Emergency Medicine Physician - Altoona, Pennsylvania

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.

• Pittsburgh: 2 hrs,
• Baltimore/ Washington DC: 3 hrs, Philadelphia: 4 hrs,
• New York City: 5 hrs.
• Local air and train service available.