Geriatrician

Mercy Medical Group (MMG) is adding a BC/BE IM or FM fellowship-trained Geriatrician to join its rapidly expanding Geriatrics Division. MMG is multi-specialty group with more than 500 healthcare providers in the Sacramento region,

Position Details:

• Provide outpatient geriatric consultations in an interdisciplinary team setting and work in a collaborative way to care for patients with complex needs.
• Help supervise and support, through telemedicine links, our growing house call program.
• Attend geriatric patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities along with our geriatric advanced practice clinicians to help ensure appropriate care and to minimize the need for unnecessary hospitalizations.
• Signing bonus, relocation, CME, PTO and desirable retirement plan
• Potential Med Directorship for interested candidates
• Works very closely with Palliative Medicine department
• Telephone call coverage is 1:12.

The Geriatrics Division is dedicated to care-coordination care throughout the continuum-of-care with this team-based approach. There is an opportunity to work with trainees at UC Davis and UCSF and potential for faculty appointment. The division is involved in several novel research projects including innovative devices in chronic disease management, geriatric telemedicine, and long-term care research working with AMDA Foundation. Opportunities for leadership, medical directorship, and quality improvement projects are available depending on individual interest.

Community Highlights:

• One of the fastest-growing cities in California
• Outdoor enthusiasts' paradise
• Centrally located: 90 minutes away from world-class wineries in Napa and Sonoma, only 90 minutes from the beach or Lake Tahoe, and 2 hours away from one of the major metropolitans San Francisco
• Professional sports team included Sacramento Kings, Republic FC, and Rivercats
• Great place to start a family with excellent schools, both public and private, including post-graduate institutions such as CSU Sacramento and UCD Medical School

Salary Range: $213,486 - $226,044

The posted compensation range is a reasonable estimate that extends from the lowest to the highest pay CommonSpirit in good faith believes it might pay for this particular job, based on the circumstances at the time of posting. CommonSpirit may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law.