Geriatric Medicine Staff Physician Sought to Join Hackensack University Medical Center

Geriatrics Medicine Bergen County NJ
Opportunity at Hackensack University Medical Center for a Geriatrics Fellowship trained (Board Certified/Board Eligible) staff physician to join a dedicated team in the Division of Geriatrics.

Nationally recognized Hackensack University Medical Center, a 775-bed teaching and research hospital affiliated with the Rutgers– New Jersey Medical School, is the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in the state of New Jersey situated in a highly rated area close to New York City.

The Geriatrics Service at Hackensack University Medical Center, rated among the 50 best in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, provides an extensive service at multiple sites of care (acute, subacute, home, long term, hospice, assisted living, geri-onc.).

Hackensack University Medical Center is a 775-bed, not-for-profit teaching, tertiary care, and research hospital located in northern New Jersey, just 12 miles west of New York City. With an annual budget of more than $1 billion, 7,500 employees, nearly 1,500 physicians, and 1,700 volunteers, the medical center is New Jersey's largest and busiest.

Our emphasis on quality, service, and safety drives all that we do and has resulted in an atmosphere of excellence in patient care, employee satisfaction, and educational opportunities.

• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals: Ranked as the number one hospital in New Jersey and one of the top 30 hospitals in the nation.
• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals (National) – Cancer, Cardiology & Heart Surgery; Diabetes & Endocrinology; Ear, Nose & Throat; Gastroenterology & GI Services; Geriatrics; Neurology & Neurosurgery; Orthopedics; Pulmonology; and Urology. The Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital ranked nationally among the top 50 Best Children’s Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery.
• U.S. News & World Report’s 2014-15 Best Hospitals Metro Area – Gynecology and Nephrology.
  Healthgrades® America’s 50 Best Hospitals 2014 (The only hospital in New Jersey, New York and New England to receive for eight consecutive years).
• Healthgrades® 2014 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence™ (The only hospital in New Jersey, New York and New England to receive for 12 consecutive years).
• Healthgrades® one of America’s 100 Best hospitals in five specialty care areas—more than any hospital in New Jersey.
• American College of Radiology one of the first two Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellence in the nation
• The Joint Commission 23 Gold Seals of Approval™ - more than any hospital in the country
• Becker’s Hospital Review 100 Great Hospitals in America
• Becker’s Hospital Review 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare
• National Research Corporation (NRC) Consumer Choice Award (18 consecutive years since award’s inception)
• American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
• Practice Greenhealth’s 2014 Environmental Excellence Award winner, earning recognition as one of the Top 25 green hospitals in the country
• “Safety Superstar” by AARP The Magazine and The Leapfrog Group

About Hackensack University Health Network

Hackensack University Health Network is the New Jersey-based parent company of HackensackUMC, the HackensackUMC Foundation, Hackensack University Medical Groups, and corporate joint venture partners with LHP Hospital Group (Dallas, TX) in ownership of two hospitals: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley and HackensackUMC Mountainside. Together with six other health systems, the Network is part of the nation’s largest healthcare consortium of its kind, AllSpire Health Partners; with a total of 28 hospitals and service area of more than six million people. HackensackUHN also enjoys clinical and academic affiliations with some of the nation’s most well-renowned health systems, hospitals and universities, including: CentraState Healthcare System, CityMD, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, MinuteClinic, North Shore-LIJ Health System, NYU Langone Medical Center’s Division of Pediatric Surgery, Palisades Medical Center, Rutgers Medical School, St. George’s University, and Stevens Institute of Technology. With 1,250 beds, nearly 10,000 employees and 2,700 credentialed physicians at hospitals within the Network, Hackensack University Health Network is one of the largest healthcare systems in New Jersey.