Physician - Geriatric Medicine - Full Time Academic - SLUCare Physician Group

Clinical Opportunities

• Ambulatory geriatric medicine clinics (2 locations) 33% time

• Long-term and skilled nursing facility: 33% time

• House call opportunity (10% time)

• Inpatient care-geriatric medicine team (opportunity) 15% time

• Inpatient geriatric medicine consult service (opportunity) 15% time

Education and Supervision

• Teaching and oversight of students, residents, and fellows in all sites of clinical care

• Participation in residency and fellowship training programs

• Participation in and delivery of educational sessions (e.g. grand rounds, journal club, teaching curriculum)

Administration and leadership

• Primary collaborating physician for geriatric nurse practitioners

• Medical directorship: long term care

• Support for geriatric medicine and palliative care fellowship programs

• Opportunity for membership and participation in hospital, University, and School of Medicine committees

Work schedule:

• Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm academic/clinical services

• Shared weekend hospital geriatrics inpatient team/consult rounding (1 in 5)

• Shared holiday coverage hospital geriatrics inpatient team/consult rounding (1-2 per year)

• Shared evening/weekend/holiday telephone call (1-2 per week)

• Hospital work at: SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

• Ambulatory work at: SLUCare clinics (Center for Specialized Medicine; DesPeres Medical Arts Bldg)

• Home care: Saint Louis city/county

• Nursing home care: Saint Louis city/county

Unique practice activities and opportunities:

• Academic practice at a Level 1 trauma center: Nationally recognized academic geriatrics program

• Longstanding geriatric medicine fellowship:-35 years of geriatric medicine and over 140 fellows trained

• Hospice/palliative fellowship program

• Teaching of students, residents, fellows

• Multiple care venues (long term care, skilled care, home care, assisted living, inpatient geriatrics team with Acute Care for the Elderly unit; geriatric medicine consults)

• Academically active at national meetings for AMDA, AGS, AAHPM

• Active GWEP HRSA grant

• 3 nursing home medical directorships; 1 hospice medical directorship; 1 assisted living medical directorship; 1 home health care medical directorship

- 4 nursing home practice locations

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