Primary Care Physician – Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing (Southeast Colorado)
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Job Description
- Primary Care Physician – Long-Term Care & Skilled Nursing
- Flexible Schedule | Southeast Colorado (Lamar → Trinidad)
- Lykos Medical
About the Role
Lykos Medical is seeking a Primary Care Physician (MD/DO) to provide supervisory and clinical oversight for Long-Term Care (LTC) and Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) across rural Southeast Colorado.
This role is ideal for physicians seeking schedule flexibility, autonomy, and the opportunity to support underserved senior communities.
- What Makes This Role Unique
- Extremely Flexible Scheduling
- Minimum required in‑person rounding: once per month
- We schedule around your availability
- Ideal for physicians seeking additional income or flexible part-time work
- Travel-Friendly Compensation
- Productivity-based pay model
- Flat travel fee or stipend available due to long driving distances
- We collaborate with our physicians to maximize efficiency and route planning
- Leadership & Expansion Opportunities
- Candidates in Colorado Springs or Pueblo encouraged to apply
- May support future expansion into LTC/SNF markets in those areas
- Supported, Physician-Led Environment
- You’ll have autonomy with operational support
- Strong facility partnerships already in place
- Clear expectations aligned with CDPHE & Medicare requirements
Responsibilities
- Provide supervisory oversight and monthly in‑person rounding
- Manage chronic and complex geriatric patients in LTC/SNF settings
- Collaborate with facility nursing and administrative teams
- Document care in EMR in a timely manner
- Participate in quality improvement and post‑acute care initiatives
- Build strong relationships with rural facilities and care teams
Qualifications
- Required
- MD or DO
- Board Certified/Eligible in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or Geriatrics
- Active CO medical license (or ability to obtain)
- DEA license
- Preferred
- Experience in LTC, SNF, geriatrics, post‑acute care, or rural medicine
- Familiarity with Medicare and value‑based care
- Interest in leadership or future program growth
- Who Thrives in This Role
This Position Is Ideal for Physicians Searching For
Primary Care Physician
- Geriatric Physician
- Internal Medicine
- Family Medicine
- SNF Physician
- LTC Physician
- Post‑Acute Care
- Medical Director Track
- Rural Medicine
- Mobile Care
About Lykos Medical
Lykos Medical is a physician-led organization dedicated to improving senior care in Colorado. We specialize in Long-Term Care, Skilled Nursing, Post-Acute Care, and rural healthcare delivery—with a mission to expand access and support clinicians in providing high‑quality, relationship-centered care.
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If you're looking for a flexible, high-impact physician role with room to grow, we’d love to speak with you.
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Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
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Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician – Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing (Southeast Colorado) at Lykos Medical a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care — ranked against 1,245 active Primary Care listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.
Primary Care — Physician Career Context
In Colorado, the Primary Care weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$274k (22 salary observations; 59 listings), vs ~$269k nationally (641 salary observations; 3,014 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 12% are remote, 46% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 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.
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