Posted: 23-Sep-23
Location: Darby, Pennsylvania
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 3741
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is recruiting an Internal Medicine physician to serve as Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program and guide its continued success.
The ideal applicant will be an experienced clinician-educator with a passion for mentorship and educational planning. They will join an experienced leadership team in guiding the residency to continued success. Mercy Fitzgerald has a strong track record of producing clinically oriented graduates who pursue fellowship (40%), hospitalist (40%), and primary care (20%). Our residency is fully accredited. In addition to their role as a physician-leader, the successful applicant will be expected to be clinically active as a general internist, hospitalist, or a medical subspecialist.
The residency is based at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The hospital is a mission-based safety-net community teaching hospital has an 80-year history of GME. We are close academic affiliates of both Drexel University College of Medicine and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
The Assistant Program Director will be a 0.5 FTE in the administrative role and 0.5 FTE in the Ambulatory Care Clinic.
QUALIFICATIONS
The following are minimum qualifications for appointment as Assistant Program Director:
- Current licensure to practice medicine in the State of Pennsylvania.
- Active appointment in good standing at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
- Current board certification in the appropriate specialty by an ABMS specialty board, as applicable.
- Appropriate clinical, educational, and administrative experience beyond residency
- Demonstration of professional standards of ethical behavior that allow the Assistant Program Director to serve as a role model.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced physician to help lead the Mercy Fitzgerald Internal Medicine Residency Program.
RECRUITMENT PACKAGE
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic offers a competitive compensation and full benefits package.
ABOUT THE FACILITYMercy Fitzgerald Hospital is a 204-bed teaching hospital located in Darby, Pennsylvania that offers advanced acute care services in Delaware County and Southwest Philadelphia. The hospital is home to comprehensive cardiology, gastroenterology, oncology, bariatrics and ambulatory services, advanced diagnostic and interventional radiology, diabetes education, wound care, and acute inpatient rehabilitation, as well as physical and occupational therapy.
The hospital works collaboratively with first responders and local organizations to be a healing presence in its communities, especially in times of emergencies and disasters. Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital is consistently recognized by leading health care accreditors and insurers for the quality of care provided to patients.
Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic is the largest Catholic healthcare system serving the Greater Philadelphia area and is a part of Trinity Health of Livonia, Michigan, and sponsored by Catholic Health Ministries. Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic is comprised of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Saint Francis Healthcare, St. Mary Medical Center, Nazareth Hospital, and Trinity Health Mid Atlantic Medical Group along with their associated home health and LIFE programs, aligned joint ventures, sub-corporations, programs, and services. The hospitals, medical offices, specialized facilities, affiliated institutions, and foundations includes more than 9,000 colleagues. These hospitals serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within their communities.
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About Trinity HealthTrinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities - including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.
Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.
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