Director of Hospital Medicine

Location: Geisinger Wyoming Valley (GWV)

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: Yes

Geisinger Hospital is seeking an accomplished Director to lead the Hospital Medicine team at Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes Barre, PA. The role focuses on strategic vision, enhancing patient care, fostering innovation, and supporting academic and research excellence.

• Leadership & Operations:
  Oversee departmental functions by directing staffing, budgeting, and financial management to ensure optimal resource utilization in alignment with institutional objectives.
• Recruitment:
  Manage recruitment strategies to attract and retain highly qualified hospitalists, maintain effective staffing levels, and support delivery of exceptional patient care.
• Collaboration & Innovation:
  Act as the primary liaison to administration and affiliated hospital entities, advocate for advancement in clinical care, teaching, and research, and foster multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Supervision & Quality:
  Administer supervision of physicians' clinical and administrative responsibilities, spearhead quality improvement projects, and promote ongoing enhancement of patient outcomes.
• Regulatory Compliance:
  Ensure departmental practices conform to organizational policies, accrediting requirements, and regulatory standards, upholding departmental integrity and standing.

• Education: MD or DO from accredited medical school; completed residency in Internal or Family Medicine.
• Licensure: Current/unrestricted PA medical license or eligibility.
• Board Certification: Required in Internal or Family Medicine.
• Experience: 3–5 years clinical hospital medicine, including 2+ years in leadership.
• Skills: Proven leadership, operational oversight, budgeting, and quality improvement expertise; strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Preferred: Advanced degree (MBA, MHA, MPH) and experience in academic or teaching hospital settings.

• Competitive compensation with $100K+ incentives
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Career advancement and continuing education support
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Wellness programs and mental health resources
• Relocation assistance for qualifying candidates
• Family‑friendly policies, including parental leave and adoption assistance
• Employee recognition programs
• Community outreach and volunteer opportunities

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Join Geisinger and help shape the future of hospital medicine in a collaborative, innovative, and patient‑focused environment.

For more information, contact Shahd Majeed, Lead Provider Recruiter at smajeed

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.