Physician - Geriatric Medicine - Full Time Academic - SLUCare Physician Group

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 telephone 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 SLUgeriatrics