Job Description

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

Charlottesville, 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.