Pediatric Nephrologist
Overview
- Location
- Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- Source-listed pay
- $100,000
- Practice
- Children's hospital and pediatric specialty center · Teaching hospital, major children's hospital with pediatric specialty center
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Board Certified/Eligible Pediatric Nephrologist to join their growing pediatric nephrology program at a major teaching children's hospital with both inpatient and outpatient pediatric dialysis services, offering teaching, research, and loan forgiveness up to $100,000.
What the posting highlights
- Care setting: Inpatient and outpatient including outpatient dialysis and inpatient dialysis care in PICU and pediatric unit
- Patient population: Pediatric patients including inpatient, PICU, dialysis patients, pediatric emergency
- Research or clinical-trial participation is noted
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $100,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- hich innovation is highly valued Work/life balance & flexibility Loan forgiveness program up to $100,000 Exceptional compensation package, starting bonus, and relocation reimbursement Rich benefi
- Observed
- 1 mo ago
- Loan repayment
- $100,000
Employer
St. Luke's University Health Network
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Children's hospital and pediatric specialty center
- Facility type
- Teaching hospital, major children's hospital with pediatric specialty center
- Beds
- 17
- Patient population
- Pediatric patients including inpatient, PICU, dialysis patients, pediatric emergency
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $100,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- How is the $100,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
- What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Inpatient and outpatient including outpatient dialysis and inpatient dialysis care in PICU and pediatric unit
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- 4 days ago
- Extraction confidence
- 80%
Full description
St. Luke's University Health Network, the region's largest, most established health system, a major teaching hospital, and one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals is seeking a Board Certified/ Board Eligible Pediatric Nephrologist to join our growing team of pediatric specialists at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Bethlehem Campus.
As a result of the growth and investment in pediatric services, St. Luke's recently announced the establishment of St. Luke's Children's Hospital at the Bethlehem Campus. We are looking for providers who are excited about growth and new opportunities to join our team!
To learn more about our Children's Hospital and pediatric services, please visit https://www.slhn.org/pediatrics
Highlights Include:
St. Luke's Division of Pediatric Nephrology is currently the only pediatric nephrology program in the Lehigh Valley area.
Through a partnership with DaVita Dialysis, the Division of Pediatric Nephrology offers the only pediatric dialysis (PD and HD) services in the region. Rounding on outpatient dialysis patients is required. These modalities are also available for patients in our PICU and inpatient pediatric unit.
In 2023, St. Luke's announced the establishment of St. Luke's Children's Hospital at the Bethlehem Campus and is a proud member of the Children's Hospital Association, representing decades of growth and investment in pediatrics and the Network's commitment to pediatric services.
St. Luke's Children's Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics consists of inpatient, neonatal, emergency medicine, specialty and primary care providers spread across a variety of practice locations. The Network also has a robust base of family practice providers throughout the St. Luke's service area.
St. Luke's Children's Hospital is also home to a newly renovated 17 bed Inpatient Pediatric Unit and 8 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
The new Pediatric Emergency Department is a 6 bed unit located within St. Luke's Children's Hospital and will expand to 11 beds at the completion of an ongoing construction project. The Pediatric ER provides care to over 10,000 patients each year at St. Luke's Children's Hospital.
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! Many are conveniently located at St. Luke's Pediatric Specialty Center, the region's only freestanding building dedicated entirely to pediatric services.
The pediatric nephrology practice continues to grow as a result of a strong referral network of numerous pediatric primary care practices and family practice offices.
The most robust and highest volume OB program in the region with a strong maternal and fetal medicine program which delivers over 6,000 babies per year.
Surgical Level III NICU located at St. Luke's Children's Hospital, Bethlehem Campus, PA, 8 bed Level II NICU at St. Luke's Allentown Campus, 26 bed Level III NICU at St. Luke's Anderson Campus, and a 6 bed Level II NICU at St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus.
Robust 16 hospital Network spread over a diverse geographic area providing emergency care for over 320,000 patients annually.
In joining St. Luke's University Health Network you'll enjoy:
Team-based care with well-educated, dedicated support staff
A culture in which innovation is highly valued
Work/life balance & flexibility
Loan forgiveness program up to $100,000
Exceptional compensation package, starting bonus, and relocation reimbursement
Rich benefits package including malpractice, health and dental insurance, and CME allowance
Teaching, research, quality improvement and strategic development opportunities
Interested in this opportunity? Send your CV to:
tiffany.english@sluhn.org