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Geriatric Faculty Physician - Neptune, New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian Health and the Department of Medicine/Geriatrics at Jersey Shore University Medical Center is seeking a faculty physician and associate Director of Geriatric Consult Service. This is an opportunity to provide oversight of administrative and clinical programs in the Department of Medicine and in support of Geriatric Programs in other departments, including but not limited to the Department of Emergency Medicine and Department of Surgery.
The major initial focus of this position is to work with the Chief of Geriatrics on the establishment of a robust inpatient and outpatient geriatric consultation service and geriatric co-management program for high risk medical and surgical patients. The program will be supported by a dedicated Social Worker, Geriatric APP and Geriatric Surgical Coordinator.
Position Highlights:
- Assist in further design and implementation of a preoperative assessment program for high-risk elective surgical patients.
- Participate in interdisciplinary conference for elective high risk patients
- Assist in further design and implementation of a comprehensive inpatient assessment program for high risk medical and surgical patients
- Participate in activities related to Undergraduate and Graduate Medical Education and promote and support appropriate continuing education programs for physicians, Advanced Practice Providers and Medicine Residents.
- Work with the Chief of Geriatrics on assessing the feasibility of establishing a Geriatric Fellowship Program
Position Requirements:
- Board Certification in Internal Medicine or family medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatric Medicine
- Excellent clinical and teaching skills
- Experience in cognitive assessment
- Ability to obtain professional licensure, DEA and CDS license in New Jersey
- Encourage both experienced physicians and new graduates to apply
Hackensack Meridian Health offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package along with academic opportunities at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.
About Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Founded in 1904, Jersey Shore University Medical Center has a strong reputation for delivering the most advanced programs and services in central New Jersey. The 618-bed teaching hospital also offers the only Level II Trauma and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Monmouth and Ocean counties, and is home to one of the three Hackensack Meridian Neuroscience Institute locations.
About Hackensack Meridian Health
AT HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH, WE'RE READY...
TO HELP YOU ADVANCE YOUR CAREER!
Our collaborative team of physicians and advanced practice professionals help make us a distinguished leader, committed to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.
WE KEEP GETTING BETTER:
Hackensack Meridian Health is the leading not-for-profit health care network in New Jersey, offering a complete range of medical services, innovative research and life-enhancing care. We aim to serve as a national model for changing and simplifying health care delivery through partnerships with innovative companies and focusing on quality and safety.
OUR MISSION:
We will transform health care and be recognized as the leader of positive change.
OUR VISION:
Because innovation is in our DNA, compelling us to create a world where the highest quality care is human-centered, accessible and affordable; we’re always ready to deliver the outcomes that matter most, and excellence is the standard.
OUR NETWORK:
Hackensack Meridian Health was created in 2016 as a merger of Hackensack University Medical Center and its affiliated hospitals, with Meridian Health System, and is now a large integrated not-for-profit health care organization spanning the eastern shore of New Jersey. HMH comprises 18 hospitals, including two academic medical centers, two children’s hospitals and ten community hospitals, physician practices, more than 120 ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, home health services, long-term care and assisted living communities, hospice services, ambulance services, lifesaving air medical transportation, fitness and wellness centers, rehabilitation centers, and urgent care and after-hours centers.
DEFINING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE:
At the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, our mission is to develop our students, residents, fellows, faculty, and health care environment to deliver the highest quality care for all. Our approach is unique as we utilize the best components of different evidence-based teaching methods, and structure our foundational curriculum explicitly to give students what they need to thrive in the modern, technically demanding, clinical setting.
RANKED #1 IN NEW JERSEY:
Hackensack Meridian Health has two hospitals ranked on New Jersey’s Top 10 Best Hospitals list according to U.S. News & World Report. Hackensack University Medical Center is the #1 adult and children’s hospitals in New Jersey, with premier cancer care at John Theurer Cancer Center, a nationally ranked Orthopedics program, the state’s best programs in Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery, Geriatrics, Pulmonology and Lung Surgery, and the only nationally ranked programs in the state for Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Urology. Jersey Shore University Medical Center is ranked #6 and has received national recognition for its Orthopedics, and Pulmonary & Lung Surgery programs. And JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has once again been ranked among the nation’s best rehabilitation hospitals.
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Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- 1945 NJ - 33 Neptune City NJ 07753
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