Long Term Care Doctor - Post-Acute Care Physician
Listed compensation
$100k-$250k
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Are you ready to redefine your career with a flexible schedule and a rewarding role? MedCap Health is looking for a Long Term Care Doctor – Post-Acute Care Physician to join our team. Whether you're looking for full-time, part-time, or a flexible schedule that fits your life, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for. Step into a position that values your expertise, your leadership, and your passion for patient care!
What's the Scope?
Pay: This contract position offers $100,000–$250,000+/year.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- No overnight or weekends
- Malpractice coverage
- Administrative support
Schedule
This healthcare position offers unmatched flexibility. Choose a schedule that works for you-full-time, part-time, or customized hours designed to fit your professional and personal goals.
Your Contributions Matter
As our Long Term Care Doctor - Post-Acute Care Physician, you'll lead care teams in skilled nursing facilities, managing complex cases discharged early from hospitals. You'll collaborate with Nurse Practitioners and specialists to deliver hospital-level care in a long-term setting. Your leadership ensures continuity, quality, and compassion in every patient interaction.
What's Required?
- Board Certification or Board Eligible internal medicine, critical care, family practice, or geriatrics
- Previous experience in leadership positions or as a hospitalist is strongly preferred.
About Medcap Health
As a physician-led and focused organization, MedCap Health is helping reshape the clinical landscape of post-acute care. We provide a comprehensive approach to medical care, offering a wide range of services from pulmonology and nephrology to psychiatry, internal medicine, and more.
Partnering with over 200 skilled nursing facilities across 11 states, we're bridging gaps and ensuring people receive the top-quality healthcare they deserve.
We empower our physicians by providing autonomy, schedule flexibility for work/life balance, and opportunities for growth, making this an excellent destination in your career journey. Join a mission-driven team that will provide the support you need to achieve your personal and professional goals!
Join Us!
Ready to lead the future of post-acute care? Apply now to be our Long Term Care Doctor - Post-Acute Care Physician! Our initial application process is fast, simple, and mobile-friendly. Your next healthcare career move is just a few clicks away.
Key Responsibilities
Lead care teams in skilled nursing facilities to manage complex cases discharged from hospitals. Collaborate with nurse practitioners and specialists to provide high-quality, hospital-level care in a long-term setting.
Requirements
Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, critical care, family practice, or geriatrics. Previous experience in leadership or hospitalist roles is strongly preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Long Term Care Doctor - Post-Acute Care Physician at MedCap Health a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,347 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
MedCap Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 75/100, 43 active listings.
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 38% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.8 / 10 · above average in internal medicine | ranked against 1,347 Internal Medicine listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $100k–$250k | Internal Medicine median $255k (middle half $240k–$278k)122 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$167k in purchasing power | Maryland index 105.0 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Internal Medicine listings in Maryland | 19 active | 1,358 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 38% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Maryland physician listings (all specialties): 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment404 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| Internal Medicine hiring demand | #3 of 28 specialties | postings stay open a median 38 days · 33% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 579 postings, 472 closed |
| New Internal Medicine listings | 553 in the last 30 days | 335 the 30 days before (+65%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| MedCap Health | silver tier, 75/100 | Top Employers work-life index43 active listings |
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- No nights
- Includes weekends
Benefits & Perks
Living in Baltimore
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $203k≈ 2.0× annual pay
- Typical market rent
- $1,762/mo≈ 21% of gross pay
- Residents’ average commute
- 29 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 104.5
- State income tax
- Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.