Post-Acute Care Physician – Skilled Nursing Facilities
Position Summary
The Post-Acute Care Physician provides high-quality medical care to residents across assigned skilled nursing facilities. This role is responsible for managing a defined patient census, supporting facility leadership, and improving clinical outcomes, documentation, and operational performance.
The physician will provide care for post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, and custodial residents, including admissions, follow-up visits, acute visits, regulatory visits, and chronic disease management. This position requires strong clinical judgment, effective communication skills, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with facility teams.
Essential Functions
- Provide comprehensive medical care to residents in assigned skilled nursing facilities.
- Perform admissions, follow-up visits, acute visits, and regulatory visits.
- Lead clinical decision-making to support chronic disease management and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
- Complete timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in the EMR.
- Collaborate with nursing leadership, therapy teams, social services, administrative staff, and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Participate in care conferences, IDT meetings, and quality improvement initiatives as needed.
- Support facility performance related to Quality Measures, Five-Star ratings, readmission reduction, and survey readiness.
- Communicate care plans and clinical updates to residents, families, facility staff, and external providers.
- Participate in the on-call rotation as assigned.
- Maintain professionalism and represent the organization with courtesy, discretion, and strong clinical leadership.
Schedule
- Full-time.
- In-facility presence required, with travel between assigned facilities as needed.
- Flexible scheduling with autonomy over daily workflow.
- Telehealth may supplement care when appropriate.
- On-call rotation as assigned.
Compensation
- Percentage-based compensation model with performance bonus opportunities.
- 60/40 compensation model, with 60% of collected revenue paid to the physician.
- Applies to billable services, including E/M visits, TCM, CCM, and procedures.
- Weekly census bonus available when performance requirements are met.
- Documentation performance incentives based on timely note completion, regulatory visit compliance, and coding accuracy.
- Strong performers may have total annual earnings potential in the $300,000–$400,000 range.
Requirements
- MD or DO degree required.
- Current, unrestricted state medical license.
- Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatrics required.
- Experience in post-acute care, skilled nursing facilities, or long-term care preferred.
- Strong clinical judgment, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
- Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with facility teams.
- Commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation with significant performance upside.
- Malpractice coverage provided.
- Operational support to streamline workflows and reduce administrative burden.
- Opportunity to improve outcomes for older adults and post-acute care residents.
