Geriatrician (MD/DO)

Munson Healthcare•Traverse City, MI

18h

About The Position

Munson Healthcare is seeking a full-time Geriatrician to join our collaborative and growing team in Traverse City, Michigan. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and expand geriatric services while delivering high-quality, patient-centered care to patients across inpatient and skilled nursing facility (SNF) settings. The Geriatrician will play a key clinical and administrative leadership role, partnering with interdisciplinary teams to enhance geriatric consultation services, improve care coordination, and support best practices across multiple facilities. This position offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on an aging population while practicing in a supportive environment that values collaboration, innovation, and work-life balance in a highly desirable norther Michigan community.

Requirements

MD or DO
Completion of an ACGME or AOA accredited residency in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
Fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine required or completion of Geriatric focused training pathway
Board Certified or Board Eligible in Geriatric Medicine
Active or eligible for Michigan medical licensure
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella.
MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Responsibilities

Provide medical leadership for inpatient and SNF geriatric consultative services, to include: Inpatient and SNF consultations, follow-up encounters as appropriate
This role includes leadership responsibilities for maintaining a working relationship with SNF facilities, collaborating with SNF and hospital leaders on needs, and focusing on key metrics which include but are not limited to hospital LOS, readmissions, opportunity days, other quality metrics, etc.
Drive strategy and growth into other facilities as deemed necessary
Family meetings as required
Completion of capacity assessments and legal documentation as required
Participation in multidisciplinary rounds
Participation in clinical ethics committee
Participation in “length of stay rounds” with nursing managers and case management, providing medical expertise for complex care management
Participate in and lead team huddle every weekday morning as needed
Collaboration with consulting teams, specialists, primary care physicians, case management, nursing, rehab physicians and hospice teams
1.0 FTE physician must provide 36 patient contact hours, 4 hours of admin time, schedule will be set 1 month in advance
For Munson recognized holidays, if they fall on a weekday, the holiday will be covered per schedule, an alternate off day will be granted to make up for holiday coverage.
Provide appropriate sign out to team members when going off duty, so to ensure continuity of care
Collaborate with the Chief Medical Officer, Executive Medical Director of Medical Specialties, and Service Line Executive Director to support the needs of the hospital and health system
Provide medical leadership to the geriatric team and leadership to help create and meet operational quality and growth goals and routine measures
Maintain collaborative agreement with associated APPs and provide OPPE/chart review as needed
Provide community and multidisciplinary education regarding geriatric medicine including end of life decision making, management of geriatric syndromes and symptom management emphasizing pain control
Provide education and direction to medical students and residents that may be on service
Participate in regional/community events in collaboration with public relations department including participation in regional committees that would facilitate the dissemination of education throughout the community
Provide geriatric medicine education to primary care and inpatient providers and serve as a resource for these providers for questions regarding specific care plan
Participate in monthly geriatric practice council meetings
Provide on call services for patients as is reasonably requested by the HOSPITAL (currently no after hours nor weekend coverage required).
Parties agree that any services to be provided here shall be provided in a manner which is not discriminatory on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, handicap, height, weight, AIDS, HIV, hepatitis or other infectious disease, marital status, sexual preference or source of payment
Maintain a working knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and regulations, HOSPITALS corporate compliance Program, Code of Ethics, as well as other policies and procedures to ensure adherence in a manner that reflects honest, ethical and professional behavior
Maintain CME, board certification, licensure and credentialing through the medical staff
Participate in quality improvement activities as appropriate and as assigned and report results on a routine basis to appropriate medical quality improvement programs
Participate with planning and implementing operational decisions, policies and procedures relative to geriatric medicine
Cooperate with HOSPITAL in marketing geriatric medicine services
Provide input regarding equipment needs, providers and standards required and other appropriate process ease, and communicate these to appropriate administrative staff
Actively work with HOSPITAL to ensure patient flow and access, monitoring and controlling cost, in utilization of services
Participate with management, planning and implementing programs to enhance services
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