Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician

Archway Physician Recruitment; Albert Lea (MN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Services Physician to deliver comprehensive care for high-risk older adults in skilled nursing facilities. This full-time role involves working collaboratively in a primary care team, engaging in both outpatient and facility-based care, and offers mentorship and opportunities for education and research.

Benefits

Access to specialty consults

Onsite pharmacy support

Mentorship and coaching support

Opportunities for education and research

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care, geriatrics, and palliative care required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical/outpatient services for high-risk older adults.
• Conduct comprehensive evaluations and interpret diagnostic tests.
• Prescribe therapies and counsel patients.

Skills

Primary Care

Geriatrics

Palliative Care

Job description

Senior Services Physician opening in Minnesota

Location: Albert Lea, MN (95 miles to Minneapolis, MN; 60 miles to Rochester, MN)

The Division of Community Internal Medicine, Section of Senior Services, is seeking a general internist or family medicine physician to provide clinical/outpatient services for high-risk older adults in subacute and long-term skilled nursing facilities. The full-time positions are located in the primary care clinics on our Austin and Albert Lea campuses, with care provided in skilled nursing facilities around these communities.

The physician will join a primary care team of physicians and advanced practice providers, working collaboratively to deliver holistic care, including:

• Comprehensive evaluations
• Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests
• Prescribing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies
• Patient counseling, including advanced care planning

Ideal candidates will have experience in primary care, geriatrics, and palliative care. Travel within Southeast Minnesota will be required, potentially including shared time in Rochester. The role may also offer opportunities to serve as a medical director in the facilities.

This opportunity includes:

• Access to consults from specialty physicians within the health system, onsite pharmacy, and social work support
• A balanced mix of subacute and long-term care patients, with potential medical directorship roles
• The chance to practice a blend of primary outpatient internal medicine or family medicine and senior services care
• Mentorship and coaching support
• Opportunities for education and research