Frequently Asked Questions - Jefferson
How do I find out about job opportunities at Jefferson?
Employment opportunities at Jefferson Hospitals and within the Jefferson Health System can be accessed in the following ways:
- Employment Opportunities Hotline: (215) 503-8313
- Employment Opportunities on this website under TJUH Nursing Opportunities
- Jefferson bulletin board locations:
- Edison Building - Lobby
- Jefferson Alumni Hall - Lobby
- Martin Building - Lobby
- Gibbon Building - 10th St. Lobby and Room 2160
- Curtis Building - 1st Floor
- Jefferson Medical College - Ground Floor
- Methodist Hospital Division – Ground Floor
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How do I apply for a nursing position at Jefferson?
You may choose to send a resume to Mary Marczyk, RN, MSN, Nurse Recruitment, Thomas Jefferson University, 833 Chestnut Street, Suite 920, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For your convenience, you may fax us a resume (indicating the position for which you are applying) to (215) 503-4442.
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As a new Jefferson nurse, what kind of orientation will I receive?
Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced nurse, all new recruits are given a thorough one-week centralized orientation followed by a decentralized orientation on the unit where you will work. Please click here for more information about orientation.
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How are the nursing units organized at Jefferson?
Jefferson Hospital is a tertiary care, university teaching hospital. The Hospital serves the patient and hospital community across the entire healthcare continuum and considers the needs for the individual in relationship to their individual level of development. Clinical services are divided into six divisions: perioperative services, medical/surgical, rehabilitation, women and children, critical care services and the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience.
Perioperative Services includes:
- Thirty-one Operating Rooms, which provide surgical intervention for a variety of specialties for all age ranges.
- Ambulatory Procedure/Same Day Admission Unit, which encompasses 37 cubicles where pre- and postoperative care is provided to ambulatory patients undergoing same-day short procedures.
- Endoscopy Suite (6 suites).
- Post-Anesthesia Care Unit.
Critical Care Services includes:
- Pulmonary Care Services, providing respiratory care and pulmonary function testing as well as bronchoscopies.
- Emergency Department, which is a Level 1 Trauma Center with 27 treatment areas/beds and a seclusion room.
- Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit with 14 beds for adolescent, adult and geriatric critical care patients.
- A 17-bed Intermediate Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit.
- A 13-bed Acute Stroke Unit for adolescent, adult or geriatric patients with cerebral vascular accidents or neurosensory disorders.
- An 8-bed Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
- A 17-bed Intermediate Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
- A 9-bed Surgical Cardiac Care Unit.
- A 9-bed Medical Cardiac Care Unit.
- Three Intermediate Cardiac Care Units, comprising a total of 77 beds with bedside hardwire monitoring and continuous telemetry capability.
- An 8-bed Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit.
- A 5-bed Intermediate Medical Respiratory Intensive Care Unit
- A 13-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit.
- A 34-bed Medical/Telemetry Unit.
- Specialty Services Units for:
- Psychiatry (16 beds and 2 seclusion rooms)
- Geriatric psychiatry (20 beds including an 8-bed secured unit)
- Women and children (31 beds for new mothers and infants, an 18-bed high-risk maternity unit, 32 bassinets, 13-bed pediatric unit, 8-bed chronic care unit for neonates, infants and pediatric patients, 24 monitored beds for neonatal intensive care, 16-bed transitional nursery, 15-bed delivery area)
Medical/Surgical:
- Star Pavilion (18 beds) for adolescent, adult and geriatric post-surgery patients.
- 10 Thompson (13 beds) for migraine headache, neurology and neurosurgery patients.
- 9 Pavilion (13 beds), 9 Thompson (13 beds) and 9 West (39 beds) for adolescent, adult and geriatric patients with orthopedic, spinal cord or trauma injuries.
- 9 Center (16 beds), for neurology, otolaryngology and neurosurgical patients.
- Epilepsy Care Unit (6 beds)
- 7 Northeast (25 beds) for transplant, urology, renal failure and surgery patients.
- 7 Center (23 beds) for medical, general surgery and trauma adult and geriatric patients.
- 7 West (30 beds) for oncology, gynecology and general surgery patients.
- 3 East (29 beds), 3 Center (25 beds) and 3 West (34 beds) for general medical and oncology patients.
- 3 Rehab (26 beds) for physical rehabilitation.
Ambulatory Services include:
- Bodine Infusion Unit (18 beds) for outpatient medical services in oncology, hematology and neurology/headache.
- Jefferson Surgical Center (4 ambulatory operating rooms)
- Urodynamic Testing Center
- Prostatron Center for clinical thermal interventions.
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Are nursing pool opportunities available?
Yes. Learn more about pool nursing at Jefferson.
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I hear a lot about local hospitals having financial difficulties, how does Jefferson compare?
Jefferson has always been a fiscally sound institution. It is part of the Jefferson Health System, the largest and most successful health system in the Delaware Valley.
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Does Jefferson offer any kind of housing assistance for nurses who are moving into the Philadelphia area?
