Medical Director / Primary Care Physician (MD/DO) - Post-Acute Care

Medical Director / Primary Care Physician (MD/DO) – Post-Acute CareCharlottesville, Virginia

Make a meaningful impact beyond the traditional clinic setting.

Legacy Care is seeking a compassionate, clinically strong physician to serve as Medical Director and attending physician for our Charlottesville-area post-acute care practice. This is an opportunity to combine direct patient care with physician leadership while maintaining greater flexibility and autonomy than a traditional office-based schedule.

You will care for medically complex adult and geriatric patients in skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long-term care and assisted living settings while partnering with advanced practice providers, facility leadership and interdisciplinary care teams.

Why Physicians Choose Legacy Care

• Flexible, weekday-focused scheduling

• Clinical autonomy without the overhead of running a private practice

• Medical Director leadership opportunity with additional stipend

• Established facility relationships and a dedicated clinical support team

• Credentialing, scheduling, billing and administrative support

• Opportunity to build a consistent practice in the Charlottesville community

• Meaningful work focused on continuity, quality outcomes and reducing avoidable hospitalizations

What You’ll Do

• Serve as Medical Director for assigned Charlottesville-area facilities

• Provide onsite primary, acute and chronic care to post-acute and long-term care residents

• Collaborate with and provide clinical leadership to nurse practitioners and other members of the care team

• Partner with facility administrators, nursing leadership, therapy teams, patients and families

• Support quality improvement, regulatory compliance and appropriate utilization initiatives

• Review clinical concerns, changes in condition and complex cases

• Complete timely, accurate documentation and maintain strong communication with facility partners

• Promote person-centered goals of care and smooth transitions across the healthcare continuum

What We’re Looking For

• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted Virginia medical license

• Active DEA registration

• Board certification or board eligibility in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine or Geriatric Medicine

• Experience in skilled nursing, long-term care, geriatrics, hospital medicine, primary care or post-acute medicine preferred

• Medical Director or clinical leadership experience is helpful but not required

• Strong communication, collaboration and clinical decision-making skills

• Ability to travel locally among assigned Charlottesville-area facilities

Schedule and Compensation

• Schedule: Monday-Friday, day rounding

• Clinical compensation: wRVU

• Medical Director stipend: Monthly, also included is collaboration stipend

• Employment structure: Independent Contractor

• Anticipated start: As soon as credentialing is completed

If you are looking for a physician leadership role that offers autonomy, flexibility and the chance to improve care for an underserved patient population, we would welcome a confidential conversation.

Apply today or contact Legacy Care to learn more.