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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 Rheumatology Fellowship Founding Program Director to start a new Rheumatology Fellowship Program.  The Founding Program Director will be responsible for leading, administering, and supervising all aspects of the Rheumatology Fellowship Program in accordance with the ACGME Program Requirements and Institutional Goals and Objectives.

The Program Director will have dedicated time for administrative, educational, strategic, and research initiatives and provide oversight and development of the Rheumatology Fellowship program and participate in our academic mission through our Temple/St. Luke's School of Medicine partnership.  In addition, the Program Director will be expected to maintain a clinical practice with allocated time to develop and lead the residency program.  Program Director and Clinical duties will be split to accommodate. 

In joining St. Luke's University Health Network, you will enjoy:

• Team-based care with well-educated, dedicated support staff
• Teaching, research, quality improvement and strategic development opportunities
• A culture in which innovation is highly valued
• Exceptional compensation package
• Rich benefits package, including malpractice, health and dental insurance, CME allowance

Qualifications

• Must be ABIM or AOBIM Board Certified in Rheumatology
• Must have at least three years of participation as an active faculty member in an ACGME-accredited internal medicine residency or rheumatology fellowship
• Must be clinically active in Rheumatology
• Have previous leadership/administrative experience and strong team building skills

Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 18,000 employees providing services at 14 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue of $3 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's hospitals operate the biggest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania.

Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke's is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.  In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley's first and only four-year medical school campus.  It also operates the nation's longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 40 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with 419 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke's, a member of the Children's Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley's first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare's five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World's Best Hospital.  The Network's flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/Merative 10 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2022 when it was identified as THE #2 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.  In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally.  Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the Most Wired award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN's information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information.  The Network is also recognized as one of the state's lowest cost providers.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES: COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENT
As a leading healthcare provider, St. Luke's University Health Network is committed to protecting our employees, patients and community. As we continue to provide quality care to our patients, we are taking important next steps to prevent undue harm to our employees & ensure our patients have a safe environment for medical care and treatment. Effective immediately, St. Luke's is requiring all new hires, along with our current employees, to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment. Medical or religious exemptions will be reviewed as per our policy and guidelines.

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