Pulmonologist/Critical Care Physician
Overview
- Location
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
- Schedule
- 1:4 call requirement
- Source-listed pay
- $535,000
- Practice
- Multi-hospital regional health system with community health focus · Hospital system with multiple hospitals and clinics
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
A pulmonologist/critical care position in a multi-hospital regional health system in Central PA offers a guaranteed base salary with RVU incentives after year two, significant sign-on and educational assistance bonuses, a 1:4 call schedule, and comprehensive benefits including retirement match and malpractice coverage. The role focuses on advanced interventional pulmonology with access to high-tech bronchoscopy equipment and collaboration with related specialties.
What the posting highlights
- Patient population: Community health serving NW/Central Pennsylvania with small town populations
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $535,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- te preferred, not required PA medical state license, or eligible Compensation & Benefits: Guaranteed base salary to $535k (RVU tier plan after year two) $25K sign-on bonus $75K educational assistance, provided o
- Observed
- 3 wk ago
- Compensation model
- Guaranteed base salary to $535k with RVU tier plan starting after year two
- Bonus / incentives
- Sign-on bonus and educational assistance provided · $25,000 sign-on bonus; $75,000 educational assistance over five years
- Signing bonus
- $25,000
- PTO
- 7 weeks
Benefits named in the posting
- $10,000 relocation
- $3,500 CME allowance plus 40 hours annually
- Generous PTO (35 days annually)
- Malpractice & Tail coverage
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with 4% match
- Fellowship stipend
Employer
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Multi-hospital regional health system with community health focus
- Facility type
- Hospital system with multiple hospitals and clinics
- Trauma level
- Level 11
- Patient population
- Community health serving NW/Central Pennsylvania with small town populations
- EHR
- Cerner, Centricity
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $535,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- How is the productivity component calculated (wRVU rate, threshold, reconciliation cadence), and what did physicians here actually earn from it last year?
- Is the $25,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
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Work Design
- Call burden
- 1:4 call requirement
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- Visa sponsorship
- yes
Source & Verification
- Source
- Recruiter-posted
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 3 wk ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 95%
Full description
Pulmonologist/Critical Care Non-profit regional health system in Central PA with multi-hospital with more than 1200 providers within 100 clinic locations. Level 11 Trauma. Community health serving NW/Central Pennsylvania for more than 100 years. Join an expanding Interventional Pulmonology practice with 12 pulmonologist providers within practice group. Advanced bronchoscopy suite. Galaxy System, Monarch Robotic Electromagnetic Navigation, CelTivity Imaging Based Rapid On-site Tissue Evaluation, Endobronchial Ultrasound, Argon Plasma Coagulation, Cryotherapy, Airway Stenting, Rigid Bronchoscopy, Trufreeze Cryospray system, Bronchial Thermoplasty. Robotic navigational bronchoscopy, bronchial thermoplasty, thoracic ultrasound, cryotherapy, airway stenting, diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, Pleurx catheter placement, pleurodesis. Collaborate with thoracic surgery, radiation and medical oncology. Call requirement: 1:4. EMRs: Cerner and Centricity. J1s welcome to apply! Requirements BE/BC Pulmonology Interventional Pulmonary Sleep Certificate preferred, not required PA medical state license, or eligible Compensation & Benefits Guaranteed base salary to $535k (RVU tier plan after year two) $25K sign-on bonus $75K educational assistance, provided over a five-year term 10k relocation CME $3.5k + 40 hours annually Generous PTO (35 days annually) Malpractice & Tail 403(b) Retirement Plan with 4% match Fellowship Stipend Community Small towns are known for their welcoming, friendly residents, highly ranked schools, safe neighborhoods and low cost of living. The scenic Pennsylvania Wilds provide the background for an active lifestyle of running, fishing, kayaking, hiking, biking, and winter sports. Art galleries, theatres, and antique/specialty shops can be found throughout the region’s historic towns along with seasonal farmer’s markets, community events and cultural festivals held throughout the year. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Erie are within easy driving distance.