Physician (Skilled Nursing, Long-term Care, Senior Living)

Job Description

Pinnacle Care Providers is seeking a physician to join our growing post-acute medical practice serving skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, and senior living communities. Our physicians provide consistent onsite clinical care while working closely with Advanced Practice Providers, Care Coordinators, facility leadership, nursing teams, patients, and families.

This position will travel in north-east Ohio region so candidates may live anywhere in the region (Cleveland, Canton, Akron or surrounding areas).

Key Responsibilities

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• Provide scheduled onsite physician rounds at assigned facilities and manage acute and chronic conditions for medically complex older adults.
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• Collaborate closely with Pinnacle Advanced Practice Providers and Care Coordinators to develop and oversee patient-centered plans of care.
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• Support transitions of care, hospitalization follow-up, goals-of-care discussions, medication management, and efforts to prevent avoidable emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
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• Participate in quality improvement, value-based care, population health, and care-gap closure initiatives.
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• Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant medical documentation and coding.
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• Build strong working relationships with facility Administrators, Directors of Nursing, and clinical teams.
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• Participate in facility quality meetings and clinical initiatives as appropriate and potentially serve as Medical Director for one or more skilled nursing facilities.
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Preferred Qualifications

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• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted medical license in the applicable state.
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• Board certified or board eligible in an appropriate specialty and eligible to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
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• Strong clinical judgment, communication skills, and ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary team.
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• Experience in geriatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, skilled nursing, long-term care, or post-acute medicine preferred.
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Why Pinnacle

Pinnacle offers physicians the opportunity to practice medicine within a structured, team-based post-acute model rather than operating independently inside a facility. Physicians are supported by dedicated APPs and Care Coordinators, predictable facility assignments, centralized clinical and operational support, standardized care processes, quality reporting, medical directorship opportunities, and expanding value-based care programs.

What Success Looks Like

Successful Pinnacle physicians provide dependable facility coverage, deliver high-quality clinical care, complete documentation timely, communicate effectively with facility teams, collaborate well with APPs and Care Coordinators, and actively contribute to improved patient outcomes and facility satisfaction.