Medical Director (Community Living Center) - Physician

Quick Facts

• Role: Physician Medical Director for a VA Community Living Center (CLC)

• Focus: Post-acute and long-term care leadership, compliance, quality improvement, and direct resident care

• Coverage: Monday–Friday daytime schedule with rotational after-hours/second-call backup

Description

Provide strategic and clinical leadership for the CLC, including regulatory and accreditation readiness, continuous quality improvement, and monitoring of clinical quality and safety metrics. Supervise a provider team and lead interdisciplinary care coordination for Veterans with complex medical, functional, cognitive, and psychosocial needs, ensuring safe transitions across the care continuum. Participate in multidisciplinary committees (e.g., QAPI, infection control, Age-Friendly Health System) and provide direct patient care through routine rounds.

Responsibilities

• Lead administrative and program oversight for the CLC (post-acute and long-term care services)

• Drive readiness for VA and external regulatory surveys and maintain compliance with accreditation/performance standards

• Partner with nursing and administrative leadership to develop and improve programs

• Lead or participate in multidisciplinary committees (QAPI, Age-Friendly Health System, infection control, Whole Health/quality improvement)

• Monitor clinical quality metrics, patient safety indicators, and performance outcomes

• Ensure compliance with VA policies, directives, and clinical practice standards

• Supervise up to 10 medical providers (physician and certified registered nurse practitioner)

• Ensure adequate provider coverage; manage workload distribution and monitor productivity with VA expectations

• Conduct FPPE/OPPE and annual performance evaluations; address performance concerns with corrective actions

• Provide clinical oversight, mentorship, and support to providers

• Provide direct resident care with routine CLC rounds

• Coordinate comprehensive interdisciplinary care for complex Veterans

• Coordinate transitions across acute units, emergency departments, specialty care, and external long-term care/rehabilitation facilities

• Review consults and facilitate admissions across short-stay, long-term, locked memory care, and hospice neighborhoods

• Oversee collaboration and ongoing clinical case review for the Southwestern Veterans Home

Benefits

• VA total rewards package: competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases

• Paid time off: 50–55 days per year (annual leave, sick leave, federal holidays; plus possible CME-related paid absence)

• Retirement: traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contributions

• Insurance: federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options

• Malpractice protection with tail coverage

• Recruitment/relocation incentives and sign-on bonus possible for highly qualified candidates (per VA policy)

• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) eligibility may be available (subject to EDRP policy and application requirements)

• CME support: possible $1,000/year reimbursement if eligible

• No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting