Physician Hospitalist - Competitive Salary

Job Description

At Core Clinical Partners, we are redefining healthcare partnerships by doing things better.

As a physician-founded, owned, and led physician services company, we offer the personalized care of a local group with the support and resources of a national company while staying debt-free, allowing us to stay true to our mission. We actively engage and empower our clinicians, and our localized approach ensures the needs of each clinician, hospital, and community are met.

Your expertise is valued, your voice is heard, and your impact is real. Together, we're not just providing care we're redefining it.

Core Clinical Partners is seeking a Hospitalist Medical Director to lead our growing Hospital Medicine program at Upson Regional Medical Center.

This is a hands-on leadership role within a smaller, collaborative program — ideal for an experienced Hospitalist with some leadership exposure who is ready to step into a Medical Director role and take on broader responsibility for program performance, team culture, and stability.

• ~30 average daily census
• 115-bed community hospital
• 10-bed open ICU with tele-intensivist support
• EMR: Meditech Expanse

Coverage Model:

• 1 Day Hospitalist Physician (7 AM – 7 PM)
• 1 Day NP/PA (7 AM – 7 PM)
• 1 Dedicated Nocturnist NP/PA (7 PM – 7 AM)

This role blends clinical coverage with program leadership, offering the opportunity to have direct impact in a smaller program environment.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight of Physician and APP team
• Drive clinician engagement, retention, and team culture
• Partner with hospital administration and Core leadership on operations, quality, and performance
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows, throughput, and patient care

Clinical Responsibilities

• Participate in a mix of clinical coverage and protected administrative time, with schedule flexibility based on leadership responsibilities
• Manage admissions, rounding, and discharges
• Support and collaborate closely with APP team

Core Clinical Partners also manages Emergency Medicine services at Upson, creating strong alignment between ED and Hospitalist teams. This supports efficient admissions, clear communication, and consistent clinical leadership.

• Board Certified – Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Hospital medicine experience required
• Leadership experience preferred
• Comfortable practicing in a community hospital setting
• ACLS required
• Georgia license or ability to obtain

• W-2 employment
• Full benefits package
• Medical Director stipend in addition to base compensation
• No non-compete

This is a smaller, tight-knit program (~6 FTE total), offering a more hands-on leadership environment than larger systems. The Medical Director will have meaningful input into program structure, staffing, and operations, with the support of a physician-led organization.

Thomaston offers a low cost of living and small-town environment with convenient access to Atlanta (approximately one hour north) and Macon. The area provides outdoor recreation, a strong sense of community, and an easier pace than metro markets.

For more information or a confidential conversation, reach out directly to discuss the role and program in more detail.