Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician

Coverage Needed

• Start Date: ASAP
• End Date: Ongoing
• Schedule:
  • Three days per week (preferably Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
  • 7a-5p, 10-hour shifts
• No Call

Clinical Details

• EMR System: MediTech
• Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) and Long-Term Care (LTC) unit located on the campus of the medical center
• Practice Settings: Outpatient, Inpatient
• Patients Per Shift: 12-14
• Rounding: assigned patients
• Support Staff: 1 PA/NP (dedicated)
• Beds: 99
• Trauma Level: 3
• Responsibilities:
  • Provide comprehensive medical oversight for both short-term rehabilitation patients and long-term care residents
  • Review and approve admissions to the Skilled Nursing Facility, including completing comprehensive history and physical examinations for all new admissions
  • Conduct required physician compliance and recertification visits
  • Provide ongoing primary medical care for long-term care residents, including the management of chronic medical conditions and preventative care
  • Develop, review, and update individualized care plans in collaboration with nursing, rehabilitation services, case management, and social work
  • Manage acute changes in condition, evaluate new symptoms, and provide treatment to reduce unnecessary emergency department transfers and hospital readmissions
  • Prescribe, monitor, and adjust medications
  • Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences, family meetings, and goals-of-care discussions
  • Complete required documentation, physician orders, certifications, and regulatory documentation
  • Coordinate transitions of care between the hospital, skilled nursing, long-term care, specialty services, and community providers
  • Provide ongoing medical oversight for long-term care residents who require continuous physician management
  • Routine medical evaluations and chronic disease management.
  • Annual wellness and preventive care assessments
  • Management of dementia, frailty, and other complex chronic conditions
  • Oversight of palliative and comfort-focused care plans
  • Collaboration with families and healthcare decision-makers regarding changes in condition, treatment plans, and advance care planning
  • Certification and documentation to maintain residents' long-term care plans and regulatory compliance

Requirements

• Board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Licensed in Montana or IMLC
• Certifications: ACLS, BLS
• Credentialing Timeframe: 120 days
• Experience caring for geriatric and medically complex patients (strongly preferred)
• Experience in Skilled Nursing, Long-Term Care, Transitional Care, and Post-Acute Medicine