Medical Director
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Job Description
- Job Title: Medical Director
- Job Type: Permanent
- Location: Tacoma, WA
- Service Setting: Outpatient HIV Primary Care Clinic
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Administrative + Shared Call
- Coverage Period: Permanent
- Clinical Shift Schedule: Monday – Friday (Days)
- On-Call Shift Schedule: Shared Call
- Call Type: Shared
Patient Information
- Patient Demographics: Adults, including LGBTQ community and individuals living with HIV/AIDS
- Patient Volume/Census: 15–18 patients per day
- Case Mix: Outpatient HIV Primary Care
Facility Information
- Service Setting: 100% Outpatient
- Support Staff Available: Practice Manager, Medical Assistants, and Registered Nurses
- Research Focus: HIV and LGBTQ Health
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Salary: Competitive (varies by location)
- Retention Bonus: Up to $100,000
- Quarterly Bonus: Up to $3,500
- Productivity Bonus: Bi-weekly
- Sign-On Bonus: Available
- Relocation Reimbursement: Up to $10,000
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- 401(k) or 457(b) Retirement Plan
- Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- CME Stipend
Job Requirements
- Active California MD/DO License
- Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Adult Gerontology, or Infectious Disease
- Valid DEA License and Furnishing License
- Current CPR/BLS; AAHIVM Certification required within 18 months of hire
- Prior outpatient HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment experience
- Other Qualifications: Comfortable seeing 15–18 patients per day
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive outpatient HIV primary care.
- Diagnose and manage HIV/AIDS and primary care conditions.
- Provide clinical leadership as Medical Director.
- Participate in the shared call schedule.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary clinical teams.
- Deliver compassionate care to underserved populations, including the LGBTQ community.
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director will provide comprehensive outpatient HIV primary care while managing clinical and administrative duties. They will also lead multidisciplinary teams and participate in a shared call schedule to ensure high-quality care for the patient population.
Requirements
Candidates must hold an active California MD/DO license and possess expertise in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Infectious Disease. A valid DEA license and AAHIVM certification are required, along with prior experience in HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 50% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Director at Adelphi Staffing a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Primary Care — ranked against 1,314 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Location & Logistics
Washington has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.
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- No weekends
- No nights
- Includes call
Living in Tacoma
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $488k
- Typical market rent
- $1,740/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 111.1
- State income tax
- None
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.