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Jefferson Health Plans
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Emergency Medicine Physician

Emergency MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Job Details Jefferson Health is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician to join our growing team at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Center City and Methodist Hospital. Job Description Position Highlights Full-time clinical role across two dynamic, high-acuity emergency departments.

Opportunities to practice in Center City Philadelphia’s academic medical center and community-based Methodist Hospital, providing a diverse patient population and practice environment. Collaborative, team-based care supported by Jefferson’s nationally recognized Department of Emergency Medicine.

Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package. Access to academic resources and professional development opportunities through Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.

Qualifications MD or DO degree. Board Certified/Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine. Eligible for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Commitment to excellence in patient care, teamwork, and continuous learning.

About Jefferson Health Jefferson Health is recognized nationally for clinical excellence and innovation. With 18 hospitals and more than 50 outpatient and urgent care centers, Jefferson is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered care while advancing medicine through education and research.

Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Primary Location Address 2301 South Broad Street,, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

For more benefits information, please click here In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson.

Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years.

Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.

Key Responsibilities

Provide full-time clinical care across two high-acuity emergency departments at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Methodist Hospital. Collaborate with a team-based care system within a nationally recognized Department of Emergency Medicine.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine. Eligibility for medical licensure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

High-Acuity CareAcademic Medicine

Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 90% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution41 jobs · 10 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 10 employers

401k / retirement match
80% this job
CME allowance
25% this job
Sign-on bonus
13%
Relocation assistance
13%
Loan repayment
8%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Emergency Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,027 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.