Staff Physician

Are you prepared to guide medical care with skill and compassion as a Staff Physician 2 for the Department of Human Services? This role allows you to support residents at South Mountain Restoration Center by delivering steady and thoughtful medical care. You will work with a team that values respect, communication, and high-quality service. Join a mission-driven environment where your expertise helps shape healthier lives every day.

This role focuses on providing thorough medical care to residents while supporting continuity, safety, and effective communication across the treatment team. As a Staff Physician 2, you will perform the following duties:

• General Care: Provide comprehensive medical services for residents across assigned areas and offer coverage during physician absences
• Clinical Leadership: Work as a key member of the interdisciplinary team, guiding treatment planning and communicating resident progress with families, courts, and other agencies
• Medical Assessment: Conduct full evaluations, order and interpret diagnostic studies, and determine appropriate treatments based on accurate diagnoses
• Documentation Oversight: Record clinical decisions, prepare reports, write clear orders, and review drug regimens and diagnostic findings promptly
• Care Coordination: Advise other physicians when requested, prioritize urgent needs with nursing staff, and complete assessments and medication reviews on schedule
• Regulatory Compliance: Follow all applicable guidelines, maintain required training and education, participate in committees, and provide emergency and employee health services when needed

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch. Participation in the on-call schedule for nights, weekends, and holidays is required. Your schedule may change based on operational needs.
• Overtime:
  As needed
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Three years of experience and/or training in the practice of medicine.

• You must be in possession of a license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as issued by the State Medicine Board, or the State Osteopathic Medicine Board.

• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination, and a drug screening.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
  • Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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