Program Director - Geriatric Medicine

Penn Medicine; McGovernsville (PA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Forbes Top Employer

Competitive compensation

CME package

Job summary

Penn Medicine is seeking a full-time Program Director for Geriatric Medicine to join Lancaster General Health Physicians Geriatrics. The physician leader will guide strategic, clinical, quality, operational, and workforce efforts across ambulatory, post-acute, home-based, and consultative care settings.

The department comprises ~40 providers across multiple sites, with opportunities to rotate into hospital geriatric services and maintain an active clinical practice within the network.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, clinical, quality, operational, and workforce leadership of the Geriatrics department.
• Partner with Penn Medicine leadership to advance growth, quality and sustainability of geriatric services.
• Establish and maintain active clinical practice within extended-care facilities network and rotate to hospital services.

Job description

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

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

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.