Senior Medical Director of Geriatrics

• 21 Days of Paid Time Off
• 10 Observed Holidays
• Medical Insurance (Entire deductible paid by us!)
• 30 Chiropractor and Acupuncture visits per year included with enrollment in our health insurance plans (Kaiser and WHA)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Gym Membership Discounts at Active Wellness Center and 24-Hour Fitness!
• 401K Matching after 1 year of employment
• Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care FSA
• Life Insurance (included at no cost to the employee)
• Long Term Disability (included at no cost to the employee)
• Employee Assistance Program (included at no cost to the employee)

Summary:

 The Medical Director of Geriatrics serves as Petaluma Health Center’s senior clinical leader for geriatric and complex care services across all sites. Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), this role is responsible for the development, standardization, and advancement of high-quality, value-based care models for older adults and medically complex patients. The Medical Director of Geriatrics provides system-wide leadership while supporting the unique needs of rural and semi-rural communities, ensuring consistent, patient-centered care across PHC’s diverse clinical settings.

Clinical Duties:

• Provides direct patient care with an emphasis on geriatric and medically complex populations, including care at rural sites.
• Serves as a clinical subject matter expert in geriatrics, complex care management, chronic disease management, dementia care, and care transitions.Models evidence-based, patient-centered clinical practice.

System-Wide Geriatric Leadership:

• Designs, leads, and operationalizes a high-quality, value-based model of care for geriatric and medically complex patients across all PHC sites.Develops and standardizes clinical policies, procedures, protocols, and workflows for geriatric care.
• Ensures consistency in care delivery while accounting for differences in staffing, geography, and operational capacity across sites.Establishes expectations and accountability structures for providers, managers, and site leaders.

Clinical Program Development & Standardization:

• Leads development and expansion of geriatric programs including dementia care, fall prevention, frailty pathways, chronic disease management, and care transitions.
• Defines and implements core clinical workflows such as risk stratification, medication management, cognitive screening, advance care planning, and caregiver support.
• Promotes interdisciplinary team-based care models tailored to older adults.

Quality Improvement & Performance Management:

• Uses data, quality metrics, utilization trends, and provider performance feedback to improve care outcomes.
• Assesses variation across sites in quality, access, utilization, and workflow reliability.Identifies and prioritizes opportunities for improvement and leads implementation of corrective strategies.
• Partners with Quality Improvement and Risk Management to enhance outcomes and patient safety.

Rural Health & Multi-Site Implementation:

• Supports rural and semi-rural sites in delivering high-quality geriatric care despite resource limitations.
• Develop scalable models that ensure equitable care across all PHC sites.Builds partnerships with community organizations and regiona