Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Group - Sacramento, CA
Join our dynamic and harmonious geriatric team as a driven and results-oriented Geriatric Specialist Physician. As a geriatrician, you'll contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, value-based care while maximizing patient outcomes. We are seeking BE/BC fellowship-trained Geriatrician (IM or FP) to join our great team of four geriatricians and eight geriatric advanced practice clinicians to:
Serve as a Geriatric Consultant at Memory Care Clinic and Geriatric Clinic with ample time per patient
Deliver comprehensive medical care to patients at post-acute and long-term care settings, particularly within Skilled Nursing Facilities
Conduct thorough assessments and developing personalized care plans for geriatric patients
Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams and advanced practice providers to enhance efficiency and care coordination to ensure comprehensive patient care
Actively engage in patient education and shared decision-making to empower older adults and improve health outcomes
Collaborate with specialists for complex cases
Qualifications
Active California state medical license and DEA registration
BE/BC in Geriatric Medicine (IM or FP)
Completed an ACGME accredited fellowship training in Geriatric Medicine
Strong clinical skills and experience working with elderly populations
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a team-based healthcare environment
Demonstrate empathy, compassion, and respect for the unique needs of elderly patients
The Geriatrics Division is dedicated to care-coordination care throughout the continuum of care with this team-based approach. There is an opportunity to work with trainees at UC Davis and UCSF and the potential for faculty appointment. The division is involved in several novel research projects, including innovative devices in chronic disease management, geriatric telemedicine, and long-term care research working with AMDA Foundation. Opportunities for leadership, medical directorship, and quality improvement projects are available depending on individual interests.
Benefits Include:
Generous guarantee compensation package
Comprehensive benefits package, retirement savings plan, and generous paid time off
Bonuses based on productivity and value-based metrics offering the potential for annual income exceeding 300K
Various medical directorships, leadership development, and career advancement opportunities
Share-holder opportunity
Flexible scheduling and unparalleled autonomy to manage both clinic and non-clinic days
Supportive work environment fostering innovation, collaboration, and professional growth
Opportunities for a faculty position at UC Davis and mentorship
Very light night calls ~2-3 calls per month
Compensation Range: $259,000 - $273,000 / Year
Mercy Medical Group (MMG) is a dynamic, growing organization with a long-standing history of providing exceptional medical care in the Sacramento area. MMG is a large multi-specialty medical group of 500+ providers comprised of primary care physicians, specialists in more than 30 medical and surgical specialties, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners. These professionals provide seamless primary and specialty care, working together to meet the unique needs of each individual patient.
MMG clinicians provide services to patients at Dignity Health Medical Foundation locations throughout Sacramento. Mercy Medical Group is aligned with Dignity Health, operating on a medical foundation model. Dignity Health is one of the largest healthcare systems in the nation, and the largest healthcare system in California, with more than 40 hospitals and 400 care centers serving communities across California, Arizona, and Nevada. Join Our Team: If you're a results-driven Geriatric Specialist Physician seeking to maximize productivity and deliver value-based care to older adults, we invite you to join us at Mercy Medical Group. Together, let's shape the future of geriatric medicine while making a meaningful difference in our aging population's lives. Apply now to explore a fulfilling career with us.
Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit®, one of the nation's largest health systems dedicated to advancing health for all people.
Community Description
Nestled in beautiful Northern California, Sacramento is one of the most ethnically diverse and livable cities in America. The capital city of California serves as the political nucleus of one of the nation's most influential states, the sixth-largest economy in the world. The area offers a wide variety of activities to enjoy, including fine dining, shopping, biking, boating, river rafting, skiing, or attending one of many different cultural events. Because of its central location, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, the vineyards of Napa Valley, and the historical Gold Rush towns of the foothills are all within easy driving distance.
Mercy is a name Sacramento residents have known and trusted for generations. Affiliated with Dignity Health's local Mercy hospitals, Mercy Medical Group strives to carry on our founder’s original vision – offering the highest quality health care where it is most convenient. Our promise to our patients is to provide daily excellence with deeper expertise, greater compassion and stronger outcomes than any other medical group. Our promise to our physicians is to provide the staffing, resources and state-of-the-art technology to enable them to fulfill that promise.
Our organization’s leadership is dedicated to not only upholding these promises today, but also to ensuring Mercy Medical Group continues to be demonstrably the best health care provider well into the future. We work hand-in-hand with Dignity Health Medical Foundation, whose continued investment in the medical group helps to construct new care locations, bring high-technology equipment to our patients and ensure that we contin
