Featured Position: Neurologist at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Hazleton

Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) is seeking a full-time neurologist to join the health network’s neurology division comprised of 21 board-certified neurologists. This is primarily an outpatient position based on the campus of Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Hazleton. An experienced neurologist with an interest in programmatic growth and outreach is preferred. 

The successful candidate will enjoy close collaboration with health network colleagues in subspecialty areas that include: headache, movement disorders, neurophysiology, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, neuro-critical care, neuro-oncology, stroke and our TeleMedicine program.

LVHN’s flagship hospital at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH)–Cedar Crest, Allentown, Pa., has 24-hour rapid response coverage and fellowship-trained neuro-interventional radiologists for patients with traumatic brain injury or suspected stroke.

LVHN–MedEvac provides air and ground critical care transport for trauma and other emergency patients. LVHN has the region’s only trauma neuroscience intensive care unit (TNICU). Our Comprehensive Stroke Center is the first in Pennsylvania to receive the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal, signifying the highest standard of care for stroke patients. 

About LVH–Hazleton

LVH–Hazleton is a 150-bed acute care hospital where physicians and patients have the opportunity to develop relationships that improve the care experience. Our multidisciplinary approach and family-like atmosphere among colleagues spans across disciplines and departments. We believe each team member has a valuable role to play in the care experience.

LVH–Hazleton is an accredited Level IV Trauma Center. Patients who need higher level trauma care have access to swift MedEvac transport to Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest’s Level I Trauma Center.

LVH–Hazleton is a Primary Stroke Center accredited by the Hospital Facilities Accreditation Program of the American College of Osteopathic Medicine, the first hospital in northeast Pa., to achieve this designation. This certification recognizes the significant resources to diagnose and treat stroke quickly and accurately. The Stroke Alert rapid response team ensures that potent new drugs used to treat stroke are administered within the critical three-hour window of the onset of symptoms and that measures of care meet or exceed standards.

The MI Alert program allows caregivers at LVH–Hazleton to quickly identify heart attack patients and transfer them to a partner hospital – such as LVH–Cedar Crest – with the resources to provide optimal treatment in 90 minutes or less.

Life in Northeast Pennsylvania

Family and community are values woven throughout the fabric of our daily life. Those values, combined with an affordable housing stock, excellent schools and stimulating arts and cultural opportunities give our region an excellent quality of life. Northeast Pennsylvania is attractive to people and businesses from around the world, which help make our economy strong.

LVPG–Hazleton benefits include:

• A competitive annual salary, plus productivity bonus
• $50,000 retention bonus
• Sign-on bonus
• Paid relocation