Medical Director (Physician) Part Time
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Job Description
Join the VitalCore Team in Michigan! We’re people fueled by passion, not by profit!
VitalCore Health Strategies, an industry leader in Correctional Health Care, has an opening for a staff Medical Director (Physician) at Central Michigan Correctional Center in St. Louis, Michigan for Part Time!
Medical Director (Physician) Schedule
- Week days Monday-Friday
- Flexible schedule
- No weekends, holidays, or nights
Medical Director (Physician) Minimum Requirements
- Must be a licensed Physician in state of employment.
- Current DEA registration.
- Board certified and qualified by state laws/regulations to practice medicine.
Medical Director (Physician) Essential Functions
- Ensures Medical Record documentation is in SOAP format, problem oriented and corresponds to the therapeutic order.
- Ensures all documentation is timed, legible, and signed.
- Ensures all verbal or telephone orders are countersigned within seventy-two (72) hours.
- Adheres to approved formulary for therapeutic regimens before utilizing non-formulary procedure.
- Documents pertinent observations and logical conclusions to validate need for non-formulary medication on non-formulary request form for Medical Director's approval when non-formulary medication is ordered.
- Utilizes available in-house resource personnel for treatment and resolution of identified problems before utilizing off-site referral.
- Provides emergency treatment on-site and responds appropriately in urgent or emergency situations.
- Demonstrates proper technique for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and related drug therapy.
- Supports standards of medical care through adherence to existing policies and procedures.
- Serves as a resource to other professional or non-professional personnel providing instructions as needed.
- Attends medical staff meetings as required. Provides monthly in-service education of staff as requested.
- Participates in monthly review of quality care and chart reviews as requested.
- Sponsors Physician Assistants as required.
- Notifies Site Medical Director and/or Site Health Services Administrator of schedule changes.
- Assists in the arrangement for coverage of medical services if unavailable for extended period of time.
- Other duties as requested by the Site Medical Director.
VitalCore Health Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives.
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Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director ensures accurate medical record documentation and provides emergency treatment on-site at the correctional facility. They also serve as a resource for staff, participate in quality care reviews, and oversee medical policies and procedures.
Requirements
Candidates must be a licensed physician in Michigan with current DEA registration and board certification. They must be qualified by state laws to practice medicine and capable of providing emergency medical care.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Director (Physician) Part Time at VitalCore Health Strategies a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Correctional Medicine — ranked against 90 active Correctional Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts, flexible scheduling.
Correctional Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Michigan, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$293k (124 salary observations; 1,211 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,718 salary observations; 56,708 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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