Director of Geriatric Medicine

Job Details

Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University seek a visionary academic geriatrics leader to serve as the university’s next Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine.

Job Description

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will lead the Division of Geriatrics within the Department of Family & Community Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, building on the existing strengths of a dynamic and growing division, and establishing and pursuing a vision for the division’s future.

The candidate must be board-certified in Geriatric Medicine and in either Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. The candidate will be appointed as a faculty member of Sidney Kimmel Medical College at the appropriate rank.

The Division of Geriatric Medicine comprises 9 faculty members who work in an interprofessional team environment that includes advanced practice clinicians, social workers, nursing, and pharmacy colleagues. The Division provides clinical services through the Center for Healthy Aging (CHA), an ambulatory practice in Center City, Philadelphia, that offers primary care geriatrics and memory assessments. CHA also includes a dedicated Pride program for LGBTQIA older adults. Ambulatory services are also offered at a community-based site in South Philadelphia and through a geriatric oncology practice embedded in the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Division provides inpatient consultations at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Methodist Hospital, including oversight of an ACE unit; residential and post-acute care services; and a home-based primary care program. The Division’s educational programs include a thriving fellowship as well as educational programs for internal and family medicine residents, medical students, and interprofessional colleagues. Geriatrics faculty and fellows have a strong record of scholarly productivity within the division and in collaboration with research partners across the university.

As Division Director, the candidate will develop a strategic vision that builds on the Division’s strong foundation and vibrant academic culture to guide faculty, clinicians, and staff in ongoing career growth and development. The Director will be accountable for clinical services growth, operational excellence, quality of care, and innovation across geriatrics clinical services at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Methodist Hospital; will lead geriatrics faculty in strengthening and evolving undergraduate and graduate medical education; will support interprofessional collaboration; and will leverage divisional, departmental, and institutional resources to actively pursue extramurally funded research and programmatic support. The Division Director will collaborate broadly with colleagues in the department, medical school, health system, health plan, and university to promote research, education, and practice of ‑high-quality, age friendly‑ care.

Qualifications

• MD/DO or equivalent, Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine, eligible for PA licensure.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive leadership experience in an academic medical environment.
• Demonstrated success in clinical program development, team leadership, and interprofessional collaboration.
• Experienced in undergraduate and graduate medical education, strong track record of peer-reviewed publications, and engagement in extramurally funded research programs; regional and national reputation in geriatric medicine.

Interested candidates may submit a CV to Chandler Clemens ([email protected]). For additional information on Jefferson, visit www.jefferson.edu.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Jefferson University Physicians

Primary Location Address

1015 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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