Geriatric Medicine Job at Riverside Health System in Newport News, VA

RIVERSIDE HEALTH SYSTEM MISSION: To care for others as we would care for those we love.

Join us on the Chesapeake Bay coast of Virginia where sailing, fishing, championship golf, and outstanding schools are just some of the reasons you should consider relocating to our community!

PRACTICE OPPORTUNITY: Newport News 

Riverside Health System’s Lifelong Health (LLH) division is seeking a Hospice and Palliative Care Physician/Medical Director to work with our interdisciplinary team at Riverside Regional Medical Center. In this exciting collaborative leadership role for Riverside Health System, you would:

• Provide medical direction for an interdisciplinary palliative care consult team at Riverside Regional Medical Center, a 600-bed tertiary care hospital.
• Implement models of care within other hospitals, LLH facilities and outpatient services, including integration with Riverside Medical Group practices.
• Support development of palliative care protocols and pathways by working collaboratively with the Service Line Chief and RHS Physician and Nurse Leadership.
• Assist with recruitment of additional palliative care physicians and APPs.
• Enhance geriatric and palliative medicine education to attract medical students to Family Medicine and transitional residencies.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:

• BE/BC in Internal Medicine, and Hospice/Palliative Medicine required
• Monday-Friday only, with no weekends
• 12-14 patients a day, on average
• Oversee 3 Nurse Practitioners (offering home-based care)
• Medical Director role includes continuing to build the Palliative Care specialty
• 1 week of call every 2 months (telemedicine only)
• Guaranteed base salary with additional Medical Director stipend

RIVERSIDE HEALTH SYSTEM BENEFITS

• Excellent benefits package
• Relocation allowance
• 6-weeks PTO
• Paid malpractice and annual CME allowance 
• Excellent sub-specialty support
• Physician-led organization
• Unable to sponsor any visa providers
• Riverside Health System is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, qualified for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

THE VIRGINIA LIFESTYLE

• Fish, sail, or water ski on the James River or the Chesapeake Bay.
• Unique assortment of cultural and historical amenities as well as sophisticated dining and entertainment.
• Multitude of outstanding educational options; including local colleges and universities.
• Three airports to choose from.
• Urban, suburban and rural locations.

Riverside Health Medical Group is one of Virginia’s largest and most diverse multi-specialty group practices. 700+ providers, across every clinical specialty and subspecialty, care for close to a half million patients. Many of the nation’s top providers choose to practice medicine at Riverside.

For more information, please contact:
Todd Ellis
Physician Development
Riverside Health
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