Physician Primary Care for Older Adults

About the role

This position will provide outpatient primary care and consultative services to a geriatric population aged 65+ at Kent Hospital, a 360-bed teaching hospital affiliated with Care New England, a leading non-profit healthcare system in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

Responsibilities

• Practice in an outpatient setting adjacent to Kent Hospital
• Primary care and cognitive evaluations for geriatric patients
• Pre-operative geriatric assessments through the Geriatric Surgery Verification program
• Opportunity to participate in the e-consult service
• Option to spend up to 25% of time on the ACE inpatient unit at Kent Hospital
• Collaborate on system-wide age-friendly initiatives

Requirements

• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Geriatrics (dual certification in Palliative Care preferred)

Qualifications

• Passionate about teamwork, teaching, and high-quality patient-centered care

Benefits

• EPIC integrated electronic medical record system
• Academic affiliation with Brown University and the University of New England College of Medicine
• Innovative Hospital at Home program
• ACEP Silver Level 2 Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation
• One of 43 national ACE Units IHI Committed to Excellence approved
• Geriatric Surgery Verification designation among 25 hospitals in the nation

Pay

To be discussed at time of interview

Schedule

To be discussed at time of interview