Emergency Medicine opening - Altoona, PA

**Emergency Medicine opening - Altoona, PA**
Located 98m to Pittsburgh

**Position Details**
- Full-time, permanent
- Share shifts at two nearby hospitals
- Both hospitals are staffed with additional Advanced Provider support (Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner) coverage daily.
- Qualified candidates will be board-eligible, or board-certified in Emergency Medicine.

**Compensation/Benefits**
- Relocation assistance
- Sign-on bonus
- $4,000 CME allowance
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
- Outstanding benefit package including health, dental, life, vision and disability insurance
- Retirement plan with employer match

**About the Group**
- 400-bed regional tertiary hospital serving west central Pennsylvania Serving 50K Ed patients/year
- 40 bed hospital serving 18K ED patients/year
- Accredited level II trauma, stroke and chest pain center, and a regional oncology center.
- Additional signature services include comprehensive cardiology/cardiovascular surgery, behavioral health, bariatrics, maternity, robotic surgery, and wound care.
- The hospital is a 4-star CMS hospital with a Leapfrog A grade in patient safety.
- The medical staff is comprised of approximately 400 primary care and specialty physicians, including full-service hospitalists, intensivists and a team of interventional radiologists.
- $23 billion world-renowned health care provider and insurer.
- 92,000 employees, including 4,900 physiciansOver 40 academic, community and specialty hospitals
- Over 800 doctors offices and outpatient sites

**About the Community:**
- You can choose to live in the Altoona/Hollidaysburg area or State College (hometown of Penn State University's main campus). Both communities offer safe and enriching environments to enjoy work/life balance
- Located in the Altoona/Blair County/Central Pennsylvania region
- Very reasonable cost of living
- Excellent school systems
- Abundant cultural amenities including theatre, symphony, minor league baseball, transportation history, festivals, Big10 sports and national touring performing artists
- Centrally located with easy access to larger, neighboring cities. Between 40 minutes to 4.5 hours to major cities including Pittsburgh, State College, Philadelphia, DC, and NYC.
- Mountains to climb and ski, rivers and lakes to paddle and fish, trails and roadways to bike, numerous golf courses, tennis and pickle ball courts right here!
- Everything you need within a 15-minute drive no rush hour traffic, no parking fees