Physician (FT) - Geriatrics

Overview:

Academic Geriatrician

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center- Lebanon, NH

 

Dartmouth Health is seeking an Academic Geriatrician to join our team in Lebanon, New Hampshire.  The newly formed Section of Geriatric Medicine formally nested under Internal Medicine, led by Section Chief, Dr. Serena Chao, and VP of the Geriatric Centers of Excellence, Dr. Ellen Flaherty, is an interdisciplinary team with support for providers including: care coordination, dietitian consults, pharmacy services, and embedded psychiatry services.

 

Comprehensive Clinical Opportunities within the Section of Geriatric Medicine
Clinical time is flexibly distributed across a diverse range of care settings based on your expertise:

• Post-Acute & Long-Term Care: Providing high-quality care at our partner nursing home and assisted living facilities in Hanover and Lebanon, NH, as well as White River Junction, Woodstock, and Windsor VT. These sites offer a full continuum of care, including independent living, short-term rehab, skilled nursing, state-of-the-art memory care, respite care, and dignified end-of-life care.
• Outpatient Clinic: General primary care and outpatient geriatric consultations.
• Inpatient Consults: Inpatient geriatric consult services.
• Home Care Innovations: Home-based primary care visits through the newly formed Dartmouth Health at Home program (in development).

 

We recruit broadly and pride ourselves on structuring roles that maximize the unique strengths of our physicians. Our mission is to create an environment of encouragement and supportive care for older adults, enabling aging in the community, preserving dignity, and maximizing function and quality of life.

 

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Services for Older Adults

• The Aging Resource Center provides older adults, families, and community members with information, education, and support to help them live healthier and more informed lives.
• The Geriatric Emergency Department (GED) provides emergency and trauma care for older patients. DHMC’s Emergency Department has earned Level 1 accreditation from the American College of Emergency Physicians, making the medical center the only rural academic center in the United States to earn this distinction.
• Geriatric Psychiatry provides mental health support for older adults. DHMC geriatric psychiatrists conduct comprehensive outpatient evaluations and offer inpatient consultations and a cognitive evaluation clinic. These services are designed to identify psychiatric illnesses across the spectrum, from mild to severe.
• Honoring Care Decisions promotes and improves advanced care planning at DHMC, Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics, and in our communities. We support individuals and families to have meaningful conversations about what matters most in life at a time when patients are unable to speak for themselves.
• Primary Care offers accessible, comprehensive, and compassionate care for individuals and their families, with an emphasis on the whole person and the role of the family in health and illness. Our Family Medicine and Internal Medicine teams include providers who focus on the care of older adults.
• The Geriatric Surgery Program offers care and support for older adults and their families who need surgery. Our team includes experts in surgery, anesthesiology, nursing, psychiatry, geriatrics, and care management. Before surgery, we identify patients who may be at a higher risk of delirium, the most common issue older adults face after surgery. We work closely with these patients to help improve their health before surgery and to ensure they have support after discharge from the hospital. While patients recover in the hospital after surgery, we monitor their progress and offer extra care as needed. Our approach to recovery is holistic. We work closely with services such as Healing Arts and Spiritual Health.

 

What Dartmouth Health has to offer you:

• Established patient base
• Collegial environment and referrals
• Ties to the Academic Medical Center
• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Dedicated CME time and funds

 

What New England has to offer you:

• Four seasons and an outdoor lifestyle
• Access to major cities and airports
• Proximity to mountains and hiking trails
• Driving distance to the seacoast/ocean
• An abundance of local lakes for boating and swimming

 

 

About Dartmouth Health

 

Dartmouth Health is a national leader in healthcare serving patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health and our nearly 2,000 providers are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of our communities and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personalized care. Dartmouth Health is based at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the center of the academic health system in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and includes Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH; Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH; New London Hospital in New London, NH; Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center in Windsor, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care, and more than 30 primary and specialty care throughout New Hampshire and Vermont.

 

 

About our Region

 

Lebanon and the neighboring town of Hanover, home to Dartmouth College, are located in the “Upper Valley” which straddles the pristine Connecticut River, a national heritage river, and includes 46 towns in western New Hampshire and eastern Vermont. This local region boasts excellent local schools, a myriad of cultural opportunities through Dartmouth College, as well as the Lebanon Opera House and Northern Stage in White River Junction, and an abundance of recreational opportunities. Amenities associated with urban areas in Boston MA, Burlington VT, and Montreal QC are all within a few hours’ drive.

Required Licensure/Certifications:

Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

Fellowship trained in Geriatrics is a plus but not a requirement

Must obtain and maintain a medical license in the State of NH and VT