Core Faculty, Physician (UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency Program) - UPMC
McKeesport, PA
About the Job
UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency Program located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania is recruiting for a full-time Family Medicine Faculty Physician. This new faculty member will provide full spectrum Family Medicine including outpatient medicine (including pediatrics, geriatrics and women’s health), and inpatient rounding at UPMC McKeesport Hospital. This faculty member will be dedicated to caring for a medically underserved population and teaching/role modeling/mentoring for our family medicine residents, medical students and fellows. Responsibilities also include faculty advising/collaboration, and didactic teaching.
The UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency Program is a 7 resident per year program with an additional 1 resident per year combined Family Medicine/Psychiatry residency. The mission of the UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency Program is to train residents in an underserved environment to become exceptional Family Physicians. Patient care and resident education are equal partners in the mission of the residency. The residency provides quality, patient-centered care across all ages and clinical settings. Graduates from the Program serve rural to urban communities in Western Pennsylvania, throughout the US, and across the world. The Residency supports several tracks to meet this mission including Global Health, HIV and Lifestyle Medicine.
The UPMC McKeesport Family Medicine Residency Program is affiliated with UPMC McKeesport which is located in the valley of the historic Monongahela River -- the Mon Valley. Founded in 1894, UPMC McKeesport is a nonprofit acute care community hospital that serves the 19,225 residents of McKeesport and the surrounding area. UPMC McKeesport serves as a superb training site. The hospital offers 213 licensed beds for acute care patients and includes units dedicated to Rehabilitation (9), Psychiatry (37) and Detox (27). The hospital sponsors four residency programs: Family Medicine, Family Medicine/Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Pharmacy.
Core Faculty, Physician Job Qualifications:
- Medical Degree
- Accredited Family Medicine Residency Program completion
- Board Certified in Family Medicine (or Board eligible and certified within 3 years of employment).
- Unrestricted Pennsylvania Medical License, MD or DO, or can obtain prior to start
- DEA certification
- Experience in Graduate Medicine Education a plus but not required
This is a salary position with a quality incentive bonus, sign-on bonus, and academic incentive pay.
Total Rewards
More than just competitive pay and benefits, UPMC’s Total Rewards package cares for you in all areas of life — because we believe that you’re at your best when receiving the support you need: professional, personal, financial, and more.
Benefit Highlights:
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- UPMC Savings Plan – UPMC matches your savings at 50%, up to 6% of compensation
- Cash Balance Plan- Employer Paid Pension Plan
- Company-paid Short and Long-term Disability
- Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- LifeSolutions (EAP), Adoption Assistance, Tuition Assistance
- Paid Parental Leave
- Malpractice Coverage
- CME Allowance
About UPMC
A $26 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care. The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates 95,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors’ offices and outpatient sites, and a nearly 4.5 million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania. In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.5 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region’s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $900 million in federal, state, and local taxes. Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial, and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International. U.S. News consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation’s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America’s Best Children’s Hospitals. For more information, go to UPMC.com.
About UPMC McKeesport Hospital
UPMC McKeesport offers residents of the Monongahela, Youghiogheny, and Turtle Creek valleys access to a full range of medical services, including highly specialized medical and surgical treatment. UPMC McKeesport is a designated Primary Stroke Center with a state-of-the-art Emergency Department and imaging center, and separate intensive care and cardiac care units. The hospital provides ongoing rehabilitation and education programs for patients undergoing cardiac, neurologic, and orthopaedic care. Its UPMC Hillman Cancer Center allows patients to receive medical oncology treatments close to home. UPMC McKeesport is located 15 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
About Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Places To Live based on value, job market, and quality of life.
With a population of more than 1.2 million, Allegheny County is filled with exciting cultural attractions, outdoor recreation, and historic landmarks. The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium, Kennywood, and Sandcastle Water Park offer endless entertainment for kids nearby. Venture to nearby Fayette County to make memories at Ohiopyle State Park and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater home in the Laurel Highlands. Whether you’re a foodie, a sports fan, a craft beer enthusiast, or a nature lover, you’re going to love living here.
Physicians working in the Pittsburgh area often choose to live outside the city in one of the 90 city suburbs, enjoying the benefits of small-town life, including quiet neighborhoods and lower cost of living, while still having access to the amenities of the nearby city. Pittsburgh and its surrounding suburbs offer many highly rated public and private school opportunities, as well as more than 30 college and university options.