Job ID: 36

Type: Physicians

State: PA

Area: Allentown area

Specialty: PSYCHIATRY

Description: We are also looking for a flex provider who will cover all services in behavioral health. You’ll have a home base and cover in outpatient, inpatient, consult services and our partial hospitalization. •Have Outpatient, Acute Inpatient and Partial Hospital Services • You need to be board eligible (and eventually become board certified) or board certified already. • The call is 1:8 weekends where you will be expected to round on all patients and do consults. • Average daily census 20 o 23 bed o 15 bed older adult uni o 19 beds • ED admissions are done by a caseworker who screens and does the intake, you would only get called and very rarely need to come in. • ADC is 20 • We compensate fairly with a bonus structure available along with extra compensation for taking weekend call. • We have a rich benefit plan that includes malpractice, medical and dental coverage, vacation, CME allowance, etc. • Compensation range $220 to $237 plus bonus plan and call pay • Research and teaching interest – starting a psych residency • We have a night hawk service, so the physician would rarely if ever get called in

Community/Facility info: A regional, integrated network of hospitals, physicians and other related organizations providing care in eastern Pennsylvania. A major expansion to the 99-bed hospital included the opening of a new five-story addition which incorporated a 10,000-square foot Emergency Department. There are 10 colleges and universities including Lehigh University, scenic recreational opportunities including the Pocono Mountains, excellent economic environment, vibrant arts and culture scene, and very close proximity to New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Cost of living is low and coupled with minimal congestion.

Contact: For more information please contact Jason Brown at [email protected] or call 716-689-6000.