Geriatrician (MD/DO)

Munson Healthcare•Traverse City, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Munson Healthcare is seeking a full-time Geriatrician (MD/DO) to join their collaborative and growing team in Traverse City, Michigan. This role offers 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 northern 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
All employees must be vaccinated or have lab-confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella.
All employees must 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.

Nice To Haves

EHR Oracle Health

Responsibilities

Provide medical leadership for inpatient and SNF geriatric consultative services, including consultations and follow-up encounters.
Maintain a working relationship with SNF facilities, collaborating with SNF and hospital leaders on needs and focusing on key metrics such as hospital LOS, readmissions, and other quality metrics.
Drive strategy and growth into other facilities as deemed necessary.
Conduct family meetings as required.
Complete capacity assessments and legal documentation as required.
Participate in multidisciplinary rounds.
Participate in the clinical ethics committee.
Participate in “length of stay rounds” with nursing managers and case management, providing medical expertise for complex care management.
Participate in and lead team huddles every weekday morning as needed.
Collaborate with consulting teams, specialists, primary care physicians, case management, nursing, rehab physicians, and hospice teams.
Provide 36 patient contact hours and 4 hours of admin time per 1.0 FTE physician.
Provide appropriate sign-out to team members when going off duty 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 agreements 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 the 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 plans.
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).
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.