What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician Primary Care for Older Adults position at Care New England?
Next Level senior care at a top teaching hospital
Kent Hospital, a 360 bed teaching hospital, part of Care New England, a top non-profit health system in RI and southeastern MA, is seeking a Geriatrician to join our dynamic Geriatrics and Palliative Care Team.
Who Are You:
- BC Internal or Family Medicine
- BE/BC in Geriatrics (dual certification in Palliative Care preferred)
- Passionate about teamwork, teaching and high quality patient centered care
What Youll Do:
- Outpatient primary care and consultative practice located adjacent to Kent Hospital
- Patient population: geriatrics ages 65
- Scope of practice: primary care, cognitive evaluations, pre-operative geriatric assessment through our Geriatric Surgery Verification program, opportunity to participate in our e-consult service
- Option for 25% of time to be spent on our ACE inpatient unit at Kent Hospital
- Collaborate on system wide Age Friendly initiatives
Why Join Us?
- Only Geriatric ED Accredited hospital in RI (ACEP Silver Level 2)
- One of 43 national ACE Units IHI Committed to Excellence approved
- One of 25 hospitals in the nation with Geriatric Surgery Verification designation
- Innovative Hospital at Home program
- Robust academic affiliation with Brown University and University of New England College of Medicine
- EPIC integrated system wide
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Interested in learning more? Contact Joan White, joawhite@carene.org.