Regional Medical Director: Geriatrics & Post-Acute Leader

BrightSpring Health Services; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Abode Care Partners in Jacksonville, FL is seeking an experienced Regional Medical Director (MD) to lead clinical excellence across post‑acute care settings. The RMD reports to the Chief Medical Officer, oversees regional physicians and APPs, and ensures quality, value‑based care, and standardized policies.

This role blends active clinical practice with strategic leadership, requiring strong governance and the ability to drive performance across SNFs, ALFs, home care, and related settings.

Qualifications

• MD/DO required; board certification preferred.
• Residency in internal medicine, family medicine, geriatrics, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years post-residency clinical experience with older adults; leadership experience.
• Experience with value-based care, Medicare Advantage, or population health preferred.
• Active license in at least one state in the region; ability to obtain others.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional clinical leadership & accountability for quality and adherence to model of care.
• Oversee medical decision making and provider performance; ensure safety and outcomes.
• Manage high‑risk populations; reduce avoidable hospitalizations through coordinated care.
• Provide provider education, training and clinical development across the region.
• Collaborate with operations on staffing, workflows, and strategic growth.

Skills

Medical leadership

Geriatrics / post-acute care

People management

Clinical governance

Value-based care

Education

MD/DO degree

Residency in Internal Medicine / Family Medicine / Geriatrics

Board certification preferred

5+ years post-residency experience

Job description

Regional Medical Director - MD

Job Locations

US-FL-JACKSONVILLE | US-IN-INDIANAPOLIS | US-TX-DALLAS

ID

2026-195116

Line of Business

Abode Care Partners

Position Type

Full-Time

Our Company

Abode Care Partners

Overview

The Regional Medical Director (RMD) reports to the Chief Medical Officer and serves as the senior physician leader for an assigned geographic region within Abode Care Partners. The RMD is accountable for clinical quality, provider performance, adherence to the Abode Care Partners Model of Care, and execution of clinical and value-based initiatives across a distributed practice serving medically complex older adults, with particular emphasis on skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs), long-term care, home-based care, and other post-acute settings. The RMD directly manages Regional Clinical Directors and provides clinical and managerial oversight of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) in the region. In a dyad leadership structure, the RMD partners closely with the regional operational leader to translate clinical strategy into reliable day-to-day execution across staffing, access, provider performance, clinical workflows, quality, utilization, and growth. The RMD maintains an active clinical practice representing approximately 25-50% of total effort, with the exact allocation based on regional needs and leadership scope. Clinical work may include SNF and ALF visits, home-based primary care and home visits, telehealth, complex or high-risk patient care, transitional care, and facility medical directorship responsibilities. Active practice keeps the physician leader engaged in frontline patient care and provides direct insight into clinical workflows, operational barriers, and the needs of the population served.

Responsibilities

* Regional Clinical Leadership & Accountability

* Quality of Care, Model-of-Care Adherence & Medical Decision-Making

* High-Risk Population Management & Avoidable Hospitalization Prevention

* Provider Education, Training & Clinical Development

* Documentation, Coding & Clinical Record Quality

* Clinical Practice

* Post-Acute, Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living Leadership

* Medical Group Policies, Procedures, Clinical Standardization & Strategy

* Value-Based Care & Population Health

* Provider Efficiency, Productivity & Capacity

* Dyad Partnership With Operations

* Provider Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance & Retention

* Collaborating / Supervising Physician Responsibilities

* Facility, Partner & External Relationships

* Clinical Quality, Safety & Compliance

* Leadership Development & Organizational Growth

* Supervisory Responsibility

Qualifications

* Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical school required. * Successful completion of an accredited residency in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, or another specialty appropriate to the population served required; board certification in a relevant adult primary care specialty strongly preferred. * Five or more years of post-residency clinical experience preferred, with meaningful experience caring for older adults and medically complex populations. * Three or more years of progressive physician leadership experience strongly preferred, including direct management of physicians and/or advanced practice providers; experience managing managers or clinical leaders is highly desirable. * Experience in value-based care, Medicare Advantage, accountable care, population health, risk-bearing arrangements, or utilization-focused clinical models preferred. * Direct experience in post-acute care, skilled nursing facilities, long-term care, assisted living, home-based primary care, geriatrics, hospital medicine, palliative care, or closely related settings strongly preferred. * Experience developing and implementing clinical policies, procedures, care pathways, quality initiatives, or standardized models of care preferred. * Experience leading interdisciplinary teams and using clinical and operational data to improve quality, utilization, provider performance, and patient outcomes preferred. * Experience serving as a SNF Medical Director or familiarity with facility medical directorship responsibilities preferred. * Experience serving as a collaborating or supervising physician for nurse practitioners or physician assistants preferred.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS * Active, unrestricted physician license in at least one state within the assigned region required; ability and willingness to obtain additional state licenses as needed. * Current unrestricted DEA registration and ability to meet payer, facility, credentialing, and medical staff requirements required. * Ability to maintain all required professional credentials, malpractice coverage, training, and compliance requirements. * Valid driver license and ability to travel locally between facilities, patient homes, and regional markets as required. * Ability to work effectively in a distributed, multi-site, and potentially multi-state environment and to respond to time-sensitive clinical or operational escalations when needed.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

* Strong physician leadership and people-management skills, including coaching, accountability, performance management, difficult conversations, and leadership development. * Strong clinical judgment in the management of medically complex older adults, including recognition of acute change in condition and decisions regarding treatment in place, escalation, transfer, and goals of care. * Working knowledge of post-acute and facility-based care delivery, including SNF and ALF clinical workflows, transitions of care, interdisciplinary collaboration, and physician/APP practice models. * Understanding of value-based care principles, quality improvement, utilization management, population health, HEDIS/Star performance, risk adjustment, documentation integrity, and total-cost-of-care drivers. * Ability to interpret clinical and operational data, identify meaningful variation, prioritize opportunities, and translate data into actionable plans for providers and regional leaders. * Strong educational and presentation skills with the ability to teach evidence-based medicine, medical decision-making, common post-acute clinical conditions, and new workflows to physicians, APPs, nurses, and operational partners. * Ability to effectively engage, coach, and influence physicians, APPs, and Regional Clinical Directors while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. * Strong dyad leadership skills and ability to collaborate effectively with operations, quality, finance, revenue cycle, compliance, human resources, credentialing, and other functions. * Strategic thinking, executive presence, sound judgment, adaptability, and strong written and verbal communication skills. * Comfort operating in a fast-paced, geographically dispersed organization with competing priorities, significant autonomy, and a high degree of accountability.

About our Line of Business

Abode Care Partners, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a leading provider of integrated medical services, caring for individuals from post-hospitalization to home in various settings ranging from skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, independent living, group homes, and private homes. We bring quality medical care to older adults, people with complex conditions, people with special needs, and individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities while increasing quality of life and safeguarding the dignity of those we serve. For more information, please visit www.abodecarepartners.com. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

Location : Special Notice

This position is subject to a level 2 background screening. For more information on the Florida state background screening process and standards, please access and review the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse.