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Overview

Physician

Butler, PA

Full-time; Daylight Shift: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Lutheran SeniorLife provides a comprehensive array of community-based health and social service programs throughout western Pennsylvania.

Our services include LIFE (Living Independence for the Elderly); skilled nursing, home health; personal care; adoption & foster care; assisted living; adult day services; memory care; hospice; palliative care; residential living; affordable housing; home safety monitoring; Meals on Wheels; rehabilitation services and private duty.

LIFE is a program that serves county residents living in Armstrong, Butler, Beaver and Lawrence Counties. It is an all-inclusive comprehensive program that helps individuals maintain their independence in their home and community through supportive services. The LIFE programs offer an array of person-centered services from medical care to adult day supports with the primary goal of allowing individuals to remain in their own home.

The Physician provides primary care and continuous medical coverage, and directly provides services to LIFE Program participants. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to assess, plan care for, and provide medical care to frail elderly clients according to assigned responsibilities and LIFE standards.

Qualifications

Physician requirements:

+ Physician must possess current M.D. or D.O. license from the state of Pennsylvania and a graduate of an accredited school of medicine.

+ Have at least one year experience with a frail or elderly population;

+ Experience in internal or geriatric medicine in a managed care environment preferred;

+ Physician must have working knowledge of current community health practice for the frail elderly from direct service experience, and have a working knowledge of the interdisciplinary model of care management;

+ Physician must have working with cognitively impaired seniors, and must be able to relate well with seniors and their families to deal with sensitive issues and facilitate problem solving;

+ Working knowledge of computers, Microsoft Word and Excel required.

Benefits

Lutheran SeniorLife offers a variety of benefits to employees and their families, as applicable, including but not limited to: *based on employment status*

+ Competitive Wages, Hiring Incentives, Generous Paid Time Off, Bereavement Leave & Paid Holidays

+ Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement (ICHRA) health benefits solution. ICHRA provides larger flexibility and customization in medical plan options while still providing the tax benefits of a group plan.

+ Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability plans.

+ Voluntary Suite of Benefits Available at Low Group Rates, including Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Services, Pet Insurance, and Additional Life Insurance Options

+ Employer-sponsored child care benefits.

+ Immediate eligibility to participate in the employer-sponsored retirement savings plan

+ FSA availability, depending on the individual health plan selected

+ Total Wellness and WorkLife Balance resources, discounts, programs

+ Tuition Reimbursement and Mileage Reimbursement for Eligible Employees

+ Career Success - coaching, training, internships and recognition program

Lutheran SeniorLife and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.