Psychiatry

The Department consists of 13 full time Psychiatrists and 10 Advanced Practitioners (NPs/PAs). There are specialties in Adult, Child, Adolescent, Geriatric and Psychosomatic Medicine. Additionally, we have several independent psychiatrists who assist the department with consultation services as well as complement our weekend and occasional coverage needs.

Collectively, the team provides services for members of our community.

Our inpatient services span the greater Lehigh Valley and also extend into Bucks and Montgomery counties, through our Quakertown campus. Our Blue Mountain and Lehighton campuses also afford the lower Pocono Mountain region easy access to Adult and Older Adult beds. Our recent expansion to 170 beds, makes St Luke’s a leading, regional provider of inpatient services. Offering inpatient and outpatient ECT allows our most severely depressed patients another option for complete care.

Our medical patients benefit from our psychosomatic / consultation services that are provided either face to face or through telemedicine. Working in collaboration with our Hospitalist teams, we are able to coordinate the best plan of care across the network.

Equally important are the outpatient services, provided for all age ranges. Working along with Behavioral Health specialists, who are licensed at the highest level (LCSWs, LPC) they provide individual, group or family therapy. Services are offered in a traditional setting or within PCP offices which integrate the physical and mental health care in one area. We also work in concert with other service lines, including Behavioral Health offering Post Partum Depression services, Trauma, Spine and Pain to name a few. The opportunities are endless, share your interests and we can find you a match for your practice goals! Currently offices are in the greater Bethlehem and Allentown area. This will expand and grow as we continue to reach our community throughout the greater northeastern PA region.

As part of Temple University Medical School, our psychiatrists serve as clinical faculty. Teaching and research are part of our services.

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St. Luke’s maintains outpatient psychiatry practices in Allentown and Bethlehem and enjoys the support of a large health network with appropriate levels of autonomy allowing us to create a culture and identity that creates a great work environment that best serves our patient population.

As with any large program, evening call services and weekend coverage are needed. However, the overnight call and weekend coverage have been optimized to balance the needs of our patients while addressing the importance of physician work/life balance.

St. Luke’s Psychiatric Associates employs an independent physician group for evening call coverage. Allowing our psychiatrists to perform occasional shadow calls provides them with more flexibility outside of their professional roles and aspirations. As for weekend coverage, all full time psychiatrists participate in weekend coverage of the inpatient behavioral health units. Because we operate as a team, each psychiatrist typically only covers every sixth weekend.

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St. Luke’s Psychiatric Associates provide services at all St. Luke’s hospitals either through direct patient contact or telepsychiatry. And we are growing. Behavioral Health expansions are planned for St Luke’s Sacred Heart and Quakertown campuses. Construction is currently underway at Sacred Heart Campus with a total of 110 beds projected by the end of 2018. 2019 will bring additional behavioral health beds to St Luke’s Quakertown Campus. You are needed to help support this expansion.

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St. Luke’s offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package. Compensation …. Benefits include six weeks of paid time off, health insurance with a vast network and low deductibles, and CME reimbursement to highlight a few. This compensation package is competitive in all geographical regions and especially generous in the Lehigh Valley given cost of living.

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For those who qualify, St. Luke’s also offers a generous loan forgiveness program of up to $100,000 to help offset school loan expense often accumulated during medical school.

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Joining a new organization and moving to a new region can be intimidating. St. Luke’s Psychiatry has a methodical process to help you and those important to you acclimate to your new career, and life, in the Lehigh Valley region.

Upon joining St. Luke’s, you will benefit from a structured onboarding process that ranges from a formal orientation to the Network to training in technology (e.g., Epic). You will receive guidance from a very collaborative and supportive team that is available to help with your onboarding questions across all services so you gain a level of confidence and understanding. For those directly out of residency, you will benefit from support from your peers and an ‘open door’ environment.

At St. Luke’s, we recognize your transition may also affect others important to you – spouse, partner, support person, children, etc. With over 800 employed physicians (and growing), your St. Luke’s “family” will help you adapt to the new region. As an example, St. Luke’s is an active member in a program which helps link physicians’ spouses/partners/support persons to career opportunities. St. Luke’s is the second largest employer in the region and has many rewarding career paths.

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St. Luke’s University Health Network, a regional leader in mental health services, is excited to announce the addition of a Psychiatry Residency. This new program provides a structured four year clinical educational experience to prepare future psychiatrists and physician leaders in the field. Our program has been approved to have six residents per class. Our program focuses on teaching residents the fundamentals of psychiatry including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic management of psychiatric illnesses. We are collaborating with other physician providers and mental health specialists in the region to provide our residents with a robust and comprehensive program. As a member of the Department of Psychiatry you will be directly involved in the training of the next generation of psychiatrists. As a mentor to the residents you will be able to use the knowledge, experience and skills you’ve gained to instruct them on best clinical practices and prepare them to practice as independent psychiatrists or for further fellowship training.

Click on this link to learn more about the Psychiatry Residency »

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