Director, Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine- Valley Stream, NY

Northwell Health and the Department of Medicine is seeking a Director of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at LIJ Valley Stream Hospital in Long Island, NY. This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognized division. The ideal candidate should be Board Certified/Board Eligible in Palliative Medicine, or both Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Medicine. Our interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurse practitioners, and social workers provide high quality clinical care to older adults and those with serious and advanced illnesses.

LIJ Valley Stream Hospital is a 284-bed, full-service community hospital caring for patients in Nassau County and southeastern Queens. We offer advanced treatments in a wide range of medical specialties including orthopedics, acute care, gastroenterology, general surgery, wound care and vascular surgery—along with a state-of-the-art emergency department. This exceptional infrastructure, coupled with a deep community engagement through outreach and support programs, offers a truly rewarding and impactful practice experience.

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We are making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We are training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @NorthwellHealth on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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Full-time clinical base compensation at Northwell Health ranges from $125K to $750K, which is impacted by various factors, including but not limited to physician specialty, level of experience, quality of care, academic accomplishments, patient experience, and productivity. The base compensation range listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.