Radiation Oncologist

Are you passionate about serving your community? St. Luke’s University Health Network, the region’s largest, most established health system is recruiting a per diem Board Certified/ Board Eligible Radiation Oncologist to join a well-developed and multidisciplinary cancer care team at our St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology sites.

A Message from Israel Zighelboim, MD, FACOG, FACS

Network Chairman, Department of Oncology – Cancer Center Director

We are restructuring St. Luke’s Cancer Center to reflect the substantial growth and novel capabilities of our Network. Now we offer premier opportunities for clinicians, researchers, and leaders to drive cutting edge care, research and education in the patient-friendly format that our community has embraced and preferred for now more than 150 years.

Successful candidates should:

• Have a strong commitment to delivering comprehensive and compassionate oncology care within a robust outpatient clinical practice.
• Be dedicated to highest quality multi-disciplinary cancer care and participation in disease specific management teams
• Have excellent communication skills when interacting with patients and their families, colleagues, staff and trainees.
• Have an active interest for scholarly activity, teaching, clinical trials, and clinical research.

Radiation Oncology Division Highlights::

• ACR Accredited
• 8 Radiation Oncologists
• 6 Medical Physicists
• Facility based dosimetry, radiation therapy, nursing and administrative teams
• 4 existing Radiation Oncology locations
• Lehigh Valley’s first and only adaptive radiotherapy program
  • Current treatment equipment includes Varian True Beams, Varian EDGE, Varian IX, Varian Ethos, CT simulator, Variseed and Bravos brachytherapy systems, Intrabeam, full array of physics QA technologies, Eclipse treatment planning with autocontouring, ARIA, and Epic EMR.
• Specialized treatments include:
  • HDR Brachytherapy
  • Linac-based SRS and SBRT
  • Liver directed radio-isostopes (Sirspheres and Theraspheres),
  • Gamma Tile
  • Motion management with surface-guidance technologies
  • Multimets treatment program for brain metastases
• Intraoperative radiotherapy
• Newly approved Medical Physics residency program

Clinical Highlights:

• We are a COC accredited Oncology program
• Established fellowship program with 2 Hematology/Oncology fellows
• SLUHN Cancer Center received the National Cancer Institute’s National Clinical Trials High Performance Site Award (2017, 2018).
• Recently, St. Luke’s Cancer Center has received five awards from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to improving health care quality. St. Luke’s Cancer center also received superior rating for lung cancer surgery results.
• The St. Luke’s Oncology department has a long-standing tradition of delivering clinical care. Our team is comprised of specially trained individuals including patient navigators, nurse navigators, and counselors to help guide, comfort, and empower our patients through their journey.
• We also offer a healing arts program, nutrition support, access to rehab and physical therapy, insurance and financial support, clinical trials, and support groups to make our patients health care journeys as easy and understandable as possible.

In joining St. Luke’s University Health Network you’ll enjoy:

• Team-based care with well-educated, dedicated support staff
• A culture in which innovation is highly valued
• Work/life balance and flexibility
• Exceptional compensation package, starting bonus, and relocation reimbursement
• Rich benefits package including malpractice, health and dental insurance, and generous CME allowance
• Teaching, research, quality improvement and strategic development opportunities

If you are interested in learning more about the opportunity, please contact:

Skye Billig
Physician Talent Acquisition Specialist
St. Luke’s University Health Network
skye.billig@sluhn.org

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Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.  With annual net revenue of $3.5 billion, the Network’s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke’s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital.

SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare’s five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.  It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World’s Best Hospital.  The Network’s flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Fortune/Merative 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.  In 2021, St. Luke’s was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. 

St. Luke’s has been named the Top Workplace in the large employer category by the Morning Call. This is the second year in a row that St. Luke’s has been recognized as a Top Workplace.  In addition, St. Luke’s has been named a Top Workplace nationally, in the Philadelphia region and in New Jersey. St. Luke’s is the ONLY healthcare institution in Pennsylvania and the third-highest ranked healthcare entity in the nation to be designated a Top Workplace in 2024.

In 2024, St. Luke's was named one of the Nation's Best Employers for New Grads, a top 10 ranked employer in Pennsylvania and the #1 ranked health care employer in the state by Forbes Magazine.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES:  COVID-19 VACCINE REQUIREMENT

As a leading healthcare provider, St. Luke’s University Health Network is committed to protecting our employees, patients and community.  As we continue to provide quality care to our patients, we are taking important next steps to prevent undue harm to our employees & ensure our patients have a safe environment for medical care and treatment.   Effective immediately, St. Luke’s is requiring all new hires, along with our current employees, to be fully vaccinated against COVID as a condition of employment.  Medical or religious exemptions will be reviewed as per our policy and guidelines.  

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