Per Diem Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Reported by 24 physicians · region cohort · total comp, not the employer's posted pay
Overview
- Location
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Schedule
- Current shifts are 11 AM to 9 PM (10 hour)
- SalaryDr Signal range
- $315k – $430k
- Practice
- Children's hospital within a regional health network · Pediatric Emergency Department within St. Lukes Children's Hospital
24 physician reports · not the employer's posted pay
Role summary
The position is for a per diem board certified or eligible pediatric emergency medicine physician covering 10-hour shifts from 11 AM to 9 PM in a 6-bed pediatric emergency unit with plans to expand to 10 beds. The unit sees over 10,000 children yearly and provides teaching support for emergency medicine residents.
What the posting highlights
- Working towards goal of 24/7 pediatric emergency coverage
- Care setting: Outpatient emergency department care with inpatient pediatric and PICU support available
- Patient population: Pediatric patients (children)
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
Physician-reported range shown; the employer did not post pay for this role.
Compensation
- What physicians report
- $315k – $430k
- Pay context
- SalaryDr Signal · physician-reported
- Report sample
- 24 recent physician reports · region cohort
- Compensation basis
- Estimated total compensation
Benefits named in the posting
- Malpractice coverage provided
This is a SalaryDr Signal computed from 24 recent, approved physician reports (region cohort). It is not an employer offer or posted pay; this employer did not disclose pay.
Employer
St. Luke's University Health Network
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Children's hospital within a regional health network
- Facility type
- Pediatric Emergency Department within St. Lukes Children's Hospital
- Beds
- 6
- Trauma level
- Level 1 trauma center at main hospital
- Patient population
- Pediatric patients (children)
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Current shifts are 11 AM to 9 PM (10 hour)
- Shift type
- Per diem shifts
- Patient volume
- Over 10,000 children per year in the unit
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient emergency department care with inpatient pediatric and PICU support available
- Coverage model
- Working towards goal of 24/7 pediatric emergency coverage
- Teaching
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- SalaryDr Signal
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- 4 days ago
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
Full description
St. Lukes University Health Network, the regions largest, most established health system, a major teaching hospital, and one of the nations 100 Top Hospitals is seeking a per diem Board Certified/Board-Eligible fellowship trained Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician to join our dedicated team of physicians providing excellent care at St. Lukes Childrens Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in Bethlehem, PA. To learn more about our Childrens Hospital and pediatric services, please visit https://www.slhn.org/pediatrics Position Overview Must be board-certified/board-eligible fellowship-trained PEM physician Current shifts are 11 AM to 9 PM (10 hour) and we are working towards the goal of 24/7 coverage Malpractice coverage provided Pediatric trained nurses are available 24/7 6-bed unit expanding to 10 beds in Fall 2026 EM resident support for all PEM shifts About the St. Lukes Childrens Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine The Pediatric Emergency Department at St. Lukes Childrens Hospital is a 6-bed unit (currently undergoing an expansion project to 10 beds) providing care to over 10,000 children per year. St. Lukes Childrens Hospital and Department of Pediatrics consists of inpatient, neonatal, emergency medicine, specialty and primary care providers spread across a variety of practice locations. The Childrens Hospitals 17-bed inpatient unit and 8-bed PICU. A pediatric hospitalist and pediatric intensivist are in house 24/7. The department is supported by a growing team of pediatric specialists spanning 40 specialty areas including pediatric surgery, GI, endocrinology, nephrology, developmental pediatrics, neurology, cardiology, dermatology, psychiatry, pulmonology, radiology, anesthesia, orthopedics, plastic surgery, and more! Pediatric residency with 6 pediatric residents per year. Robust 16 campus Network spread over a diverse geographic area providing emergency care for over 320,000 patients annually. St. Lukes Emergency Medicine program includes comprehensive stroke centers, 4 PCI centers, a level 1 trauma center, a level 2 trauma center and four level 4 trauma centers. In addition to patient care, the emergency department also supports and trains emergency medicine residents at two separate emergency medicine residencies at St. Lukes University Hospital - Bethlehem (36 residents) and St. Lukes Anderson Campus (30 residents). Interested? Send your CV to Drea Rosko Sr. Physician Recruiter Drea.Rosko@sluhn.org