Burn Service Clinical Instructor and Fellow

Position Overview

Our surgeons possess unmatched depth and breadth of surgical knowledge in the area, specializing in less invasive techniques and innovative practices. At the Institute for Surgical Excellence, you’ll be a part of a team that is setting the bar for surgical excellence.

The burn fellowship/instructorship program at Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVHN) is a one-year training program.  Learn in a highly respected environment with a high level of services.

Services Provided at LVHN Burn Center

• Acute Burn care admissions (900 per year, adult and pediatric)
• Burn Intensive Care
• Burn surgery, surgery for extensive soft tissue injury of other etiology
• Burn wound care
• Burn rehabilitation until stable for discharge to Rehab facility
• Psychosocial support for patients and families, burn survivor support group
• Outpatient burn wound management
• Outpatient scar management
• Outpatient procedures (small skin grafts, laser, wound explorations and closures etc.)
• Out- and Inpatient Burn plastic-reconstruction procedures including soft tissues, expanders, flaps, template reconstruction etc. for adult and pediatrics
• Burn prevention and aftercare in conjunction with Burn prevention network

Program Activities for the potential Candidate

• Burn surgery operative case coverage 5 days a week as needed
• Burn service patient rounding
• Burn patient care coordination with Physician Associates and Burn surgeons
• Bedside procedure attendance/supervision including debridements/skin substitute application, dressing changes, bronchoscopies, central line placements and -changes etc.
• Outpatient burn care consultations for decision making and operative planning
• Burn service research activity support
• Burn fellow specific research project planning and execution including manuscript preparation and presentation
• Supervision support of summer research scholar interns

Join a team of unmatched surgical expertise. Many of our physicians have trained at the nation’s best academic institutions and published promising research in prestigious medical journals. Our surgeons perform more than 85,000 surgeries every year – 25 percent more than other centers in the region. 

In a Burn Fellowship career with LVHN, you’ll experience:

• The largest, most advanced robotics program in the region.
• We were one of the first sites in the world to acquire the da Vinci SP® (single port) robotic surgery system and one of a few places in the world to offer IRIS scanning
• The first health network in the region to obtain Mazor X Stealth™ Edition robotic guidance platform

Benefits & Perks

As a nationally certified Great Place to Work™, we acknowledge the dedication of our colleagues and offer a generous Total Rewards package that makes LVHN an even better place to work and grow your career.  Explore our benefits.

• Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
• Relocation (if applicable)

Qualifications

• Must have at least 3 years of surgical training , ideally be Board Eligible or Board Certified in Surgery
• A valid PA Medical License and DEA qualification, or ability to obtain these,  is required
• Permitted to work within the US

Company Overview

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EEO Statement

Individuals are required to adhere to all LVHN vaccination policies in effect at the time of hire. Employees will be subject to pre-employment drug and alcohol testing. Please note that safety sensitive positions cannot test positive for marijuana or its metabolites, medical or otherwise.Lehigh Valley Health Network is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with, and where applicable, in addition to federal, state, and local employment regulations, Lehigh Valley Health Network will provide employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or other such protected classes as may be defined by law. All personnel actions and programs will adhere to this policy. Personnel actions and programs include, but are not limited to recruitment, selection, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, educational programs and/or social activities.