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Abode Care Partners
Richmond, Virginia

Skilled Facility Medical Director - Primary Care Physician - MD - DO

Primary CareFull-Time

Listed compensation

$200k-$250k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

Our Company

Abode Care Partners

Overview

In this clinical physician lead role, under supervision of the CMO, you will have several clinical responsibilities, along with some specified administrative responsibilities. While providing day-to-day clinical care to residents residing in facilities as well as home bound patients, you will practice and role-model ethical and evidence-based decision-making to promote the vision and mission of the company to other practitioners and staff.

Responsibilities

Provides high-quality complex and geriatric care to residents and patients across settings in partnership with non-physician practitioner and other interprofessional team members to an identified panel of patients across various assisted living and skilled nursing facilities

Keeps high engagement with facility leadership teams, nurse practitioners/physician assistants, patients, and families

Provides collaborating physician duties for on average of 5 but up to 15 nurse practitioners and physician assistants (based on state regulatory parameters) to support them in their clinical roles

Based on state and regional regulatory frameworks, audits up to 10% of practitioner medical orders and/ or documentation for each provider monthly

If needed, assumes medical directorships for skilled and/or other senior living facilities

Helps identify new growth opportunities with skilled facilities and/or other senior living facilities in the market/region

Participates in company frontline /backup call processes for timely response to acute changes of condition to prevent avoidable hospital transfers, or to meet other clinical needs

Keeps a high focus on quality outcomes including but not limited to care path compliance and productivity, prevention of avoidable transfers and decrease in polypharmacy and costs of care

Attends required trainings, and meetings as mandated by the CMO or other leaders to assure best care delivery by the company

Qualifications

Education/Experience

  • Graduate from an accredited school of medicine and is a Doctor of Medicine
  • Two or more years of administrative leadership experience in healthcare
  • Clinical medical experience of seven years or more preferred

Certifications/License/Other Special Requirements

  • Board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatrics; qualification in Geriatrics preferred
  • Practicing physician currently licensed under the provisions of the State Board of Medicine
  • Active unrestricted licensure to practice in state of employment
  • Current Drug Enforcement Administration registration

Qualifications

  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare support staff
  • Ability to treat patients and their families with compassion and understanding
  • Ability to work for long periods of time with patients who need special attention
  • Ability to display patience with children and adult patients who fear medical treatment
  • Excellent computer and electronic record-keeping skills
  • Excellent organizational and management skills
  • Excellent decision-making, problem-solving and cognitive abilities

About Our Line of Business

Abode Care Partners, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, is a leading provider of integrated medical services, caring for individuals from post-hospitalization to home in various settings ranging from skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, independent living, group homes, and private homes.

We bring quality medical care to older adults, people with complex conditions, people with special needs, and individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities while increasing quality of life and safeguarding the dignity of those we serve. For more information, please visit abodecarepartners.com. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and X.

Salary Range

USD $200,000.00 - $250,000.00 / Year

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Clinical leadershipAdministrative managementRegulatory complianceMedical documentationPatient careInterprofessional collaborationCommunicationOrganizational skillsClinical auditing

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 62% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$225k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $223k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Abode Care Partners holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 23 active listings.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 34 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks47 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
81% this job
Sign-on bonus
68%
CME allowance
55% this job
Relocation assistance
38%
Loan repayment
30%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 4.2
Better work-life than 30% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,329 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Richmond

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$342k≈ 1.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,648/mo≈ 10% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Richmond, VA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Abode Care Partners

Hospitals and Health Care
Louisville, Kentucky
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
CME
Paid Time Off
Malpractice Insurance