Physician / Emergency Medicine / Pennsylvania / Permanent / Emergency Medicine Physician - Altoona, Pennsylvania Job

Job Description

Our Emergency Medicine department is seeking an Emergency Medicine physician to share shifts at both 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.

400-bed hospital serving 50,000 ED patients a 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

Type 2 diabetes honor roll

Lung cancer screening center

Stroke honor roll and stroke Gold Plus award.recipient

2nd facility coverage :

40-bed hospital serving 18,000 ED patients a year

Fully accredited by the Joint Commission

Leapfrog A grade for hospital safety recipient every year since 2018

Joint Commission accredited acute stroke ready hospital

ACR designated lung cancer screening center

CAP accredited lab.

Nearest Major Cities :

Pittsburgh : 2 hrs,

Baltimore / Washington DC : 3 hrs, Philadelphia : 4 hrs,

New York City : 5 hrs.

Local air and train service available.