Geriatrician: Outpatient Care for Older Adults + ACE Unit

Care New England Health System; Warwick (RI); On-site; USD 210,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Kent Hospital in Rhode Island, part of Care New England Health System, seeks a BC Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician with geriatrics focus to join our Geriatrics and Palliative Care Team.

The role includes outpatient primary care and consults, cognitive evaluations, and pre-operative geriatric assessments, with a path to participate in e-consults; a 25% allocation to the ACE inpatient unit is possible.

Qualifications

• Board-certified or eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine.
• Board certification in Geriatrics (dual certification in Palliative Care preferred).
• Commitment to high quality, patient-centered care and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide outpatient primary care and consultative geriatrics services.
• Perform cognitive evaluations and pre-operative geriatric assessments.
• Participate in our Geriatric Surgery Verification program and e-consult service.
• Option to allocate 25% of time to ACE inpatient unit at Kent Hospital.

Skills

Teamwork

Teaching

Patient-centered care

Education

BC Internal or Family Medicine

BE/BC in Geriatrics

Dual certification in Palliative Care preferred

Job description

Kent Hospital in Rhode Island, part of Care New England Health System, seeks a BC Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician with geriatrics focus to join our Geriatrics and Palliative Care Team.

The role includes outpatient primary care and consults, cognitive evaluations, and pre-operative geriatric assessments, with a path to participate in e-consults; a 25% allocation to the ACE inpatient unit is possible.