Health Systems Sci PT- SOM

Health Systems Sci PT- SOM

Primary Location Pasadena, California Schedule Short Hour Shift Day Salary $54400 - $108416 / year Job Number 1440457 Date Posted 08/13/2026 Submit Interest

The Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine invites applications for a part-time faculty position in the Department of Health Systems Science (academic rank to be determined based on eligibility). We are seeking faculty members interested in developing a highly innovative world-class medical school, supporting creation of its educational curriculum, research enterprise, infrastructure, and processes. The Department of Health Systems Science has two missions:
To give medical students a foundation in patient safety, quality, value, social determinants of health, community and population health, and health policy that will help them become change agents in their professions; and To pursue a broad health scholarship agenda that will increase health and health equity through systems innovation and redesign.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Engage in a mix of pedagogical and scholarly activities.
• Collaborate across the foundational, clinical, and health systems science departments to integrate and reinforce concepts throughout the four-year curriculum.
• Provide content expertise for specific educational and assessment materials delivered through a variety of student-centered pedagogies.
• Serve as facilitators in small-group and team-based learning.
• Engage in scholarly activities in both clinical and community settings, including health services and health-related social sciences research; improvement and implementation research; health-related program and policy development and evaluation; and educational scholarship.
• Pedagogical and scholarly duties, expectations, and resources will be individually developed based on evolving faculty interests and skills as well as departmental priorities and needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience N/A
• Education MD, PhD, other doctoral degree, or comparable degree.
• License, Certification, Registration N/A

Additional Requirements:

• Demonstrated scholarly experience in anthropology, design, economics, health services, law, management, medical education, psychology, public affairs, public health, sociology, statistics, or systems engineering.
• Demonstrated outstanding teaching abilities and commitment to teaching.
• Demonstrated strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong critical thinking, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated strong service in disadvantaged communities.
• Demonstrated strong commitment to equity, inclusion, and diversity.
• May not concurrently hold a postdoctoral appointment or participate in a training program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Specific experiences in leading curriculum design and development, student and course evaluation, student assessment, and curriculum mapping with respect to competencies and milestones.
• Knowledge and experience with various teaching methodologies such as problem-based learning, team-based learning, case-based learning, technology-assisted learning, and flipped classrooms.
• Experience with accreditation of medical education programs.