Physician - Post Acute & Senior Care Services (Southern)

Post Acute Care Physician: Competitive Compensation, Generous Retention Bonus & Exceptional Quality of Life in the Hanover Region



UPMC Central PA is seeking full-time Adult and Senior Care Physicians to join our growing Post-Acute Care team in the beautiful Hanover region of South Central Pennsylvania. Join a highly collaborative team dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality care to our geriatric population across several skilled nursing facilities throughout the community.

Enjoy the opportunity to build meaningful, long-term relationships with patients while living and working in one of Pennsylvania's most desirable communities. The Hanover area offers an outstanding quality of life with affordable housing, top-rated schools, charming small-town amenities, and convenient access to Baltimore, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and Gettysburg. Whether you're raising a family, seeking a strong sense of community, or looking for a place to establish long-term roots, Hanover provides the perfect balance of career growth and lifestyle.

In addition to a highly competitive compensation package, physicians may be eligible for attractive retention bonus opportunities designed to reward long-term commitment and recognize the value of providers who choose to grow their careers while serving the Hanover community. Join a stable, growing health system that invests in its physicians and supports both professional success and work-life balance.

Primary Care, Internal Medicine or Hospitalists, and Geriatric trained physicians are encouraged to apply.

About the Position:

·        Provides direct patient care in multiple facilities across the aging continuum to include skilled nursing, rehab, personal care/assisted living, independent living and clinic.

·        Interacts with facility leadership, hospital discharge team, care management and other specialties to drive optimal quality care with aligned goals.

·        Post-Acute care offers a wide variety of healthcare fields, from general primary care and internal medicine to geriatrics and acute rehab services. Our clinician’s crossover and work with several specialists, increasing their knowledge base and skillsets.

·        Collaborates with and supervises Advanced Practice Providers.

·        EPIC EMR, online diagnostics including PACS imaging and laboratory results.

·        Clinical rounding M-F, attractive daily schedules with flexible models. Overnight and weekend call is all phone coverage, shared equally with partners and APPs, ratios very favorable.

We are proud to offer our providers:

·        Robust onboarding programs, training, and follow-up to support success for new providers

·        Support among peers and leadership, an open-door policy, and a team approach

·        Tuition discounts at University of Pittsburgh for physicians and immediate family

·        Competitive compensation packages

·        Job security - we’re growing!

Professional Skills:

·        Board certified/Board eligible in Primary Care or Internal, Family or Geriatric Medicine.

·        Team orientated with the ability to provide personalized patient care and demonstrate clinical outcomes

·        Commitment to providing high-quality and compassionate care to patients

·        Eligible for licensure in the state of Pennsylvania

Benefits: 

·        Competitive salary

·        Health, life, and disability insurance

·        Medical malpractice insurance

·        Defined contribution plan; 403(b) plan with employer match

·        Professional dues and CME time

·        Paid time off and paid holidays

About UPMC Central PA

UPMC in Central PA is a nationally recognized leader in providing high quality, patient-centered health care services in central Pennsylvania and surrounding rural communities. The not-for-profit system cares for more than 1.2 million area residents yearly, providing life-saving emergency care, essential primary care, and leading-edge diagnostic services. The UPMC Central PA health system includes seven acute care hospitals with 1,161 licensed beds, over 160 outpatient clinics and ancillary facilities, more than 2,900 physicians and allied health professionals, and approximately 11,000 employees. It is a health care hub serving Dauphin, Cumberland, Perry, York, Lancaster, Lebanon, Juniata, Franklin, Adams, and parts of Snyder counties. 

UPMC was named as one of the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” for 2022 by Becker’s Healthcare. For inclusion on this list, hospitals, health systems, and health care companies must demonstrate initiatives and commitment to promote diversity within the workforce, employee engagement, and professional growth.

UPMC is a committed community partner, generously investing to help our neighbors, committing resources to help make care more accessible, improve health and quality of life, and advance medical knowledge. 

About Our Community

South central Pennsylvania offers endless possibilities: city excitement, rural respite, and suburban family life and community can all be found here. Enjoy excellent work-life balance with easy commutes to work. In addition to fabulous dining, we offer an abundance of sports, arts, cultural events, and entertainment. We are close to historically significant areas such as Gettysburg and world-famous Hershey Park and Hershey’s Chocolate World.

The area offers top-rated public schools, blue-ribbon private schools, and some of Pennsylvania’s top colleges and universities. Area school districts are consistently ranked in the top 20% of Pennsylvania. With affordable homes—a composite cost of living index of 99.7, compared to 126.5 in Philadelphia—it’s a great place to grow a career and family.

Listed among Forbes.com “America’s Most Livable Cities,” and ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Cities to Live,” we are a two to three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.

If you are interested in learning more:

Please send your CV to Denise Bordner, Senior Physician Recruiter at: bordnerdm2@upmc.edu