Jefferson Hospital employees may take advantage of the University’s Department of Housing and Residence Life. This office serves the Jefferson community by helping to provide off-campus housing options.
The Department of Housing and Residence Life Provides off-campus housing information to the Jefferson community. The public information service is available to Jefferson students, employees, visitors and affiliates.
The primary goal of the service is to offer information to those seeking available housing. The Department of Housing and Residence Life does not endorse individual properties or Realtors and does not secure housing for individuals.
The Off-Campus Housing Coordinator will accept housing information from individuals, Realtors, and property or leasing agents with the understanding that the information will be displayed through the vehicle deemed appropriate by the Housing Administration Office. The Department of Housing and Residence Life does not accept any compensation for services rendered. This applies to those individuals seeking housing and to those advertising available housing.
The Department of Housing and Residence Life offers the following off-campus services through the Off-Campus Coordinator:
- JeffNews advertisement (FREE to Jefferson Community).
- Current listings on bulletin board (located in the Lobby of the Edison Building, 130 S. 9th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The bulletin board located in the lobby of the Edison Building is the only authorized posting sight. Notices of available housing posted elsewhere are subject to removal.
- Annual publication of the Housing Alternatives brochure.
- Informational handouts (Located in Room 103 Orlowitz Residence).
- Various commercial housing publications (Housing Administration Office, Room 103 Orlowitz).
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Do nurses have full access to the Scott Memorial Library?
Yes, Jefferson nurses are given full access to the Library’s resources. Make sure to bring your employee ID with you at all times to gain entrance and to take out books or other materials.
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What kind of resources does the library have?
Scott Memorial Library is a major resource for the Jefferson community. The Library was one of the first in the nation to be fully computerized, with access to MEDLINE, MICROMEDEX, and other online database systems, as well as an online catalog of Jefferson’s book collection. The library’s periodical collection includes a number of nursing journals. Inter-library loan is available, as are copy machines.
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Who may use JEFFLINE?
Anyone may access JEFFLINE's homepage at URL http://jeffline.tju.edu using a World Wide Web browser and Internet connection.
However, some parts of JEFFLINE, such as electronic full text and selected databases, are restricted. These resources are available only to students, faculty, and staff of the Jefferson community, qualified affiliates, and members of the Jefferson Alumni Connection program. Such resources may require user identification in the form of passwords and IDs, or may be accessible only from workstations on the Jefferson campus.
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How safe is it working around Jefferson?
The Jefferson community is patrolled by Jefferson’s own security force that uses state-of-the-art equipment, closed circuit television cameras, on-campus call boxes, consistent ID checks, and statistical analysis of crime reports to maintain the highest quality security. In addition, employees who work late at night can request a security escort.
The security department also maintains close relationships with the Center City Police District and the Sixth Police District. The Center City Police District augments the Sixth Police District and has been a rich source of support information, photographs and other pertinent information regarding incidents in Jefferson’s area. In addition, the Security Department enjoys a close affiliation with the PATCO Police Department and the SEPTA Police Department.
Another component of the Department’s plan for providing a safe and secure environment for our employees is the "safe corridor" program. Initiated in 1994, the Security Department began deploying Security Officers to strategic perimeter points around campus at specific times. These "safe corridors" provide an added measure of safety and security for our employees and students traveling to and from the Hospital or University.
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What is an "academic medical center"?
Academic medical centers are usually large medical institutions that are closely associated with medical schools and schools of allied health professions, like nursing. This means that they can offer students a chance to learn and be taught in a hospital setting. In addition, they offer the highest level of specialization in medical care. Academic medical centers are often where people go when they need medical care that is beyond what they can find in their local hospital.
Relationships between community hospitals like the Methodist Hospital Division and academic medical centers like Jefferson bring patients the best of both worlds. Patients know their healthcare professionals are members of the Jefferson staff, but they are cared for in their own neighborhood, close to home, family and friends.
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What is there to do in downtown Philadelphia?
What isn’t there to do downtown? They say that location is everything, and Jefferson has it. Jefferson Hospital is lucky to be located in the heart of Center City Philadelphia, with access to virtually any type of restaurant or entertainment facility. The Hospital is literally surrounded by the Walnut Street and Forrest Theatres, the Avenue of the Arts and several movie complexes including the popular Ritz movie chain. There are lots of places to shop, with everything from K-Mart to designer boutiques, and just about any kind of ethnic cuisine just blocks away – French, Italian, Chinese, Glatt Kosher, Japanese, Indian restaurants, just to name a few.
You can take a walk through the City’s Historic District, go down to the Delaware River to watch the Camden Aquarium Ferry, or take a bike ride along Boat House Row.
If you want to get out of town for a few days, you are just a few hours away from the Jersey shore, New York City or Washington DC.
Jefferson’s Methodist Hospital Division is located in South Philadelphia, one of the City’s more colorful neighborhoods, made popular by the movie Rocky. Methodist Hospital enjoys a close bond with several of the Mummer’s clubs, who often provide entertainment for hospital patients and visitors. The hospital is also near the famous Italian Market as well as several locations where one can pick up a Philadelphia cheesesteak.
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