Senior Facility Medical Director — Geriatric Care Leader

Abode Care Partners; Norfolk (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Abode Care Partners is seeking a clinical physician lead to oversee complex geriatric care across facilities and home-bound patients. Under CMO supervision, you will model ethical decision-making and guide practitioners and staff in line with our mission.

You will supervise NPs/PAs, ensure regulatory compliance, and help identify growth opportunities while maintaining high care quality and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited medical school and is a Doctor of Medicine.
• Two or more years of administrative leadership experience in healthcare.
• Clinical medical experience of seven years or more preferred.
• Board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatrics; qualification in Geriatrics preferred.
• Active, unrestricted licensure to practice in state of employment.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration registration.

Responsibilities

• Provides high-quality complex and geriatric care to residents and patients across settings in partnership with non-physician practitioners and other interprofessional team members.
• 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 to support them in their clinical roles.
• 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

Empathy

Organizational skills

Decision making

Team collaboration

Education

MD / Doctor of Medicine

Board certification in Family Medicine/Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

Geriatrics qualification preferred

Job description

Abode Care Partners is seeking a clinical physician lead to oversee complex geriatric care across facilities and home-bound patients. Under CMO supervision, you will model ethical decision-making and guide practitioners and staff in line with our mission.

You will supervise NPs/PAs, ensure regulatory compliance, and help identify growth opportunities while maintaining high care quality and cost efficiency.