Maimonides Health - Division of Geriatrics - seeking a full-time attending physician
Maimonides Health - Division of Geriatrics is currently seeking a full-time attending physician to join as core faculty in the division of geriatrics to provide primary care to the elderly and to provide supervision and education for medical residents and geriatrics fellows.
Job Description/Features:
- Provide direct clinical care to Brooklyn’s diverse elder population in a newly-constructed multi specialty outpatient pavilion (https://maimo.org/mdp) directly adjacent to the main hospital
- Serve as core faculty for the geriatrics fellowship program
- Provide geriatrics-specific education for internal medicine residents and geriatrics fellows
- Participate in efforts to improve clinical geriatric care delivery throughout the medical enterprise
- Participate in quality improvement efforts, morbidity and mortality conferences, and hospital initiatives
- Pursue academic projects guided by one’s own clinical questions and interests
- Opportunity to engage in clinical research
- Opportunity for faculty appointment at SUNY Downstate
Position Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited medical school (MD/DO)
- Fellowship training in geriatric medicine
- BE/BC in related field (e.g., internal medicine, family medicine) and BE/BC in geriatrics; BE physicians are required to sit for and pass their boards at the earliest date possible
- Unrestricted New York State medical license and valid DEA license
- ACLS/BLS certification
- Experience working on an interdisciplinary team, with excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding teaching skills
- Interest in working with a wide range of stakeholders and disciplines to improve geriatri care delivery
What We Offer:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package
- Highly supportive work environment
- Opportunities for professional growth and development, including formal mentoring
- Opportunities for community engagement
Salary Range: $220,000-$235,000
How to Apply:
For consideration, please send CV and brief description of career goals/interests to: Justin Rice:
JRice@maimo.org
THE BEST CAREERS. RIGHT HERE @BROOKLYN’S LEADING HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. MAIMONIDES: TOP TEN IN THE U.S. FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system—serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drive everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and provide patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children’s Hospital, Brooklyn’s only children’s hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides’ clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neurosciences Institute, Bone and Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.
Published: 3/25/2025
Director of Geriatrics - NYC Health + Hospitals | Woodhull Medical Center
General Description:
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, an affiliate of Woodhull Medical Center, is seeking a Director of Geriatrics. In this role, the candidate will have the opportunity to advance geriatric care at a historic public hospital in the heart of Brooklyn. This is a new role that will bridge care across the outpatient and inpatient settings. Candidates will have the opportunity to create an inpatient consult service and spearhead approaches to coordination across the landscape of care. As such, candidates will exercise a broad skill-set in primary care, acute care and consultation, clinic management and operations, and health system level strategy. Clinically, the Director will carry a primary care panel in Woodhull’s Geriatrics practice, which exists in a facility-based ambulatory care ecosystem that prioritizes a patient-first approach, harm reductive lens, robust care coordination, and community-based interventions to address social determinants of health.
The Director will also be tasked with the creation of a geriatric inpatient consultation service and serve as a liaison with post acute and nursing home settings. The Director will serve as the lead for residents who choose geriatrics as their elective rotation. Candidates should have training in Geriatric Medicine, demonstrate a keen understanding of the healthcare landscape, and show an interest in operations and management. Because our care reflects the community we serve, we expect that candidates demonstrate clinical expertise in key areas such as social determinants of health, diabetes, Alzheimer dementia, basic cardiac care, rehabilitation medicine, addiction medicine, and behavioral health.
Qualifications:
• Board Certification in Geriatrics
• Prior leadership experience is highly valued
Compensation Package and Salary:
• 20K retention bonus
• One-week paid CME
• 24 vacation days
• Full benefits including Medical, Dental, Prescription, Disability
• 403B/457 participation
• NYU college tuition remission for yourself and/or dependents
• Faculty appointment with NYU
How to Apply:
For consideration, please forward your cover letter and resume via email to:
Michael.Shen@nychhc.org
NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
If you wish to view NYU Langone Health's EEO policies, please click here.
To view the Federal "EEO is the law" poster visit https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm for more information.
Published: 3/17/2025
Physician (Physician Specialist), Correctional Health Services - New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Job ID: 112615
Hire In Rate: $195,000.00 (for employees new to HHC)
Salary Range: $195,000.00 - $215,000.00
Pay Frequency: Year
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Regular Shift: Day
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Overview:
Under supervision of the Site Medical Director, the Physician will provide comprehensive, compassionate, and thoughtful care to patients with complex chronic disease in the New York City jail system. The Physician will be part of a core interdisciplinary team working in a unique environment delivering the care to patients with significant chronic illnesses. The Physician will provide general primary care including conducting histories and physicals, diagnosing and treating acute and chronic illnesses, and evaluating the need for consult services. The interdisciplinary team will work under supervision of a Site Medical Director.
Responsibilities include:
- Diagnose and treat acute and chronic illnesses. Evaluate the need for consult services and submit the prioritized consult when indicated.
- Complete comprehensive histories and physicals on all new admissions including documentation of problem list, diagnosis, orders (e.g. labs, imaging and referrals) and ordering appropriate medications where applicable.
- Evaluate patients requesting sick call, schedule follow-ups and update medication orders. Update problem lists and reconcile patient orders at all visits.
- Implement plans for patientcare utilizing protocols approved by the medical leadership and/or treatment plans reflecting the current standard of care.
