Physician - Geriatric Medicine - Full Time Academic - SLUCare Physician Group
SSM Health
Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Family Practice-Geriatrics
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location 63110, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Visa Sponsorship No
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Job Description

Last Update: 4/19/24

Clinical Opportunities

  • Ambulatory geriatric medicine clinics (2 locations) 33% time

  • Long-term and skilled nursing facility: 33% time

  • House call opportunity (10% time)

  • Inpatient care-geriatric medicine team (opportunity) 15% time

  • Inpatient geriatric medicine consult service (opportunity) 15% time

Education and Supervision

  • Teaching and oversight of students, residents, and fellows in all sites of clinical care

  • Participation in residency and fellowship training programs

  • Participation in and delivery of educational sessions (e.g. grand rounds, journal club, teaching curriculum)

Administration and leadership

  • Primary collaborating physician for geriatric nurse practitioners

  • Medical directorship: long term care

  • Support for geriatric medicine and palliative care fellowship programs

  • Opportunity for membership and participation in hospital, University, and School of Medicine committees

Work schedule:

  • Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm academic/clinical services

  • Shared weekend hospital geriatrics inpatient team/consult rounding (1 in 5)

  • Shared holiday coverage hospital geriatrics inpatient team/consult rounding (1-2 per year)

  • Shared evening/weekend/holiday telephone call (1-2 per week)

  • Hospital work at: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

  • Ambulatory work at: SLUCare clinics (Center for Specialized Medicine; DesPeres Medical Arts Bldg)

  • Home care: Saint Louis city/county

  • Nursing home care: Saint Louis city/county

Unique practice activities and opportunities:

  • Academic practice at a Level 1 trauma center: Nationally recognized academic geriatrics program

  • Longstanding geriatric medicine fellowship:-35 years of geriatric medicine and over 140 fellows trained

  • Hospice/palliative fellowship program

  • Teaching of students, residents, fellows

  • Multiple care venues (long term care, skilled care, home care, assisted living, inpatient geriatrics team with Acute Care for the Elderly unit; geriatric medicine consults)

  • Academically active at national meetings for AMDA, AGS, AAHPM

  • Active GWEP HRSA grant

  • 3 nursing home medical directorships; 1 hospice medical directorship; 1 assisted living medical directorship; 1 home health care medical directorship

- 4 nursing home practice locations

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