Hospitalist Job In Altoona, Pennsylvania
Hospitalist Physician - Close to State College, Pennsylvania- Visa Candidates Accepted
Job Description
- Collegial team of 23 physicians and 14 Advanced Practice Providers
- Work 7 days on, 7 days off
- Rotating early and late days
- Nights covered by nocturnists
- Census averages 16-18 adult inpatients/day
- Intensivist Service covers ICU
- No OB or peds
- No procedures required
- Code response covered by residents
- Consulting physicians in nearly all specialties
- Competitive salary based on working 175 shifts per year
- Additional income for working extra shifts
- Annual quality incentive program
- 7 days PTO/year
- Generous CME stipend
- Robustbenefits with employer matched retirement
- Relocation allowance
- Sign-on bonus
- Retention incentive after 2 years and with contract renewal
About Our Health System
Part of a 42-hospital system, is a regional, tertiary, community hospital in west central Pennsylvania. Signature services include Level II Trauma Center, Cancer Center, Heart & Vascular Institute and regional Stroke Center. Nearly 400 primary and specialty care physicians on medical staff.
- 400-bed hospital serving 50,000 ED patients/year
- 4-star CMS hospital with an A grade in hospital safety.
- Accredited HeartCARE center, cardiac cath lab & chest pain center
- Accredited breast imaging center of excellence
- Thrombectomy capable stroke center
- Stroke honor roll and stroke Gold Plus award recipient
- Type 2 diabetes honor roll
- Lung cancer screening center
About our Community
- Altoona is a small city surrounded by mountains in west central Pennsylvania, with major northeast metro areas within a 2 to 5-hour drive. Hiking, biking, paddling, fishing, golf and skiing are popular at nearby state parks, resorts and trails. Big10 sports, national touring performing artists and university town atmosphere are among the highlights of neighboring State College, home to Penn State University.
Qualifications
- Licensure, Certifications and Clearances:
- ABIM/AOBIM/ABFM Board Certification
- BLS, ACLS Certified
- Must qualify for a medical license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
It’s Personal With Us
In a world that’s increasingly automated, where it’s difficult to get a live person on a customer service phone line, where we tweet and update our Facebook feeds and send emails rather than actually talking to one another, here at Inspire Healthcare we believe in a couple of things:
- We believe that personal relationships are imperative.
- We believe that personal relationships are imperative.
In short, we believe in our company’s name: Inspire Healthcare.
“This is all well and good,” you’re probably saying to yourself. “But everyone says this. Show me this inspiration!”
What Inspire Healthcare Provides Our Clients and Candidates
We offer our physician and healthcare staffing services nationwide, yet we’ll get to know each other so well, we’ll give you our contact information and cell phone numbers so that you may call us anytime, any day, anywhere. We’re available to you 24/7/365.
These personal relationships mean we’ll get to know you better than any other staffing service ever has before. We decided long ago to focus our energies on recruiting physicians and other healthcare professionals for a primary care setting. This focus means we don’t wander about looking for “the next big thing.”
Instead, that “big thing” includes your needs, your goals and providing you with the utmost in personal attention and customer service.
Honesty, Objectivity, Competency and a Focus on Customer Service
That’s Inspire Healthcare