UMass Memorial Health Faculty Appointment - ACGME Fellowship
Company: Cross Country Search
Location: Worcester
Posted on: March 19, 2023
Job Description:
UMass Memorial Health is the largest health care system in
Central Massachusetts and the clinical partner of UMass Chan
Medical School. In addition to our fully equipped medical centers,
our system also includes home health and hospice partners,
behavioral health programs and community-based physician
practices.
The Division of Geriatric Medicine at UMass Memorial Medical Center
currently seeks a full-time academic Geriatrician for a faculty
position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The
successful candidate will be board certified in Internal Medicine
or Family Medicine and have completed a fellowship in Geriatric
Medicine. Consideration will be given to both experienced
physicians and graduating fellows.
- We are a collegial, stable Division emphasizing continuity of
care across multiple health care sites and promotion and
improvement of overall health of the geriatric population in our
community.
- We offer a diverse clinical program in an age-friendly
environment. We provide primary care of older adults, including
comprehensive geriatric assessment, functional assessment,
medication review and cognitive assessment.
- You will work as part of an interdisciplinary team of health
care providers with a robust partnership model of care involving
geriatricians working in tandem with geriatric nurse
practitioners.
- We provide home visits for our most frail patients alongside
our geriatric nurse practitioners, provide care in several of the
area's skilled nursing and long-term care facilities, and
participate in UMass Memorial's innovative Hospital at Home (HAH)
program.
- Faculty in the Division are also closely aligned with the
Meyers Health Care Institute, a nationally recognized
multidisciplinary research and educational institute focused on
health care delivery science and population health.
- We offer a one-year ACGME Geriatric fellowship.
- We offer a competitive salary and benefits package. We strive
to build strength through diversity within our division as an equal
opportunity employer. As such, we encourage applicants who identify
as underrepresented minority, so we can continue to add to the
cultural competency and diversity of our division and provide
exceptional care to our culturally, ethnically, and
socioeconomically diverse community of patients.
Worcester, Massachusetts is rich in history and cultural diversity.
You will find
- a broad range of excellent primary and secondary schools,
- several highly regarded colleges including Clark University,
The College of the Holy Cross, and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute,
- a variety of affordable housing options from newly renovated
condominiums to gracious Victorian homes,
- numerous restaurants, theater groups, and concert venues,
- easy access to Boston and Cape Cod a well as Providence and
Newport Rhode Island, all of which are within an hour's drive. In
short, Worcester provides a myriad of social, cultural and
recreational amenities making this area a truly desirable location
in which to practice and live.
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