ALLIED HEALTH
The Allied Health Professionals associated with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) give true meaning to the word dedicated. Their capacity for excellence of care and service is evident through their investment in the well being of every patient. Enthusiastic about their work, each professional knows that they are an important link to the patients' treatment. It is their commitment to quality care that makes us more than a health system... they make us a trusted part of the community.
Founded in 1874 as the nation's first teaching hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is the flagship hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. HUP, a 695-licensed bed hospital, is dynamic and innovative providing a comprehensive range of both inpatient and outpatient services, including highly specialized tertiary and quaternary levels of care in more than 200 specialty programs and clinics.
U.S.News & World Report has consistently ranked the clinical specialties at HUP among the nation's best. HUP is dedicated to having a diverse medical staff and training programs to meet the ethnic and cultural needs of the diverse community this institution serves. And as you would expect, our technology, resources and professional development options are world-class.
No matter what your interests and professional background are, you can be assured that you'll be working with outstanding interdisciplinary teams with the same goal — being the benchmark for quality care.
Join us and build an exceptional career in any one of the following disciplines:
Work with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and enjoy a variety of compelling rewards and benefits to fit today's diverse workforce including 100% prepaid tuition.
Cardiology
Recognized as one of the best hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, the
Catheterization/Electrophysiology (EPS) Laboratory at HUP utilizes state-of-the-art technology for the diagnosis and treatment of Angioplasy, Valvuloplasy, percutaneous ASD and PFO closure, Ablations, ICD and pacemaker implants, device lead extractions and cardioversions.
The Technicians and nurses who work within the Cardiology Department find a number of options for learning and growth. Our nurses participate in our Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania (CPUP) and Clinical Advancement and Recognition Program (CARP), with a Cardiology specific career ladder for Technicians.
Professionally credentialed and highly focused, our staff enjoys a collegial atmosphere along with many educational opportunities and benefits. Our technicians have graduated from an accredited cardiovascular technician program with either RCIS or NAPSI certification along with two years of Catheterization or EPS experience and a current BLS/ACLS. The RNs in this laboratory have a minimum of two years of critical care experience, RCIS and/or NASPE Certified and a current BLS/ACLS.
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Occupational, Physical, and Speech Therapy
Our rehabilitation therapists enjoy working in a professional, research and best practice driven department. We have a wide and diverse range of patients across the continuum of care. This provides our therapists the kind of vigorous challenges that are crucial to advancing their skills.
Our therapists have clinical opportunities in both inpatient and outpatient services.
They include:
- Inpatient – cardiac, neurological, orthopaedic, transplant, general medicine and trauma
- Outpatient – orthopaedic ( surgical/non-surgical), sports, hand, neurological, vestibular, pelvic floor, lymphedema and work conditioning
As an academic center, therapists who work with us receive encouragement and support to gain advanced certification in various areas of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy and Speech Therapy and many therapists are actively pursuing advanced academic degrees.
To ensure growth and advancement, our career ladder is designed to develop your skills so you can progress to the next level. We view mentoring as an essential part of professional growth and advancement of clinical knowledge/skill. Our therapists have a wide breadth of clinical expertise and experience that enables them to serve effectively as mentors. We also offer many opportunities beyond patient care for staff to grow professionally into areas such as academic teaching and funded research.
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Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
As the premiere Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in the tri-state area, employees have the opportunity to work with a world-class faculty team and gain exposure to the most complex cases in a progressive academic setting. The Department is comprised of a team of dedicated administrative, technical, and professional staff committed to providing top rated support for the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Dynamic and fast-paced, this is a growing teaching hospital laboratory filled with friendly, motivated people who want to give their best.
Anatomic Pathology Division Consists of six Laboratories including Histology and Special Stain, Immunohistochemistry, FISH and Image Analysis, Neuropathology, Electron Microscopy, and Cytopathology. The Division also supports the most comprehensive and active autopsy service in the area and offers unique opportunities for exposure to the newest technologies in the field.
