What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physiatrist position at Reading Hospital?
Job Summary
Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing is seeking a physiatrist to join its dynamic, interdisciplinary rehabilitation team; a very collaborative department of 11 physiatrists with a four-year PM&R Residency Program. Duties will include primarily outpatient work, with some inpatient responsibilities, spasticity management, muscular skeletal ultrasound, electromyography, joint and trigger point injections.
This position is ideal for physiatrists with an academic or teaching background; OMT manipulation a plus. On call requirement is around 1:10 weeks for weekend coverage. Significant growth potential for selected candidate. Must be BC/BE in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Our Rehabilitation Hospital is opened in 2009, our state-of-the-art facility features: 174,000-square-foot, three-story building and includes a 61-bed Acute Rehabilitation Center, including an 11-bed secured Brain Injury Unit; a 50-bed Subacute rehabilitation unit; Aquatic therapy pool: outdoor therapy garden with putting green; on-site pharmacy, and radiological services. Our onsite outpatient PM&R office has an AANEM certified EMG lab doing over 2000 EMGs per year. Also onsite is one of our seven outpatient therapy clinics, with PT, OT and Speech. We offer highly specialized in and outpatient programs including amputee, brain injury, neuromuscular, orthopedic, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s and stroke rehabilitation. Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing is the only hospital in the region accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and The Joint Commission. Our Stroke Specialty, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord injury and Amputee Programs are also CARF-accredited.
Reading Health Rehabilitation Hospital provides our physicians with exceptional administrative and operational support to free you to do what you do best: diagnose, treat and rehabilitate patients who have experienced functional loss or disability as a result of an illness or injury. Take a virtual tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9S69BETV24
The Benefits We Offer
Reading Hospital Rehabilitation is located in beautiful Wyomissing, part of Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is an area that offers many wonderful places to live and raise a family. Berks County is within driving distance of major metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City, offering an easy chance to get away for some big city excitement.
The Reading Symphony Orchestra and Reading Public Museum are considered among the best in the state. GoggleWorks is one of the nation's largest interactive community arts centers. And each year, the Berks Arts Council presents the largest jazz festival on the east coast. In addition, the Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center bring some of the world’s top acts to Reading.
The great outdoors is right in your backyard, including the National Scenic Appalachian Trail, Blue Marsh Lake, French Creek State Park, and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. And you'll find lakes for boating, swimming, ice fishing, and skating. Reading also ranks fourth nationwide in minor-league sports markets, hosting our own minor league hockey (Reading Royals) and baseball (Reading Fightin’ Phils) teams.
Related Websites
Berks County Living Website
Newcomers Guide to Berks County
Pennsylvania’s Americana Region
Contact Name: Kat McEwan
Contact Email: Kat.McEwan@towerhealth.org
Contact Phone: 301-524-3419
#READ
Qualifications
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. Tower Health has partnered with Drexel University College of Medicine to open a new medical school one-half mile walking distance from Reading Hospital, a regional medical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health. The school opened in 2021 and is currently accepting enrollment applications for the second class in 2024. In addition, Reading Hospital is the main training hospital for the medical school and supports ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs. Discover why our hospital is a great place to work—take a virtual tour of our facility here: https://youtu.be/hH6ItnuIIsc
For more information, visit towerhealth.org
Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing is seeking a physiatrist to join its dynamic, interdisciplinary rehabilitation team; a very collaborative department of 11 physiatrists with a four-year PM&R Residency Program. Duties will include primarily outpatient work, with some inpatient responsibilities, spasticity management, muscular skeletal ultrasound, electromyography, joint and trigger point injections.
This position is ideal for physiatrists with an academic or teaching background; OMT manipulation a plus. On call requirement is around 1:10 weeks for weekend coverage. Significant growth potential for selected candidate. Must be BC/BE in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Our Rehabilitation Hospital is opened in 2009, our state-of-the-art facility features: 174,000-square-foot, three-story building and includes a 61-bed Acute Rehabilitation Center, including an 11-bed secured Brain Injury Unit; a 50-bed Subacute rehabilitation unit; Aquatic therapy pool: outdoor therapy garden with putting green; on-site pharmacy, and radiological services. Our onsite outpatient PM&R office has an AANEM certified EMG lab doing over 2000 EMGs per year. Also onsite is one of our seven outpatient therapy clinics, with PT, OT and Speech. We offer highly specialized in and outpatient programs including amputee, brain injury, neuromuscular, orthopedic, spinal cord injury, Parkinson’s and stroke rehabilitation. Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing is the only hospital in the region accredited by both the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and The Joint Commission. Our Stroke Specialty, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord injury and Amputee Programs are also CARF-accredited.
Reading Health Rehabilitation Hospital provides our physicians with exceptional administrative and operational support to free you to do what you do best: diagnose, treat and rehabilitate patients who have experienced functional loss or disability as a result of an illness or injury. Take a virtual tour here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9S69BETV24
The Benefits We Offer
- Competitive compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
- Retirement savings plan with employer automatic contribution and employer match.
- $50,000 New Hire bonus
- Malpractice insurance
- Generous paid time-off allowance
- CME time and money
- Relocation assistance
- Supportive health system to advance goals
Reading Hospital Rehabilitation is located in beautiful Wyomissing, part of Berks County, Pennsylvania. This is an area that offers many wonderful places to live and raise a family. Berks County is within driving distance of major metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City, offering an easy chance to get away for some big city excitement.
The Reading Symphony Orchestra and Reading Public Museum are considered among the best in the state. GoggleWorks is one of the nation's largest interactive community arts centers. And each year, the Berks Arts Council presents the largest jazz festival on the east coast. In addition, the Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center bring some of the world’s top acts to Reading.
The great outdoors is right in your backyard, including the National Scenic Appalachian Trail, Blue Marsh Lake, French Creek State Park, and the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. And you'll find lakes for boating, swimming, ice fishing, and skating. Reading also ranks fourth nationwide in minor-league sports markets, hosting our own minor league hockey (Reading Royals) and baseball (Reading Fightin’ Phils) teams.
Related Websites
Berks County Living Website
Newcomers Guide to Berks County
Pennsylvania’s Americana Region
Contact Name: Kat McEwan
Contact Email: Kat.McEwan@towerhealth.org
Contact Phone: 301-524-3419
#READ
Qualifications
- MD/DO
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Certified or Board Eligible
- A valid PA Medical License or the ability to obtain one is required
- Highly computer literate and familiar with charting EPIC experience preferred
- Excels in communicating sensitive and/or adverse information
- Sound judgment and expert decision-making abilities
- Analytical thinker and complex problem-solver
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. Tower Health has partnered with Drexel University College of Medicine to open a new medical school one-half mile walking distance from Reading Hospital, a regional medical campus for Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health. The school opened in 2021 and is currently accepting enrollment applications for the second class in 2024. In addition, Reading Hospital is the main training hospital for the medical school and supports ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs. Discover why our hospital is a great place to work—take a virtual tour of our facility here: https://youtu.be/hH6ItnuIIsc
For more information, visit towerhealth.org