The Perinatologist is a subspecialty of obstetrics with extensive experience in managing high-risk pregnancies and providing expert care for mothers and their unborn babies. They provide inpatient and outpatient clinical services. They will work closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients and their families.
JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provide prenatal counseling, education, and care for pregnant women
Diagnose and monitor conditions such as multiple births, preterm births, gestational diabetes, preterm labor, and high blood pressure
Perform fetal interventions when necessary
Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure optimal patient care
Perform diagnostic tests, fetal ultrasound studies, and interpret results
Counsel patients and their families on healthcare options and potential risks
Develop and implement treatment plans for patients
Participate in departmental and divisional conferences, committees, and quality improvement process. Along with participate in research projects to improve patient outcomes
Assist with the teaching of medical students and residents
Other duties may be assigned
PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Sit up to 2 hours per day, 1 hour at a time. Stand for up to 8 hours per day, 4 hours at a time. Walk 6 hours per day, 10 minutes at a time. Consistently lift, push and carry objects up to 10 lbs. Frequently lift, carry and push objects up to 75 lbs. Transport patients weighing up to 400 lbs. via wheelchair, bed and/or stretcher with assistance when appropriate. Consistently pull up to 10 lbs. Frequently pull up to 250 lbs. with assistance when appropriate. Frequently stoop, bend, crouch, kneel and climb. Frequently reach above shoulder level. Occasional crawling. Must be able to perceive attributes of an object through touch. Frequently finger and handle objects. Occasionally firmly grasp, twist, turn objects with hands and fingers. Must be able to hear as it relates to normal conversation, high and low frequencies. Must be able to see as it relate to general, near, far, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and visual monotony (e.g., computer screen).
EDUCATION:
Include any specific licenses and/or certifications and/or registrations that are required or preferred.
• M.D. or D.O. required
• Board Certification or eligible in Maternal Fetal Medicine required
• Medical License for the applicable state required
TRAINING and EXPERIENCE:
• Must have completed an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/AOA-accredited residency training program in Obstetrics and Gynecology required
• Completion of an approved Maternal Fetal Medicine fellowship program required
SKILLS: Language, Mathematical Reasoning ability needed.
Please complete your application using your full legal name and current home address. Be sure to include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including your present employer. Additionally, you are encouraged to upload a current resume, including all work history, education, and/or certifications and licenses, if applicable. It is highly recommended that you create a profile at the conclusion of submitting your first application. Thank you for your interest in St. Luke's!!
Founded in 1872, St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue of $4 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. Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke’s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania. In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley’s first and only four-year medical school campus. It also operates the nation’s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and over 50 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 500 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke’s, a member of the Children’s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley’s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids. 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 Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.
