Faculty position available – Northwell Health Eye Institute

As we expand our services across Northwell Health, the Northwell Health Eye Institute is seeking a dynamic comprehensive Ophthalmic Hospitalist for employment. The candidate will be a member of the full-time faculty (Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine Ophthalmology Program). The ideal candidate will be Board Certified/Board Eligible in Ophthalmology.

Additional responsibilities include:

Provide hospital based ophthalmic care in coordination with our residency service at our central region hospitals including, North Shore University Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and Cohen Children’s Medical Center. This unique position provides exceptional care to our hospital patients in partnership with our entire clinical department.

Ophthalmology:

The Northwell Health Eye Institute brings together the vast resources of Northwell Health and the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine to provide state-of-the-art care while contributing to advances in technology, education and research. Our Long Island Department of Ophthalmology consists of 14 full time faculty, three Optometrists, and over 140 community based comprehensive and specialty ophthalmologists. Faculty members have teaching responsibilities in the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine Ophthalmology Residency Program.

Why choose us?

Northwell Health includes 23 award-winning hospitals and more than 650 community based practice locations throughout Long Island, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and Westchester.

All candidates will receive competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and eligibility for tuition reimbursement. Physicians will be employed as members of Northwell Physician Partners, the fifth largest medical group in the country. Academic appointment to Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell is commensurate with credentials and experience.

For further details and opportunities, please contact Lindsay Appelman, Physician Recruiter, Northwell Health: lappelman@northwell.edu.

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Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 23 hospitals, more than 600 outpatient facilities and nearly 15,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 66,000 employees – 15,000-plus nurses and 4,000 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies.

Diversity and Health Equity:

Northwell Health is committed to training, supporting and nurturing physicians from all backgrounds. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. Diversity and inclusion permeates our educational and clinical initiatives. We have set a goal to make sure every one of our physicians receives training on how to deliver high quality, culturally competent care. Our recent educational areas of focus have been on social determinants of health, community engagement and developing a medical-legal partnership for our physicians-in-training. One of our many strengths is our diverse patient population and our expectation is that our diverse patient populations receive equitable care, irrespective of who they are. As a result, we continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of our diverse patients.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. Physicians are employed through Northwell Health Physician Partners, one of the largest medical groups in the country.