Program Director - Geriatric Medicine

Description

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Position Description

Penn Medicine is seeking a full-time Program Director for Geriatric Medicine to join Lancaster General Health Physicians Geriatrics practice! Reporting to the Executive Medical Director of Primary Care and Population Health, this physician leader will be responsible for the strategic, clinical, quality, operational, and workforce leadership of the department. The Program Director will partner closely with the Associate Managing Clinician, APP Manager, Practice Manager, Section Leads, and Penn Medicine Medical Group leadership to advance the mission, growth, quality, and sustainability of geriatric services across ambulatory, post-acute, home-based, and consultative care settings.

The Geriatric Medicine Department is comprised of nearly 40 providers, 18 physicians and 20 APPs, who provide care across three outpatient offices, five extended-care facilities, the hospital-based Geriatric Consult Service, Geriatrics at Home, and Penn Medicine Advanced Home Health.

The Program Director will establish and maintain their own active clinical practice within our extended-care facility network with the opportunity to rotate onto the hospital-based Geriatric Consult Service.

Minimum Requirements

• Board certified/eligible in Geriatric Medicine

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in geriatrics

• Active medical license, or ability to obtain, in the state of Pennsylvania

Additional Information

Interested candidates may apply online or send their CV to Alanna McCloy, Penn Medicine Recruiter, at [email protected].

Why Penn Medicine?

• Featured as a Forbes Top Employer

• Competitive Compensation and CME package

• Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of PSLF eligibility, strong retirement, dependent tuition benefit, CME and time off programs

• Onboarding/orientation program designed for individual education and support, including EMR shoulder-to-shoulder training

• Employee wellness resources and work/life programs including active efforts to reduce in-basket burden and after-hours clinical work

• Access to in-system referrals for patients

• Networking and connection to colleagues across all specialties throughout Penn Medicine

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

Live Your Life's Work

We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.

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