The Anatomic Pathology Division is one of the largest in the area and offers many tests and services not readily available in other hospitals. It serves as a national center for subspecialty expertise in a variety of areas, including GI and endocrine pathology and pigmented lesion dermatopathology. Because approximately 70% of hospital diagnoses are based on Laboratory and Pathology tests, our staff is presented with a unique opportunity to contribute to diagnosis and management of our patients by utilizing technologies that include molecular techniques, immunohistochemistry methods, light and electron microscopy, Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization (FISH), and Liquid based cytology methods.
Our Laboratory Medicine and Transfusion Medicine Divisions represent one of the most technically advanced clinical labs in the country. In the Laboratory Medicine Service there is a fully automated robotics track system for high volume routine hematology and chemistry testing. The division offers a comprehensive esoteric testing menu in the specialty lab areas of toxicology, humoral immunology, flow cytometry, coagulation, endocrinology and molecular pathology where specimens are submitted from across the country and worldwide.
The clinical microbiology lab is one of the most comprehensive diagnostic labs in the region offering diagnostic testing for infectious diseases caused by bacterial, fungi, viruses and parasites as well as antimicrobial and antifungal susceptibility testing. The tissue typing laboratory, which utilizes serologic, flow cytometry and molecular techniques, provides full lab support for the hospital's multi-organ transplant program.
The Transfusion Medicine Division is one of the largest and most complex in the region. The Transfusion Medicine Service includes a comprehensive immunohematology reference lab, a hematopoietic progenitor collection and processing lab as well as an Apheresis/Infusion Unit. The transfusion service provides over 60,000 units of blood and blood products per year to HUP patients.
The Laboratory is directed by faculty with national
and international recognition for expertise in
their fields and is staffed with dedicated employees
who are highly motivated with a strong commitment to
providing excellence in patient care.
The Transfusion Service (Blood Bank) is a critical
department in the healthcare field, particularly
in hospitals and blood donor centers. Our Transfusion
Medicine Division of Pathology and Lab Medicine
at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is
a multi-faceted department, covering all areas of transfusion.
We dispense many types of blood products for
our patients. Blood and blood products are biologic
therapeutics and are regulated by the FDA.
It is our
job to ensure the products that we dispense are
of the highest quality, purity, and potency.
The biggest challenge we face in the Blood Bank is
finding safe blood for transfusion when serological
antibodies are present in the patient. Sometimes this
can take many hours or days, especially if the patient
has those that react with most donor red blood cells,
which are then considered “incompatible” with
the patient.
In addition to standard blood banking,
we have a state of the art serology laboratory
that utilizes both automated and bench antibody
identification techniques. We dispense about
75,000 blood products per year. Our employees are at
both associate and bachelor college degree level. Working
in the blood bank is both an exciting and challenging
career choice. We help to save lives every single
day!
The
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
at HUP also has a Stem Cell Laboratory, and an
Apheresis department, where patients with certain disease
states receive specialized care. Patients having
surgery in the hospital can donate their own blood
in the Apheresis and Donor Center Unit with a doctor's
prescription, and after passing a medical screening.
Based on its size and complexity of service offerings, the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine provides a wide variety of technical opportunities for the motivated individual who is seeking a progressive and collaborative work environment that promotes professional growth and fulfillment.
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Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacists with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania are highly knowledgeable and thrive in a culture of teamwork, and collaboration with other health care professionals. Working through a decentralized model on the patient care units integrating service and clinical management, our pharmacists make a direct impact on patients.
Working at HUP, your positive attitude coupled with a high level of motivation will be important as you focus to provide the excellent care we are renowned for. This is a dynamic environment with diverse challenges that inspires learning with a career ladder that is designed to reward pharmacists on their professional growth activities.
Working with automated state-of-the-art technology and high degree of computer support, you will provide a wide range of treatments for various departments including Oncology, Transplant, Cardiology, Neurology, and the Intensive Care Nursery. When you join us, you'll be a member of an elite group who have the opportunity to teach and train new pharmacists, residents and students along with in-services for our nursing and pharmacy staff.
At the University of Pennsylvania Health System, we are dedicated to the future of Pharmacy. As part of our commitment to Pharmacy education, we are now offering Scholarships for 6th year Pharmacy students with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. In exchange for a three-year full time employment payback commitment, UPHS will provide a full year of paid tuition to our scholarship winners.
