Posted: 01-Oct-24
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: 646088
St. Luke?s University Health Network is seeking BC/BE Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists to join our robust and diverse behavioral health services team. St. Luke?s is one of the nation's top teaching hospitals and is ranked in the nation?s 15 Top Health Systems and 100 Top Hospitals. Due significant growth in our existing psychiatry programs, we are looking for child & adolescent (C&A) Psychiatrists who strive for excellence and want to make an impact.
Opportunity Highlights:
- Join 4 C&A physicians, who currently provide outpatient services to our community.
- Plans are underway to open a 16-bed Adolescent inpatient unit this fall at our Easton campus.
- Will rotate for weekend inpatient acute care coverage.
- This is an employed position in a growing service line with little to no night call.
In joining St. Luke?s University Health Network you?ll enjoy:
- Team-based care with well-educated, dedicated support staff
- A culture in which innovation is highly valued
- Exceptional compensation package, starting bonus, and relocation reimbursement,
- Loan forgiveness program
- Rich benefits package, including malpractice, health and dental insurance, and generous CME allowance
- Work/life balance and flexibility
- Teaching, research, quality improvement and strategic development opportunities
- Final year fellowship stipend
*We do not sponsor visas
If you are interested in learning more about the opportunity, please apply at:
Founded in 1872, St. Luke?s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 18,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $3 billion, the Network?s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke?s hospitals operate the biggest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania.
Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke?s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley?s first and only four-year medical school campus. It also operates the nation?s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 40 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 419 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke?s, a member of the Children?s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley?s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.
SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare?s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World?s Best Hospital. The Network?s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/Merative 10 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2022 when it was identified as THE #2 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke?s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN?s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. The Network is also recognized as one of the state?s lowest cost providers.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES: COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENT
As a leading healthcare provider, St. Luke?s University Health Network is committed to protecting our employees, patients and community. As we continue to provide quality care to our patients, we are taking important next steps to prevent undue harm to our employees & ensure our patients have a safe environment for medical care and treatment. Effective immediately, St. Luke?s is requiring all new hires, along with our current employees, to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment. Medical or religious exemptions will be reviewed as per our policy and guidelines.
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