Physician, Internal Medicine Inpatient Teaching
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Job Description
Position Summary
The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education and its affiliated entity The Wright Center for Community Health located in Northeaster PA has opportunities for board certified/board eligible inpatient teaching physicians in Wilke-Barre and Scranton, PA. Eligible for J-1 and H-1B visa sponsorship.
The Wright Center is an independent, non-profit, community-based and governed GME Safety-Net Consortium that has been recognized by Health Resources and Services Administration as a pioneering Teaching Health Center (THC). This position with call responsibilities will provide patient care service and supervise residents in our local hospitals with half day of clinic in our federally qualified look-alike health center.
We Offer Excellent Benefits Package Including
- Healthcare benefits from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage
- 403B retirement plan with 8% employer contribution after one year
- Paid Time Off and paid holidays
- CME allowance and time off
- Malpractice & Tail coverage, and sign on bonuses
- Sign on bonus and relocation assistance
Requirements
- QUALIFICATIONS
- Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
- Licensed Medical Doctor - State of Pennsylvania
- Will sponsor J-1 waivers and H1B
Key Responsibilities
Provide inpatient patient care services and supervise medical residents within local hospitals. Additionally, conduct clinic sessions at a federally qualified look-alike health center.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Internal Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$267k (24 salary observations; 81 listings), vs ~$267k nationally (987 salary observations; 3,370 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 54% have no call, 60% 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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- Includes call
Living in Wilkes-Barre
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $182k
- Typical market rent
- $1,340/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 21 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 93.6
- 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 · Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.