Permanent Geriatrics Job in Medford, Oregon

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Geriatrics
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
• Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Academic, Admin/Medical Director
• Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
• Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
• Expected ER Call Coverage: No call

Medical Director Geriatric

Leading Regional System Seeks Geriatric Medical Director Southern Oregon

The Geriatric Medical Director will lead Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Services for the largest regional healthcare system in southern Oregon and northern California.  The Medical Director of Geriatrics will provide clinical and administrative leadership to a team of inpatient and outpatient physicians and advance practice providers, as well as a robust support staff that include clinical nurse specialists and other team members.  The Medical Director will also be the first holder of a Medical Chair established by donors.  This prestigious Medical Chair will provide funds for the use at the discretion of the Chairholder that can be directed for people, technology, facilities and programs that support patient care and research activities.  This chair position will be the only one in this region that serves 600K people in a 9 county service area and the service is vital to aging communities.  The space at the community hospital will be specially designed and renovated to be aesthetically pleasing for geriatric patients with a focus on decreasing the disorientation and depersonalizing effects of an unfamiliar environment.  The Medical Director shall provide leadership to achieve the mission, vision, values, goals and objectives for the program. The Medical Director will be responsible for all aspects of the service line across all divisions, including growth, quality, and service education. The role is designed to be 50% clinical service and 50% leadership.

Highlights:

• Serve as Medical Director and lead the development of the Age-Friendly Initiative for the region. Collaborate with foundation on fundraising for this initiative.

• Build and lead an interdisciplinary team of specially trained physicians and nurses. 

• Practice as a community-based physician

• Embed age-sensitive principles at the hospital level and throughout the system.

• Develop clinical programs to serve aging population.

• Develop partnerships with local providers, long-term care facilities and other caregivers.

The successful candidate will be an experienced physician leader who has demonstrated success in a complex care environment. They will lead efforts to design, build, implement, and collaborate with community partners, hospital services and departments towards achieving a high quality, effective, compassionate regional behavioral health service that provides a scope of services consistent with community needs.  Qualifications include:  Strong clinical leader with experience in leading geriatric service line, Track record of driving improvements in quality and safety, with progressive leadership experience. Provision of full range of geriatric services to assigned patients. Licensed as a Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physician in the state of Oregon or able to obtain licensure, and certification in Geriatric Medicine.  Board certified and must maintain certification.  Must possess good interpersonal communication and leadership skills.

Top 15 Health System in the nation eight years in a row

• 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
• Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
• Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes

• Facility Type: Clinic
• Number of Providers: