Why Choose The Wright Center for Community Health?
At The Wright Center, you'll find a career that combines exceptional patient care, academic medicine, and a genuine commitment to improving the health of underserved communities. As a physician faculty member, you'll care for patients with complex medical needs, teach and mentor resident physicians and medical students, and work alongside colleagues who value collaboration, innovation, and health access for all.
You'll have the opportunity to build meaningful, long-term relationships with patients in a welcoming, medium-sized community while practicing evidence-based, team-based medicine in an innovative academic environment. Every day, you'll help reduce barriers to care, improve health outcomes, and make a lasting difference in the lives of individuals and families who need it most.
The Wright Center is a nationally recognized, nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and Graduate Medical Education Safety-Net Consortium serving Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our integrated model of care brings together outstanding clinical care, physician education, and community service to improve access to high-quality healthcare for all.
The Psychiatrist provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and medication management for patients with mental, emotional, and behavioral health conditions. Working collaboratively with primary care physicians and other healthcare professionals, this individual supports an integrated approach to patient care and provides clinical supervision to psychiatric nurse practitioners.
The ideal candidate is committed to evidence-based psychiatric practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and delivering compassionate care to individuals from diverse backgrounds, including underserved populations.
This is an in-person position and will require you to be on site in the Wilkes-Barre clinic 40 hours per week
The Wright Center for Community Health Practices in Clarks Summit, Hawley, Scranton, Jermyn, North Pocono and Wilkes-Barre, offer primary health care services for children and adults across Northeastern Pennsylvania. Our practices follow the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model, a delivery structure where treatment is coordinated through a patient’s primary care physician to ensure necessary care is received when and where they need it.
Every Wright Center for Community Health location in Luzerne, Lackawanna & Wayne Counties is unique, but at every practice, patients will find innovative, team-based health care aiming to take into account all aspects of physical and mental/behavioral health. Doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and medical support personnel collaborate with patients and their families to develop effective health care plans that work.
Graduate Medical Education features eight residency and fellowship programs in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Regional Family Medicine, National Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Cardiovascular Disease, Gastroenterology and Geriatrics. Our national partners are in Washington, Arizona, Ohio and Washington, D.C
