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Per Diem Board Certified fellowship trained Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
Reported by 23 physicians · region cohort · total comp, not the employer's posted pay
Overview
The package
AI-structuredSt. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a per diem, board-certified/board-eligible fellowship-trained Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician for its Children's Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in Bethlehem, PA. The current 6-bed unit (expanding to 11 beds in Fall 2026) sees over 10,000 pediatric patients per year and offers 10-hour shifts (11 AM–9 PM) with a goal of 24/7 coverage.
- $380,000 SalaryDr market context available for comparison
- Current shifts 11 AM–9 PM (10-hour); working toward 24/7 coverage
- Pediatric Emergency Department · Children's Hospital / Major Teaching Hospital · Emergency Department (outpatient/acute care); inpatient support available via 17-bed inpatient unit and 8-bed PICU with in-house pediatric hospitalist and intensivist 24/7
- Teaching responsibilities or academic setting indicated
Posted pay vs real comps
Physician-reported range shown; the employer did not post pay for this role.
Compensation
- Type
- SalaryDr Market Context
- Market context
- $327,500 – $430,000
This is SalaryDr Market Context computed from 23 verified physician submissions (region cohort). It is not the employer's posted pay. The employer did not disclose pay.
Employer
St. Luke's University Health Network
Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Pediatric Emergency Department
- Facility type
- Children's Hospital / Major Teaching Hospital
- Beds
- 6
- Trauma level
- Level 1 (network includes Level 1, Level 2, and four Level 4 trauma centers)
- Patient population
- Pediatric
Questions to ask the employer
- 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
- Schedule
- Current shifts 11 AM–9 PM (10-hour); working toward 24/7 coverage
- Shift type
- Per Diem, 10-hour shifts (11 AM – 9 PM)
- Patient volume
- Over 10,000 pediatric patients per year in the PED; network-wide emergency care for over 320,000 patients annually
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Emergency Department (outpatient/acute care); inpatient support available via 17-bed inpatient unit and 8-bed PICU with in-house pediatric hospitalist and intensivist 24/7
- Coverage model
- EM resident support for all PEM shifts; pediatric trained nurses available 24/7; pediatric hospitalist and intensivist in-house 24/7
- FTE
- 0
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- No
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- SalaryDr Market Context
- First seen
- 1 wk ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 62%
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 per diem Board Certified/Board-Eligible fellowship trained Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician to join our dedicated team of physicians providing excellent care at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital Pediatric Emergency Department in Bethlehem, PA.
To learn more about our Children’s 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 11 beds in Fall 2026
- EM resident support for all PEM shifts
About the St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine:
- The Pediatric Emergency Department at St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital is a 6-bed unit (currently undergoing an expansion project to 11 beds) providing care to over 10,000 children per year.
- St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics consists of inpatient, neonatal, emergency medicine, specialty and primary care providers spread across a variety of practice locations.
- The Children’s Hospital’s 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. Luke’s 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. Luke’s University Hospital – Bethlehem (36 residents) and St. Luke’s Anderson Campus (30 residents).
Interested? Send your CV to:
Drea Rosko
Sr. Physician Recruiter
Drea.Rosko@sluhn.org
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