Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Hershey, United States - Society of Hospital Medicine

Description

Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is recruiting a Division Chief in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine.

Opportunity Details

• Join a growing team, presently consisting of 16 physicians and 6 Advanced Practice Providers at Penn State Health Children's Hospital.
• High quality academic and clinical programs in our recently constructed/expanded Children's Hospital with primary responsibility for an 18 bed Pediatric Progressive Care Unit and 24 bed Pediatric Intermediate Care Unit which can expand by up to 8 additional beds.
• Coverage with our Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation colleagues at the joint venture Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital.
• Interactions and team-coverage with entire complement of medical and surgical specialties.
• Work with robust pediatric and med/peds residency programs.

• Medical degree - MD, DO, or foreign equivalent.
• Fellowship trained, BC/BE in Pediatrics, BC/BE in Pediatric Hospital Medicine a plus
• Minimum 5 years pediatric experience.
• Eligible for the rank of Associate Professor or higher.
• Proven leadership experience in an academic healthcare environment.
• A strong commitment to patient care, medical student and resident education and research/scholarly activity is necessary.

• Penn State Health is a multi-hospital health system serving patients and communities across central Pennsylvania.
• The 8-story Children's Hospital celebrated a new era of patient and family centered care with its completion of a three-floor vertical expansion in October 2020 to meet the needs of children and families in central Pennsylvania who count on us for care. As the only children's hospital between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia fully equipped to treat the most severely ill children, Penn State Health Children's Hospital expanded our role as the region's pediatric health care leader.
• Among the first hospitals in the nation to be named a Level 1 Children's Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons Children's Surgery Verification Program.
• We are the only medical facility in Pennsylvania to be accredited as a Level 1 pediatric trauma center and Level 1 adult trauma center.
• Features the only level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
• The system includesPenn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center ,Penn State Health Children's HospitalandPenn State Cancer Institutebased in Hershey, Pa.;Penn State Health Hampden Medical Centerin Enola, Pa.;Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Centerin Camp Hill, Pa.;Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Centerin Lancaster, Pa.;Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Centerin Reading, Pa.;Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute , a specialty provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, in Harrisburg, Pa.; and 2,450+ physicians and direct care providers at 225 outpatient practices. Additionally, the system jointly operates various healthcare providers, includingPenn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital ,Hershey Outpatient Surgery CenterandHershey Endoscopy Center .

• Hershey is a suburban community in a metropolitan area and is one of the fastest growing regions in the state.
• The area offers excellent public schools with many districts ranking in the top 100 in the state.
• Hershey is approximately 12 miles from Harrisburg, the state capital, and within a short train ride or drive to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Baltimore.