting expertise as a clinician scientist
  • Defined interest in academic leadership opportunities, e.g., future role as department head, vice chair, or other significant leadership role.
  • Commitment to excellence in physical therapy teaching and education.
  • Strong communication skills and evidence of productivity working with teams of people.
  • Commitment to the mission, vision, values, and direction of the PTRS department, College of Nursing & Health Professions, and Drexel University.
  • Pennsylvania physical therapy licensure or eligibility.
  • APTA membership or willingness to become a member of the APTA on hire

Preferred Qualifications

  • Teaching experience in a Doctor of Physical Therapy program
  • Engaged or interested in becoming actively engaged in the APTA and its academies

Physical Demands

  • Typically sitting at a desk/table

Location

  • University City - Philadelphia, PA

Additional Information

This is a full-time Faculty position classified as Exempt. The salary offered is based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and experience, department budget, and an internal equity review.

For information about benefits, please review Drexel’s Full-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet or Part-Time Faculty Benefit Fact Sheet.

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

A review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.

Advertised: Feb 13 2025 Eastern Standard Time

Applications close: May 13 2025 Eastern Daylight Time

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