- Request radiology exams, lab tests, EKGs when clinically indicated and interpret these results based on clinical findings and in consultation with supervisors where appropriate.
- Collaborate closely with CHS Physician Assistants, including providing clinical guidance, cosigning notes, and providing other supervision based on clinical circumstance and PA requirements.
- Review all specialty consults and hospital returns to ensure that the standard of care is met and recommendations of the consultant are implemented.
- Perform chart reviews and summaries for patients transferring facilities including updating problem lists, rewriting medication orders, and reconciling orders and consults as needed.
- Generate special needs referrals and documentation as needed (for patients with (disabilities, dietary restrictions, heat sensitivity, or other relevant flags).
- Teach patients about their medical conditions and treatments; counsel on risks and benefits of different treatment decisions; witness, sign, and document patient refusals of care.
- Ensure that all progress notes and orders are signed before the end of the shift.
- Respond to emergencies in a timely and professional manner.
- Notify the appropriate parties, including Urgicare, about 3-hour runs and EMS activation.
- Complete special housing rounds when assigned.
- Be familiar with quality of care and population health indicators. Take appropriate action to meet or exceed standards.
- Maintain clinical competency by participating in all CME and CHS training and in-service requirements.
- Maintain your schedule as directed with particular attention to punctuality and timely notification of absences.
- Adhere to policies and procedures of CHS and be familiar with them by reviewing them as needed.
- Complete tasks as delegated by a Site Medical Director or other supervising clinical team member.
- Maintain all required credentials.
- Maintain current licensure and CME requirements (Appropriate documentation must be on our files).
- Maintain professional attitude and appearance.
- Adhere to Occupational Health Services requirements.
Departmental Preferences:
- Three to five years’ work experience, which may include residency in a directly related medical specialty
- Experience working with patients in a skilled nursing facility or other residential setting
- Experience working with patients who have serious mental illness
- Experience working with patients who carry substance use diagnoses; knowledge of harm reduction approaches to care; and familiarity with medications to treat opioid use disorder
- Experience leading quality improvement initiatives
- Understanding of trauma-informed care
- Skilled in patient-centered shared decision making
- Skilled in communicating risks and benefits of clinical interventions and assessing capacity to make informed decisions.
- Completion of residency in internal medicine, family medicine or other primary care-oriented specialty.
- Compliance with appropriate Maintenance of Certification requirements or other Board Certification requirements.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills and ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, as well as with NYC DOC staff
- Flexible disposition
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Graduation from an approved medical school.
2. Completion of approved residency or fellowship in the specialty or sub-specialty and Board eligible or certified or Subboard eligible or certified.
3. Five years experience in field of specialty or subspecialty acceptable to the Medical Board of the Hospital.
4. Licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York.
How To Apply:
If you wish to apply for this position, mail your resume, noting the above Job ID #, to:
NYC Health + Hospitals / Correctional Health Services
Talent Acquisition
Human Resources Department
55 Water Street, 18th Floor
New York, NY 10041
Attn: Talent Acquisition
If applying online, please include your cover letter in the same file attachment with your uploaded resume.
NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
- Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
- College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
- Multiple employee discounts programs
Apply online here:
Published: 11/25/2024
Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation Manhasset, NY
Northwell Health’s Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine is seeking an BE/BC Internist, Family Medicine physician, Geriatrician and/or Palliative Medicine physician to join the Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation in Manhasset, New York.
The Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation is an award-winning 252-bed academic, skilled nursing facility providing short-term sub-acute inpatient rehabilitation and skilled nursing services. It is ranked as one of the top nursing facilities in New York State. Awarded a five out of five-star rating for overall quality from the federal government’s U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and is in the country's top 10% of nursing facilities. In addition, Stern has received top ranking by Newsweek in their Best Nursing Homes 2022 Report and by US News & World Report in their Best Nursing Homes 2022-2023 publication.
Highlights Include:
- Practice in an award-winning facility with an interdisciplinary team of employed and voluntary physicians, ACPs, and support staff
- Support a 31-bed Sub Acute Unit
- Participate in teaching of medical students, residents, and fellows
- Collaborative research opportunities at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
The ideal candidate will be board certified/board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine with subspecialty training and/or board certification in Geriatrics or Hospice and Palliative Medicine and will have an interest in academics, stimulating cases, transitional care, and sub-acute rehabilitation.
We continually recruit a diverse physician workforce to meet the needs of the diverse patients we seek to serve; as a result, our Health System is proudly ranked Diversity Inc’s #1 Hospital and Health System. We fully understand that diversity is integral for our institutional excellence and a means to attaining health equity. As a result, our diversity and inclusion efforts are a part of everything we do, from education, to clinical care, to research, to physician well-being. For more information and resources regarding our initiatives, please visit our Center for Equity of Care,
https://www.northwell.edu/education-and-resources/community- engagement/center-for-equity-of-care
Northwell Health is New York State’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, with 21 hospitals, more than 850 outpatient facilities, and more than 12,000 affiliated physicians. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 85,000 employees – 19,000 nurses and 5,400 employed doctors, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
For further details, please contact Nicholas Franzini, Physician Recruiter, at
Nfranzini@Northwell.edu EOE M/F/D/V
Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125K to $750K, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience and productivity. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.
Published 7/31/2024
