Jefferson Health New Jersey is now accepting applications for a full-time employed Geriatrician to join our primary care practice in Washington Township, NJ. This is a unique opportunity to launch a career in geriatric medicine with a collaborative group of providers. The successful candidate will join our community physician group, Jefferson Medical Group, a growing multidisciplinary group of over 325 physicians and advanced practice providers across the southern New Jersey region.

Key responsibilities include providing outpatient primary care for older adults, including diligent charting/documentation. The ideal candidate will have excellent clinical and communication/interpersonal relationship skills, as well as a vested interest in the success of Jefferson Health. Teaching opportunities are available through our Internal Medicine Residency Program.

Qualifications: Applicants must have an MD/DO degree, be board certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine, and have completed a geriatric fellowship. The successful candidate must possess a license or be eligible to practice medicine in New Jersey by the time the appointment starts.

Jefferson Health offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including generous time off, CME resources, retirement, and medical/dental/vision. Relocation and sign-on bonus offered, in addition to quality and productivity incentives.

[Register to View] style="font-weight:normal;">Jefferson Health New Jersey (JHNJ) is an integrated healthcare delivery system providing a full range of healthcare services to the communities of southern New Jersey. With three acute care hospitals in Cherry Hill, Stratford and Washington Township, and a wide range of outpatient services and wellness programs, JHNJ’s dedicated healthcare team, including more than 900 physicians on staff, provides a range of primary to highly-specialized care, including Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center locations in Cherry Hill and Washington Township, bariatric weight-loss surgery, and neurosurgery. JHNJ provides expert and compassionate care through its expansive network of Primary & Specialty Care medical practices, which includes South Jersey’s first LGBTQ+ affirming practice, located in Haddonfield, NJ. With some 5,000 employees, JHNJ is a continually growing regional leader in healthcare.

Covid vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jefferson’s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson’s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.