Physician Primary Care for Older Adults

Next Level senior care at a top teaching hospital

Kent Hospital, a 360 bed teaching hospital, part of Care New England, a top non-profit health system in RI and southeastern MA, is seeking a Geriatrician to join our dynamic Geriatrics and Palliative Care Team.

Who Are You:

• BC Internal or Family Medicine

• BE/BC in Geriatrics (dual certification in Palliative Care preferred)

• Passionate about teamwork, teaching and high quality patient centered care

What You’ll Do:

• Outpatient primary care and consultative practice located adjacent to Kent Hospital

• Patient population: geriatrics ages 65+

• Scope of practice: primary care, cognitive evaluations, pre-operative geriatric assessment through our Geriatric Surgery Verification program, opportunity to participate in our e-consult service

• Option for 25% of time to be spent on our ACE inpatient unit at Kent Hospital

• Collaborate on system wide Age Friendly initiatives

Why Join Us?

• Only Geriatric ED Accredited hospital in RI (ACEP Silver Level 2)

• One of 43 national ACE Units – IHI “Committed to Excellence” approved

• One of 25 hospitals in the nation with Geriatric Surgery Verification designation

• Innovative Hospital at Home program

• Robust academic affiliation with Brown University and University of New England College of Medicine

• EPIC integrated system wide

Life in Rhode Island – the “Ocean State”

Four seasons, coastal beauty, a vibrant dining, arts & culture scene, an award winning international airport, top colleges and universities, with Boston just a 1 hour drive and 3 hour drive to NYC.

Interested in learning more? Contact Joan White, joawhite@carene.org.