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Section Chief - Geriatrics

Employer
Einstein Healthcare Network
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Closing date
Mar 17, 2020

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Specialty
Geriatrics
Hours
Full Time
Position Type
Permanent

Join the Team that is More Than Medicine

What are we made of? Some would say the very best healthcare professionals. Others would say our excellence and ability to create new treatments and pioneer technologies. And while that’s all true, we are more. We are made of a belief that care should never be delivered without compassion. That treating patients is our job but treating people is our difference. That’s what we’re made of. Einstein Healthcare Network.

Einstein Healthcare Network is a private, not-for-profit organization with several major facilities and many outpatient centers. We have a proud legacy of nearly 150 years of service to the community. Our primary mission is to provide compassionate, high-quality healthcare to the greater Philadelphia region. 

In this role you will be responsible for:

  • Oversee an active clinical and academic department in a large independent academic Medical Center
  • Provide direct patient care

Clinical duties include:

  • The ambulatory practice at the medical center, nursing homes and other outside facilities
  • Oversee all clinical operations including inpatient, outpatient and long-term care
  • An active consultation services at the medical center
  • Develop clinical research
  • Seek grant funding in the development of innovative programs and participate in the maintenance of such grants
  • Facilitates appropriate communication with other specialties and departments on clinical issues
  • Properly executes/prepares documentation that pertains to medical billing and coding
  • Oversee staff building and career development for faculty
  • Schedules regular and consistent meetings with division faculty and staff
  • Work with clinicians and leadership to develop new initiatives and opportunities to influence geriatric care across network
  • Qualify for appointment at Associate Professor or higher at Kimmel School of Medicine of Thomas Jefferson University;
  • Patient Focus: Identifies, anticipates and addresses patients and achieves patient satisfaction
  • Effective Resource Use: Uses resources wisely and achieves positive fiscal results
  • Analytical and Systems Thinking: Sees implications and consequences. Makes systematic comparisons and plans. Identifies if-then relationships
  • Emotional Intelligence: Understands oneself and other people; perceives their perspectives, emotions, concerns and uses this understanding to advance the EHN mission and strategic initiatives
  • Team Leadership: Serves as a formal and informal leader of teams and groups in a responsible manner
  • Relationship Building: Effectively builds and maintains friendly, professional and productive relationships within EHN
  • Active Learning: Learns from experience, acquires skills and makes improvements
  • Courage: Takes calculated risks and does things that are new, different/out of the box

 If you possess the following qualifications, please apply immediately:

  • MD or DO from an accredited program,
  • completion of an approved residency,
  • added training and experience as required by the Department and Physician?s specialty
  • At least 10 years experience, preferably in a teaching environment
  • Consistent with the Physician?s Employment Agreement.
  • Physician is expected to obtain and maintain all required licensure and certifications.


Physical Demands:

  • The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job
  • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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