Senior Medical Director of Geriatrics

About the role

Petaluma Health Center is looking for a Senior Medical Director of Geriatrics to serve as its senior clinical leader for geriatric and complex care across all sites. Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, the role develops, standardizes and advances value-based care models for older adults and medically complex patients, providing system-wide leadership while supporting rural and semi-rural communities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care for geriatric and medically complex populations, including at rural sites, and act as a clinical subject matter expert in geriatrics, chronic disease, dementia care and care transitions.
• Design and lead a value-based model of care across all sites, standardize clinical policies, protocols and workflows, and set accountability structures for providers, managers and site leaders.
• Lead development of geriatric programs such as dementia care, fall prevention, frailty pathways and care transitions, and define workflows like risk stratification, medication management, cognitive screening, advance care planning and caregiver support.
• Use quality metrics and utilization trends to improve outcomes, assess variation across sites, and partner with Quality Improvement and Risk Management.
• Support rural sites, build partnerships with community organizations, and collaborate with senior leadership on budgeting, staffing and resource allocation.
• Educate and mentor providers, ensure compliance with policies and regulations, and lead clinical and operational change initiatives.
• Support geriatrics curriculum and continuing medical education for trainees and staff.

Required profile

• Accredited medical school graduate; ACGME-accredited residency in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine; ACGME-accredited fellowship in Geriatric Medicine.
• At least 5 years of clinical experience and 3 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Family Practice or Internal Medicine (Osteopathic), with a subspecialty in Geriatric Medicine.
• Active California medical license or osteopathic physician license in good standing, active federal DEA registration, and BLS certification.
• Ability to meet the organization's credentialing and privileging requirements; bilingual English and Spanish preferred.

What we offer

• 21 days of paid time off and 10 observed holidays.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, with the entire medical deductible covered.
• 30 chiropractor and acupuncture visits per year included with Kaiser and WHA plans.
• 401K matching after 1 year, flexible spending account and dependent care FSA.
• Life insurance, long-term disability and employee assistance program included at no cost.
• Gym membership discounts.