Geriatrics Physician & Clinical Leader

Abode Care Partners; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Abode Care Partners in Kentucky seeks a licensed physician to provide day-to-day clinical care to residents in facilities and home-bound patients under supervision of the CMO, balancing medical leadership with administrative responsibilities.

You will collaborate with NPs/PAs, ensure quality outcomes, participate in on-call processes, and help drive growth across senior living settings while modeling ethical, evidence-based care.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine; Doctor of Medicine.
• Minimum two years administrative leadership experience in healthcare.
• Clinical medical experience of seven years or more preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides high-quality complex and geriatric care to residents and patients across settings in partnership with non-physician practitioner and other interprofessional team members to an identified panel of patients across various assisted living and skilled nursing facilities
• Keeps high engagement with facility leadership teams, nurse practitioners/physician assistants, patients, and families
• Provides collaborating physician duties for on average of 5 but up to 15 nurse practitioners and physician assistants (based on state regulatory parameters) to support them in their clinical roles
• Based on state and regional regulatory frameworks, audits up to 10% of practitioner medical orders and/ or documentation for each provider monthly
• If needed, assumes medical directorships for skilled and/or other senior living facilities
• Helps identify new growth opportunities with skilled facilities and/or other senior living facilities in the market/region
• Participates in company frontline /backup call processes for timely response to acute changes of condition to prevent avoidable hospital transfers, or to meet other clinical needs
• Keeps a high focus on quality outcomes including but not limited to care path compliance and productivity, prevention of avoidable transfers and decrease in polypharmacy and costs of care
• Attends required trainings, and meetings as mandated by the CMO or other leaders to assure best care delivery by the company

Skills

Communication skills

Patient empathy

Patience with patients

EMR proficiency

Organizational skills

Decision making

Education

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Job description

Abode Care Partners in Kentucky seeks a licensed physician to provide day-to-day clinical care to residents in facilities and home-bound patients under supervision of the CMO, balancing medical leadership with administrative responsibilities.

You will collaborate with NPs/PAs, ensure quality outcomes, participate in on-call processes, and help drive growth across senior living settings while modeling ethical, evidence-based care.