Geriatrician and Program Director, Geriatrics Fellowship Physician Jefferson Abington Hospital

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Job Description

Jefferson Abington seeks a full-time Geriatrics Physician to join its team as both a clinical practicing Geriatrician as well as to serve as the Program Director for the Geriatric Fellowship at Jefferson Abington Hospital.

The Geriatric Fellowship Program Director provides leadership direction and administrative oversight for the ACGMEaccredited Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program. The Program Director is accountable for compliance with all ACGME Common Institutional and specialtyspecific Program Requirements and for ensuring the quality effectiveness and continuous improvement of the educational program. This role is responsible for curriculum development faculty and fellow supervision and evaluation and program accreditation activities. The Program Director collaborates with Jefferson Graduate Medical Education leadership faculty and interdisciplinary teams to advance Jefferson Healths mission of excellence in education clinical care research and service to older adults.

Program Leadership and ACGME Compliance

• Serves as the ACGMEdesignated Program Director with authority and responsibility for all components of the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program.
• Ensures ongoing compliance with ACGME Common Program Requirements Institutional Requirements and Geriatric Medicine specialty requirements.
• Prepares for submits and responds to ACGME accreditation materials program updates citations and site visits in collaboration with institutional GME leadership.

Educational Program Oversight

• Develops implements and maintains a structured educational curriculum that meets ACGME competencies and milestones for Geriatric Medicine.
• Ensures fellows receive appropriate and balanced clinical experiences across required care settings including inpatient outpatient longterm care and interdisciplinary environments.
• Promotes a learning environment that supports patient safety quality improvement professionalism and ethical clinical practice.

Faculty Supervision and Development

• Recruits supervises and evaluates core and participating faculty in accordance with ACGME and institutional requirements.
• Provides faculty development related to teaching effectiveness evaluation feedback and competencybased medical education.
• Leads and facilitates regular faculty meetings and participation in program evaluation and improvement activities.

Fellow Recruitment Evaluation and Support

• Oversees fellow recruitment selection appointment onboarding supervision and advancement in accordance with ACGME and Jefferson Health policies.
• Ensures timely accurate and effective evaluation of fellows using ACGME milestones Clinical Competency Committee processes and documented feedback.
• Provides mentorship career guidance and remediation when necessary to support fellow development and professional success.

Program Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

• Leads the Annual Program Evaluation (APE) process and oversees the development implementation and monitoring of action plans for program improvement.
• Utilizes educational clinical and quality data to enhance program outcomes and learning effectiveness.
• Ensures maintenance of accurate complete and compliant program records policies and documentation.

Scholarly Activity and Institutional Collaboration

• Promotes and oversees fellow and faculty scholarly activity consistent with ACGME requirements.
• Collaborates with Jefferson Health GME leadership clinical departments and interdisciplinary teams to support institutional goals.
• Represents the Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program at institutional regional and national levels as appropriate.

Competencies (Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required):

• Demonstrates knowledge of ACGME Common Institutional and Geriatric Medicine program requirements including accreditation milestones and program evaluation processes
• Applies advanced clinical knowledge in Geriatric Medicine to support highquality education across inpatient outpatient and longterm care settings.
• Demonstrates ability to develop and implement curriculum; supervise and evaluate faculty and fellows; and manage recruitment assessment and remediation processes
• Communicates effectively and collaborates with fellows faculty and institutional leadership in a professional and respectful manner consistent with Jefferson values.

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) required
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited fellowship in Geriatric Medicine Required AND
• Experience: Minimum of three years of faculty experience in an ACGME accredited Geriatric Medicine Fellowship or related residency program required.
• Current unrestricted medical license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Board certification in Geriatric Medicine through ABIM or ABFM
• Demonstrated experience in graduate medical education including teaching supervision and trainee evaluation required.
• Prior experience in program leadership or administration strongly preferred.
• Evidence of ongoing scholarly activity quality improvement participation or educational innovation consistent with ACGME expectations.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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