As further proof, we have also instituted a Loan Forgiveness Program for newly-graduated Pharmacists. The Program provides eligible employees with the opportunity to receive assistance from us to repay student loans incurred in connection with the individual's pharmacy studies. Full-time benefit eligible employees will be eligible to receive the following as long as they meet all eligibility criteria:
- $1,000 at the completion of year one of employment
- $2,000 at the completion of year two of employment
- $3,000 at the completion of year three of employment
- $4,000 at the completion of year four of employment
For more information about these outstanding benefit programs, please email pharmacy.scholarship@uphs.upenn.edu.
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Radiation Oncology
The leadership of Department of Radiation Oncology is comprised of some of the most renowned professionals in their field. As a national leader in clinical care, research and education, our Radiation Oncology Department is highly respected.
Imaging procedures for treatment planning include X-ray filming and fluoroscopy, and CT linkage with computerized dosimetry. Treatment options include Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Positron Emission Therapy (PET) and Conformal Radiation Therapy. The department has also installed a method for monitoring treatment beam accuracy through TV displays of tumor sites as they are being irradiated.
To continue our leading edge treatments, The Roberts
Proton Therapy Center, opening in 2009, will be the largest proton therapy center in the world and one of only six such centers in the country. It will also be the world's most comprehensive proton therapy center, offering the unique ability to fully integrate conventional radiation treatment with proton radiation, which more accurately targets tumors and leaves surrounding, healthy tissue unaffected.
In addition, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is one of only a few hospitals in the Philadelphia region to treat cancer patients with the Calypso® 4D Localization System. Utilizing miniature electromagnetic sensors (transponder technology), Calypso® accurately pinpoints a tumor's location prior to a patient's radiation therapy treatments. In the future, HUP anticipates using Calypso® to target tumor sites within other parts of the body, which will significantly decrease damaging healthy tissues that surround the tumor.
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Radiology
The Department of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is a highly specialized, full-service department that strives to meet all patient and clinician needs in diagnostic imaging and image-guided therapies. As a key academic institution, HUP provides Rad Techs with a number of learning opportunities that enhance their skills and lead to growth and advancement. Recognized as a world leader in radiological education and research, our educational program features an outstanding residency program, ten clinical fellowships, basic science graduate and post-doctoral programs and extensive continuing education activities.
The department has for more than a decade been among the leading U.S. Medical School radiology departments in NIH-sponsored research funding with major programs in oncology, cardiovascular and neurological diseases as well as the development of new and improved imaging technologies.
The Radiology Department at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania offers all imaging modalities:
- Computed tomography (CT)
- Emergency radiology
- Gastrointestinal radiology
- Genitourinary radiology
- Interventional radiology
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Musculoskeletal radiology
- Neuroradiology
- Teleradiology
- Thoracic imaging
- Ultrasound
- Breast imaging
- Nuclear Medicine
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
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Respiratory Care
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania eleventh in the nation, which was the highest-ranking program in the region for lung disease.
At HUP, we draw the top Respiratory professionals in the nation. A diverse and highly skilled group, they enjoy working with a nationally recognized institution that has the resources to utilize research, education and cutting-edge technology to develop and implement superior patient care.
Our focus is to utilize the technologies and therapies available that will help us optimize patient care. From hand held nebulizers, meter dosed inhalers, chest physiotherapy or IPPB, to advanced modes of ventilation such as APRV, VC+, and PAV+ and High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation, Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, Vapotherm, Aquinox, Mini BAL, Bronchoscopy and hyperbaric therapy, every process is completely focused on diagnosing and treating our patients.
The Respiratory Department at HUP works collaboratively with multidisciplinary committees and teams to develop and execute Patient Driven Protocols, various research projects, and a multitude of quality improvement measures which enable us to optimize patient care and experience positive outcomes.
As a key academic institution, HUP provides Respiratory Therapists with a number of learning opportunities that enhance their skills. We also offer a career ladder designed to lead to growth and professional advancement.
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