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Posted: 09-May-24
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
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Internal Number: ic-2024-1897
Position Overview
Join our team of experienced endocrinologists in a busy inpatient and outpatient practice with a wide variety of endocrine cases. You’ll have exposure to leading-edge technology, including an extremely busy bump practice and a telemedicine program.
At LVHN, our endocrinology department sees a wide range of cases:
- Endocrinology in pregnancy – a collaborative clinic with maternal fetal medicine
- Pediatric endocrinology
- Weight management Thyroid biopsy
- Wound care
- Nutrition
- Reproductive endocrinology
- Podiatry
- Busy endocrine testing lab with dedicated nurses
In an endocrinology career with LVHN, you will experience:
- A favorable call schedule and the benefits of working for the area’s largest employer
- Opportunity to work with fellows/residents/medical students
- Eligibility for faculty appointment at the University of South Florida, LVHN’s academic affiliate
- In office procedures include continuous glucose monitoring, thyroid ultrasound, and thyroid biopsies
- Both inpatient and outpatient settings
- LVHN has a dedicated Endocrine testing unit and active outpatient diabetes teaching program to assist with CGMS, insulin pump starts and education and classes for patients with DM1 and DM2
- Monthly Endocrinology Journal Club/Case Review
- 2 Pediatric Endocrinologists on staff
- Opportunity to participate and mentor residents & fellows in a clinical and QI research projects
- Our Division participates in a multidisciplinary Endocrine Tumor Board
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
- A network champion for Endocrinology and a passion for the clinical work
- Must be Board certified or Board Eligible
- A current PA Medical License or ability to obtain one is required
About LVHN
LVHN hospitals in the Lehigh Valley are the only hospitals in the region to have received Magnet® recognition five consecutive times since 2002. This prestigious recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center demonstrates our commitment to nursing excellence and quality patient outcomes. LVHN is home to five clinical institutes. Each serve as a hub for innovation, collaboration and education. Our institutes include Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute, Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute, Lehigh Valley Institute for Surgical Excellence, Lehigh Valley Fleming Neuroscience Institute and Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute. LVHN is also home to Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital, which is the only children's hospital in the region. This hospital gives our community access to more than 30 pediatric specialties, Children's ExpressCARE locations and a dedicated Children's ER.
We've been consistently recognized by U.S. News & World Report as the top hospital in the region and among the best in the state. We're also Great Place to Work-Certified™, which means an overwhelming majority of our colleagues have a positive experience at LVHN.
These designations tell you that LVHN is a great place to work from hire to retire. If you are someone who aligns with LVHN's core values - Compassion, Integrity, Collaboration and Excellence – you will have a rewarding and successful career here.
Vaccination Requirements
Individuals are required to adhere to all LVHN vaccination policies in effect at the time of hire. Employees will be subject to pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. Please note that safety sensitive positions cannot test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, medical or otherwise.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.
