Pulmonary Disease - Critical Care Job at Geisinger in State College, PA

The Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine division at Geisinger is seeking a board-certified/eligible physician to enhance its growing team. This full-time opportunity combines outpatient pulmonary care, inpatient pulmonary/critical care, and optional sleep medicine (up to 1 week/month). This dynamic opportunity is in the Geisinger Western Region (State College/Lewistown). Physicians may live in State College or Lewistown areas and practice at the Geisinger Healthplex State College in Port Matilda, PA and/or the Pulmonary Clinic in Lewistown with inpatient Pulmonary and Critical Care services at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital in Lewistown, PA!

  Key Responsibilities: 

• Combination of Pulmonary/Critical Care with 3 weeks of clinic, including procedures and 1 week of inpatient care/month
• Typical clinic day consists of 6 hours of patient contact time and 2 hours of administrative discretionary time 

Procedures & Teaching Opportunities: 

• Outpatient procedures include bronchoscopy, EBUS, thoracentesis, pleurx catheter placement, etc.
• Inpatient procedures include thoracentesis, bronchoscopy with EBUS, chest tube placement, ultrasound evaluation, central line/HD catheter placement, arterial lines, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, percutaneous trach and pleurx catheter placement
• Opportunity to teach Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine Pulmonary Critical Care fellows, Family Practice residents and medical students
• Participate in scholarly activities, committees and research as well as interdisciplinary programs with Tumor Board (Thoracic Surgery and Oncology) at both cancer centers
• Receive both clinical and academic titles upon start at Geisinger College of Health Sciences 

What We Offer: 

• Competitive compensation with $100k start incentive
• Health, dental, vision, prescription plans on day 1 of employment
• Total of 41 days of PTO, holidays, CME
• Parental and military leave
• Generous retirement: Geisinger annually contributes over $15k
• Fully paid relocation
• Malpractice with tail coverage
• Geisinger qualifies for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program! 

Why Western PA: 

• State College, home to Penn State University, offers a diverse culture, excellent public, private or charter schools, endless options for dining, theatre, sports and recreation, nightlife and more
• For those interested in quiet and rural adventure, the area offers fishing (blue ribbon fly fishing), hunting, hiking, biking, water recreation and more
• Flying schools both in State College and Lewistown
• Lower cost of living
• University Park airport provides easy travel opportunities