Physician, Geriatrics (Sutter Senior Care) (Sacramento, CA)

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

Sutter Medical Group is seeking primary care physicians to join Sutter Senior Care, a senior-focused primary care model serving older adults with complex and changing healthcare needs throughout the Greater Sacramento area. The practice emphasizes panel ownership, long-term patient relationships, proactive outreach, care coordination, and meaningful engagement between care teams, patients, and caregivers. Its goals include helping patients maintain quality of life and reducing avoidable emergency department visits and hospital use when those interventions do not align with patients’ goals of care. Physicians will practice in a Monday–Friday outpatient setting with approximately 10 pre-scheduled appointment slots per day, using a mix of 30- and 60-minute visits. The model includes 60-minute new-patient and complex visits, 30-minute routine follow-ups, flexibility for urgent same-day visits, same-day and next-day access, and dedicated weekly administrative time. Physicians share a 1:3 phone call rotation, expected to include evenings, weekends, and holidays. The position offers an opportunity to help shape a growing senior-focused service line. Care is organized around shared accountability for a patient population rather than traditional visit-volume expectations. Physicians collaborate with an interdisciplinary team that may include advanced practice clinicians, nurses, licensed clinical social workers, care coordinators, community health workers, clinical pharmacists, dietitians, physical and occupational therapists, and other clinical and community partners. The care model addresses medical and social factors affecting older adults and supports coordinated care throughout the aging journey. The role is suited to physicians who value relationship-centered primary care, panel ownership, flexibility, proactive patient management, collaborative decisions, and care for older adults and their families. Geriatrics training or experience is particularly relevant; physicians with strong Internal Medicine or Family Medicine backgrounds and a genuine interest in older adults are also encouraged to apply.

Requirements

MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, or another applicable primary care specialty.
Eligible for an unrestricted California medical license.
Strong clinical diagnostic, communication, and patient-engagement skills.
Interest in caring for older adults with complex or changing healthcare needs.
Ability to practice effectively within an interdisciplinary, team-based environment.
Understanding of population health and preventive care principles.

Nice To Haves

Experience in primary care, geriatrics, or value-based care.
Geriatrics fellowship training or equivalent experience; strongly preferred but not required.
Strong Internal Medicine or Family Medicine background and a genuine interest in caring for older adults.

Responsibilities

Provide relationship-centered primary care to older adults with complex or changing healthcare needs.
Manage a patient panel collaboratively and use proactive outreach and varied clinical and care-team interactions as patient needs change.
Provide scheduled 30-minute routine follow-up visits and 60-minute new-patient and complex visits.
Accommodate urgent same-day visits when needed and support same-day and next-day access.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to coordinate care and address medical and social factors affecting patients’ health.
Focus on prevention, chronic disease management, medication safety, care transitions, and maintaining quality of life.
Participate in a shared 1:3 phone call rotation, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Help develop and shape the growing senior-focused service line.