Physiatrist - Reading Rehabilitation Hospital
Tower Health

Job Info

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Job Summary

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.

Highlights of the Department:

• State-of-the-art rehabilitation hospital
• 61 bed acute rehabilitation unit including 11-bed secured Brain Injury Unit
• 50-bed Subacute rehabilitation unit
• Therapy pool
• PM&R Residency Program
• Teaching & Research opportunities
• Collaborative & support staff
• 1:10 Call

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.
• Malpractice insurance
• Educational Loan Assistance
• Residency/Fellowship Stipend
• Generous paid time-off allowance
• CME time and money
• Relocation assistance
• H1B & Green Card Support (currently cannot support J-1 Visas)
• Supportive health system to advance goals

The Community:

Reading Hospital is located in West Reading, 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.

Videos

Virtual Tour - Reading Hospital

Virtual Tour of Reading Rehabilitation Hospital

Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health

Living in Berks County - From Reading Fellows (Video)

Websites:

Reading Hospital Campus Map

Facts About Reading Hospital

Berks County Living Website

Newcomers Guide to Berks County

Pennsylvania's Americana Region

Contact Name: Kenneth Nichols

Contact Email: Kenneth.Nichols@towerhealth.org

Contact Phone: 484-628-6581

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Qualifications

Qualifications:

• BE/BC in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• BE/BC Interventional Pain Management
• Obtain a medical license to work in Pennsylvania

Overview

Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing is seeking a Physiatrist with interventional skills to join its dynamic, interdisciplinary rehabilitation team; a very collaborative department of 11 physiatrists with a four-year PM&R Residency Program in its 4th year. Duties could include interventional spine injections, toxin spasticity management, electrodiagnostic testing, musculoskeletal ultrasound, care of the MSK patient This position is ideal for physiatrists with an academic or teaching background. On call requirement is around 1:10 weeks for weekend coverage.

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. For more information visit: Virtual Tour of Reading Rehabilitation Hospital

Tower Health Rehabilitation Hospital is part of Reading Hospital is a 714-bed hospital, the flagship, Magnet Recognized, acute care hospital of Tower Health located in West Reading, Pennsylvania. Reading Hospital is home to many top-tier specialty care centers, including, Level I Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, Reading HealthPlex, McGlinn Cancer Institute, Miller Regional Heart Center, Emergency Department and Beginnings Maternity Center, which houses the region's only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). With more than 1,000 physicians and providers across 49 locations, Reading Hospital has been recognized for its quality outcomes and clinical expertise across services lines. It is listed as one of America's 100 Best Hospitals for five consecutive years, America's 50 Best Hospitals for 2022 and received a 5-Star Rating from CMS two years in a row. For more information, visit towerhealth.org.

Reading Hospital Awards and Recognition:

• America's 50 Best Hospitals Award™ (2022-2023)
• America's 100 Best Hospitals Award™ (2017-2022)
• America's 250 Best Hospitals Award™ (2017-2022)
• America's 100 Best Specialty Care: Stroke Care
• Stoke Care Excellence Award™ (2007-2023)
• One of 10 Best Value Hospitals in Pennsylvania (Verras' Medical Value Index)
• 5-Star Rating for Overall Hospital Quality (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

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