Post-Acute Care Physician – Skilled Nursing Facilities

Post-Acute Care Physician – Skilled Nursing Facilities

Position Summary

The Post-Acute Care Physician provides high-quality medical care to residents across assigned skilled nursing facilities. This role is responsible for managing a defined patient census, supporting facility leadership, and improving clinical outcomes, documentation, and operational performance.

The physician will provide care for post-acute rehabilitation, long-term care, and custodial residents, including admissions, follow-up visits, acute visits, regulatory visits, and chronic disease management. This position requires strong clinical judgment, effective communication skills, and the ability to work independently while collaborating with facility teams.

Essential Functions

• Provide comprehensive medical care to residents in assigned skilled nursing facilities.
• Perform admissions, follow-up visits, acute visits, and regulatory visits.
• Lead clinical decision-making to support chronic disease management and reduce avoidable hospitalizations.
• Complete timely, accurate, and compliant documentation in the EMR.
• Collaborate with nursing leadership, therapy teams, social services, administrative staff, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Participate in care conferences, IDT meetings, and quality improvement initiatives as needed.
• Support facility performance related to Quality Measures, Five-Star ratings, readmission reduction, and survey readiness.
• Communicate care plans and clinical updates to residents, families, facility staff, and external providers.
• Participate in the on-call rotation as assigned.
• Maintain professionalism and represent the organization with courtesy, discretion, and strong clinical leadership.

Schedule: * Full-time.

• In-facility presence required, with travel between assigned facilities as needed.
• Flexible scheduling with autonomy over daily workflow.
• Telehealth may supplement care when appropriate.
• On-call rotation as assigned.

Compensation

• Percentage-based compensation model with performance bonus opportunities.
• 60/40 compensation model, with 60% of collected revenue paid to the physician.
• Applies to billable services, including E/M visits, TCM, CCM, and procedures.
• Weekly census bonus available when performance requirements are met.
• Documentation performance incentives based on timely note completion, regulatory visit compliance, and coding accuracy.
• Strong performers may have total annual earnings potential in the $300,000–$400,000 range.

Requirements

• MD or DO degree required.
• Current, unrestricted state medical license.
• Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatrics required.
• Experience in post-acute care, skilled nursing facilities, or long-term care preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work independently while partnering effectively with facility teams.
• Commitment to high-quality, patient-centered care.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation with significant performance upside.
• Malpractice coverage provided.
• Operational support to streamline workflows and reduce administrative burden.
• Opportunity to improve outcomes for older adults and post-acute care residents.