Penn State St. Joseph Medical Center- EM- Staff Physician
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Job Description
Do you seek an opportunity to provide excellent patient care while advancing your career as a clinician? Look no further! Penn State St. Joseph Medical Center is seeking an emergency medicine physician. This facility features a 31-bed ED seeing 41,000 patients annually. There are 40 hours of physician coverage, high level acuity, and a 15% admission rate. Physicians must be board certified in EM ATLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.
Penn State St. Joseph Medical Center is a two-campus health system with the acute care hospital in Bern Township on Route 183 and the Downtown Reading campus at 6th and Walnut Streets.
Founded in 1873, the medical center pro-vides a full range of outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical and surgical services to Berks County's 410,000 residents.
The medical center also is widely recognized for its innovations in cardiology, pulmonary, vascular, oncology, orthopedic, wound care, general surgery, stroke care, and women's services.
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City Caption
Small city with access to Philly and New York City!
City Description
Located about 60 miles outside of Philadelphia, Reading is the business hub of the region and the 5th largest city in Pennsylvania.
With the Schuylkill River flowing through the town's central hub and several nearby state parks and game lands, Reading offers a variety of outdoor recreation activities including hiking, biking, water sports, hunting and more.
In addition to several local museums, a minor league baseball team and many other attractions. Berks County features excellent schools, colleges, parks, affordable homes, great shopping, and an abundant dining and social life.
Add to these perks easy access to two of the northeast's largest cities; Reading is within 1.5 hours driving distance from Philadelphia and 2.5 hours to New York City!
Job Benefits
- 1099 independent contractor
- Competitive compensation
- Professional liability insurance with tail coverage
- Patient safety organization
- Support of national network of emergency medicine experts
- LiveWell WorkLife concierge program
- Opportunities for growth and leadership within TeamHealth
- Online scheduling via Shift Admin
- Stability of a respected industry leader
- Access to professional development tools, educational resources, and CME through TeamHealth Institute
Key Responsibilities
The staff physician will provide high-quality emergency medical care to patients within a 31-bed emergency department. Responsibilities include managing high-acuity cases and collaborating within a multi-campus health system.
Requirements
Candidates must be board certified in emergency medicine and hold current ATLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications. The role requires the ability to manage a high volume of patients in an acute care setting.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Penn State St. Joseph Medical Center- EM- Staff Physician at Team Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Emergency Medicine — ranked against 993 active Emergency Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Emergency Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Emergency Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 88% have no call, 56% 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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- No call
Living in Reading
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $272k
- Typical market rent
- $1,439/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 24 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 97.1
- 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 · Reading, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.