Long Term Care Doctor - Post-Acute Care Physician
Listed compensation
$250k-$500k
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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 $250,000–$500,000/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
The physician will lead care teams in skilled nursing facilities to manage complex cases discharged from hospitals. They will collaborate with nurse practitioners and specialists to ensure high-quality, compassionate patient care.
Requirements
Candidates must be board certified or board eligible in internal medicine, critical care, family practice, or geriatrics. Previous experience in leadership or as a hospitalist is strongly preferred.
Qualifications
- 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 1,290 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context
MedCap Health ranks #12 of 18 employers hiring contract/1099 Internist on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 36 active listings.
Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 50% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
Internal Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$375k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $390k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No nights
- Includes weekends
Living in Tawas City
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $229k≈ 0.9× annual pay
- State income tax
- Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026).
Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.