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Chardon, Ohio

Medical Director

GeriatricsFull-Time

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Job Description

Job Address

620 Water Street Chardon, OH 44024

As Medical Director, you will be part of an exciting new model of care combining good old fashioned bedside manner with utilizing innovative technologies to dramatically reduce patients' return to hospital and achieve better outcomes.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Assume the administrative authority, responsibility, and accountability of implementing our medical services, policies, and procedures according to federal, state and local regulations; and current practice of post-acute and long-term care medicine.

Coordinate medical care, including emergency treatment procedures, maintain effective liaison with attending physicians, and implement methods to keep the quality of care under constant surveillance.

Provide necessary physician services for those residents within the skilled nursing facilities and/or clinic environment

Qualifications

M.D. or D.O. required

  • Gerontology certification preferred
  • MD or DO license in State of Ohio
  • ABMS Board Certified in: Internal Medicine, Family Practice, Geriatrics or Hospice/ Palliative
  • 5+ years of experience working with geriatric or long-term care population
  • Demonstrated experience working with and educating NP’s

Preferred Qualifications

  • Health care management/leadership experience
  • Familiarity with CMS, Medicare Advantage, SNP Rules and Regulations
  • HCC and Risk Adjusted reimbursement methodology
  • Inpatient/SNF utilization metrics and bed day management
  • State specific collaborative practice agreements and midlevel practitioner licensing
  • Knowledge of EMR

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Director will implement medical services, policies, and procedures while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. They are responsible for coordinating medical care, maintaining liaison with attending physicians, and providing direct physician services to residents.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Post-acute careClinical leadershipRegulatory compliancePhysician liaisonQuality of care surveillanceCMS regulationsRisk adjustmentUtilization managementStaff education

Geriatrics — Physician Career Context

Of the 33 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 55% have no call, 67% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Geriatrics Jobs

32 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution31 jobs · 7 employers

5
<$290k
7
$290k-315k
6
$315k-340k
13
$350k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 7 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
39%
Sign-on bonus
16%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$200k-$350k
#2

Geriatrician - Lebanon, VA

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$200k-$350k
#3

Geriatrician - Temple, TX

$200k-$350k
#4

Geriatrician - Pittsburgh, PA

$200k-$350k
+ 30 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Geriatrics listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 198 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Chardon

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$352k
Median resident rent
$1,163/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.