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 tele 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 QualificationsPhysician - State of Work Location
30+ days ago