Geriatrician Faculty Position in Texas with Great Benefits!

Responsibilities:

• Teaching of medical students, residents, and geriatric fellows
• Clinical geriatrics care involving the continuum care
• Opportunities for clinical research in Alzheimer's disease and End-of-Life Care
• Palliative, Hospice, and End-of-Life Care programs, working with local hospices
• Hospital inpatient services
• Call is 1x month/rotates with hospice unit and palliative care service at Harris and Plaza
• Average patient load a day is 18

Qualifications:

• Board Certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine is required
• Must have formal Geriatrics and/or Palliative care training, (Fellowship and/or CAQ)
• Experience in dementia evaluation and geriatric education is preferred
• Must possess excellent communication, clinical, and leadership skills
• Bilingual Spanish/English or other foreign language is a plus
• Academic experience is preferred but not mandatory

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Full health and retirement benefits
• Full-time state employee
• Faculty rank as an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
• Assistance with credentialing and relocation
• Paid malpractice and CME
• Located in the cultural district of Fort Worth, Texas

UNTHSC’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine is one of two Osteopathic Medical Schools chosen to participate in the Reynolds Geriatric Education and Training in Texas (GET-IT) Program. The GET-IT Program, under Janice Knebl, DO, Chief of the UNTHSC’s Geriatrics Division, has the goal of strengthening Geriatric training programs.

Apply to: www.unthscjobs.com; or contact Blair Chappell, at: 817-735-5106; Blair.Chappell@unthsc.edu. 

This is an EEO/AA institution.

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