Permanent Geriatrics Job in Massachusetts

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Geriatrics
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Multi-Specialty Group
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

An Award-Winning healthcare system is searching for a full time BC/BE Geriatrician to join their Division of Geriatrics Palliative Care and Post-acute Medicine in Western MA. They are one of only 44 nationally grant funded Geriatric Education Centers through HRSA’s Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Program. Their faculty members teach annually at national meetings (such as the American Geriatrics Society) and have received multiple grants and leadership awards in recent years.They clearly recognize the value of geriatrics and has identified geriatrics and palliative care as an area of strategic focus for its coming 3 year plan.  An Acute Care for Elders project won the health system’s quality award last year further increasing support for the mission of the division. 

This opportunity features: 

1. Opportunities for supported time for clinical innovation educational program design and teaching.
2. Leadership of geriatrics/palliative care program development at one of our academic community health centers.
3. Mentoring for professional development in change leadership and quality improvement

The ideal candidate will have an interest and skill in palliative care process improvement change leadership and teaching/mentoring.

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card, Other
• Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes