Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician at InnovAge summary:
The Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician provides comprehensive medical care to elderly participants across multiple settings including clinics, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Responsibilities include evaluating, diagnosing, managing medical conditions, coordinating care with hospital providers, documenting in medical records, and participating in interdisciplinary care planning. The role also involves leadership duties, quality improvement initiatives, on-call coverage, and contributing to strategic medical program development.
Our Physicians support our enrolled geriatric participants Monday through Friday to support our enrolled participants.
Our Physician is responsible for the medical care of InnovAge's enrolled geriatric participants across a variety of settings, including but not limited to our Day Center clinic, participants homes, the nursing home, assisted living facilities and personal care boarding homes. Most participant visits occur at the InnovAge Center clinic, though some physicians may specialize in nursing home care. Close coordination of care with hospital-based providers is essential.
Provide medical care to participants, including the evaluation, diagnosis, and management of their medical conditions, including but not limited to taking of a medical history, performance of physical examination, ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests, formulation of an assessment of condition and a treatment plan, writing prescriptions, ongoing follow up of same, and management of medical information from specialists and hospital teams.
Document medical care in the participant s medical record, in compliance with InnovAge PACE documentation policies. May include involvement with the establishment of electronic medical records and providing the Center Medical Director with input around needed ongoing EMR enhancements
On a rotational basis provides after-hours on-call coverage every few weeks. All calls are first triaged by an RN with only a subset (
Participate within the interdisciplinary team in the formulation of care plans for participants, as well as in other interdisciplinary team settings that further the care.
Contribute to the quality improvement initiatives of InnovAge PACE programs
Present input into, initiate and/or facilitate new medical programs and processes in support of strategic goals.
Provide, by example and leadership, motivation, and direction to help set the tone of the department to ensure morale, teamwork, and that the positive culture of the organization is maintained.
Additional work functions and duties may be assigned.
REQUIRED
Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy degree
Current active state Medical License and DEA license with full prescriptive authority
Board Certification in primary care specialty, or Board Eligible with certification required within first 12 months of employment
A minimum of one year working with the frail or elderly
Not on the CMS Preclusion List
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