Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician

UPMC Central PA is seeking Per Diem adult and senior care physicians to join our growing post-acute care team in the Cumberland region and play an integral role in helping to provide high-quality, compassionate care to our geriatric population. UPMC Central PA Post-Acute team provides care in several skilled nursing facilities across the county.

Primary Care physicians, hospitalists, and geriatric trained physicians are encouraged to apply.

About the Position :

• Provides direct patient care in multiple facilities across the aging continuum to include skilled nursing, rehab, personal care / assisted living, independent living and clinic.
• Interacts with facility leadership, hospital discharge team, care management and other specialties to drive optimal quality care with aligned goals.
• Post-Acute care offers a wide variety of healthcare fields, from general primary care and internal medicine to geriatrics and acute rehab services. Our clinician's crossover and work with several specialists, increasing their knowledge base and skillsets.
• Collaborates with and supervises Advanced Practice Providers.
• EPIC EMR, online diagnostics including PACS imaging and laboratory results.
• Clinical rounding M-F, attractive daily schedules with flexible models. Overnight and weekend call is all phone coverage, shared equally with partners and APPs, ratios very favorable.

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About UPMC Central PA

UPMC in Central PA is a nationally recognized leader in providing high quality, patient-centered health care services in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. The not-for-profit system cares for more than 1.2 million area residents yearly, providing life-saving emergency care, essential primary care, and leading-edge diagnostic services. The UPMC Central PA health system includes seven acute care hospitals with 1,161 licensed beds, over 160 outpatient clinics and ancillary facilities, more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals, and approximately 11,000 employees. It is a health care hub serving Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Juniata, Franklin, Adams, and parts of Snyder counties.

UPMC was named as one of the "150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare" for 2022 by Becker's Healthcare. For inclusion on this list, hospitals, health systems, and health care companies must demonstrate initiatives and commitment to promote diversity within the workforce, employee engagement, and professional growth.

UPMC is a committed community partner, generously investing to help our neighbors, committing resources to help make care more accessible, improve health and quality of life, and advance medical knowledge.

About Our Community

South central Pennsylvania offers endless possibilities : city excitement, rural respite, and suburban family life and community can all be found here. Enjoy excellent work-life balance with easy commutes to work. In addition to fabulous dining, we offer an abundance of sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment. We are close to historically significant areas such as Gettysburg and world-famous Hershey Park and Hershey's Chocolate World.

The area offers top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and some of Pennsylvania's top colleges and universities. Area school districts are consistently ranked in the top 20% of Pennsylvania. With affordable homes-a composite cost of living index of 99.7, compared to 126.5 in Philadelphia-it's a great place to grow a career and family.

Listed among "America's Most Livable Cities," and ranked in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Cities to Live," we are a two to three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.