Nocturnist - Physician - Jefferson Health

Job Details

Jefferson Health is hiring Board Certified/Board Eligible Internal Medicine or Family Medicine trained Nocturnists to join our expanding Hospital Medicine teams across the enterprise, including:

Center City Philadelphia
Northeast Philadelphia (Torresdale)
Abington, Montgomery County
Lansdale, Montgomery County
Southern New Jersey locations

Job Description

• Overnight Admissions & Inpatient Care: Evaluate and admit patients from the ED, conduct night rounds, and manage care for previously admitted patients.
• Cross-Coverage Support: Provide backup to APPs, assist with ICU needs including rapid responses and Code Blue events (if available)
• Open and closed ICU models depending on site (Not all sites require procedures)
• Clinical Supervision (Optional Academic Track): Supervise residents and support triage and admissions for teaching teams—three nocturnists typically cover each night.
• Academic opportunities available at select locations
• Team Collaboration: Coordinate effectively with interdisciplinary teams (nursing, specialists, social work) and ensure comprehensive transitions at shift change.
• Documentation & Compliance: Maintain thorough charting of histories, physicals, daily notes, and plans of care, ensuring compliance and accurate comorbidity coding.
• Visa Support: We support H1-B visas and J-1 waivers (J-1's are supported by our Washington Township, NJ and Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Campuses)
• Part-time and Per Diem Nocturnist Opportunities: We offer part-time and per diem Nocturnist opportunities dependent on location and needs.

NJ Locations Salary Range: $240,000 -$330,000 

Work Shift

Workday Night (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Primary Location Address

132 S 10th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.