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Posted: 19-Sep-24
Location: Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: ic-2024-1828
Vice Chair, OBGYN
Position Overview
Attention, OB-GYNs! We have an exciting opportunity for you to join a growing practice in the Hazelton area of eastern Pennsylvania. You will be part of a team of dedicated and passionate physicians who provide excellent women's health care to our community.
Campus and practice leadership opportunities are available for those with interest and who qualify, offering a chance for a pivotal role in shaping our practice’s future impact on women’s health care.
We are looking for full-time, part-time and per diem clinicians who share our vision and values. We invite you to apply and refer a clinician from your professional network for full time, part time and per diem opportunities.
Learn more about us:
The practice consists of general ob/gyn physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and ob/gyn hospitalists to provide comprehensive women’s healthcare in the region. The Hazleton campus supports approximately 650 births annually and is one of five maternal-newborn hospital sites for the LVHN, creating a robust interdisciplinary regional team using evidence-based practice and providing a care network for maternal services. Maternal-fetal medicine consultation is available, and their service accepts transports to our tertiary care facility in Allentown, PA. Newborn services at Pocono include a Level I nursery staffed by a team of pediatricians and access to our Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, including medical and surgical specialists. Beyond obstetrics, LVHN-Hazleton is a full-service community-based hospital nestled in beautiful and scenic northeastern Pennsylvania.
Opportunities exist for participation in education, clinical research, quality and patient safety, and healthcare administration. Leadership opportunities are available too for appropriate candidates if you apply now!
As the Vice Chair, you will have the opportunity to:
- Serve as the departmental representative on the campus Executive Medical Leadership Committee (EMLC)
- Work with the Vice-Chair of Quality on quality monitoring and performance improvement efforts at their campus
- Support interdisciplinary initiatives and relationships at the campus
- Participate in peer monitoring and individual performance improvement plans as necessary and as recommended by peer review and by Network Chair
- Lead local department meetings, particularly at community-based campuses
- Provide supplemental education to the campus clinicians and clinical staff on relevant policies, CPG, and care pathways
In an obstetrics and gynecology career with LVHN, you will experience:
- Over 30 service sites for obstetrics and gynecology in 11 counties serving women’s preventive, gynecologic and obstetrics needs.
- Five Family Birth and Newborn Centers throughout the region provide maternity care.
- Additional locations provide gynecologic surgical care for women using traditional and advanced minimally invasive techniques.
- Multiple locations give physicians and APCs the option to choose the setting in which they practice.
- Intimate and familiar patient settings or busy bustling practices
- Community-based programs or academic tertiary referral hospitals
- Collaborate with a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse midwives dedicated to providing exceptional care.
- Ability to teach and train students and residents at some locations.
Benefits & Perks
As a nationally certified Great Place to Work™, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career. Explore our benefits.
- Starting Bonus
- Resident and Fellow Educational Stipends
- Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
- CME Time and Allowance
- Relocation (if applicable)
Qualifications
- Board Eligible or Board Certified
- A current PA Medical License or ability to obtain one is required
- Ideally 3-5 years of clinical experience in obstetrics
Recruiter Details
Kate M. MusserClinician Recruiter, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Psychiatry
Kate.Musser@lvhn.org
610-737-9223