Overview

Putting Kids and Families First Since 1875

A leader in pediatric care since 1875, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children's nationally recognized programs and pediatric specialists provide exceptional care to children from throughout the Greater Philadelphia area and around the world. The mission of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is to provide quality pediatric services in a caring, progressive environment. St. Christopher's Hospital is committed to quality through teamwork, technology and service in a child-friendly, family-oriented environment.

For more than 100 years, our hospital has served children, families, and communities in Greater Philadelphia and surrounding communities. Caring for children is our passion. Here, we develop, offer, and refine nationally recognized programs through patient- and family-centered, collaborative, and innovative care.

We're an academic medical center, which means we bring you the latest in diagnostics, treatments, and innovations - all tailored specifically to the needs of your child. Through our research, academics, and clinical care, children and families depend on the leading-edge care found only at an academic medical center.

Responsibilities

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is recruiting a full time BE/BC Pediatric Ophthalmologist to join our team. Our team consists of 1 pediatric ophthalmologist, 2 pediatric developmental optometrists and 3 ophthalmic technicians and a RN ROP coordinator We are unique in that we have a vision therapy service, the only such service in the Philadelphia region. We interact daily with sub-specialty services within the hospital, most commonly emergency medicine, trauma, NICU/ICU, neurosurgery, rheumatology, neurology, orthopedic concussion service, hematology/oncology, general pediatrics, and developmental behavioral.

The candidate will be an integral and interactive member of the division of Ophthalmology and participate in the inpatient and outpatient management of ophthalmology patients. Our hospital is a referral center in the Metro Philadelphia area for pediatric ophthalmology patients providing comprehensive evaluation and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with a variety of eye disorders. The center has high pathology. Our physicians care for and treat all fields of pediatric ophthalmology, including congenital and infantile glaucoma, retinopathy of prematurity, as well as its treatment, oculoplastic and anterior segment trauma and strabismus.

The successful candidate will be a BC/BE ophthalmologist from an ACGME approved program, with additional training from an ACGME pediatric ophthalmology fellowship program. Applicants should have the ability to work with teams on patient focused, division centric and hospital wide initiatives. Candidates should have a desire to be part of colleague group that is mission driven to provide care to the neediest children in the Philadelphia region. Every member of our team is vital to the overall delivery of patient care. Every day you will have the opportunity to impact the life of a child and their family. St Christopher's is a place to use your skills to reach kids that may not get simple and complex care otherwise.

If you are interested in the challenge and rewards of this dynamic practice, I encourage you to email a copy of your CV and cover letter today!

The Benefits We Offer:

• Competitive compensation package
• Benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan with employer automatic contribution and employer match.
• Malpractice insurance & tail coverage
• Educational Loan Assistance
• Generous paid time-off allowance
• Commuter Benefits- tax-free transit or parking
• CME time and money
• Relocation assistance
• H1B Visa & Green Card Support, J1 Visa sponsorship
• Supportive health system to advance goals

Tower Health is a regional integrated healthcare system that offers compassionate, high-quality, leading-edge healthcare and wellness services to communities in Berks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia Counties. With approximately 11,500 employees, Tower Health consists of Reading Hospital in West Reading; Phoenixville Hospital in Phoenixville; Pottstown Hospital in Pottstown; and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, in partnership with Drexel University. Tower Health is strongly committed to academic medicine and training, including multiple residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences in West Reading. The system also includes Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing; home healthcare provided by Tower Health at Home; TowerDirect ambulance and emergency response; Tower Health Medical Group; Tower Health Providers, our clinically integrated network; and 25 Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across our service area. For more information, visit towerhealth.org .

Qualifications

Requirements:

• BE/BC Ophthalmology, Fellowship trained in Pediatric Ophthalmology
• Unrestricted medical licence - Commonwealth of PA
• Current DEA license

Interested candidates should email their CV and cover letter to Bill Mawhinney, Sr. Physician Recruiter at bill.mawhinney@towerhealth.org

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