Medical Director
Content + Source + Freshness • 17 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
This position offers a high salary potential, flexible work-life balance, and the opportunity to lead clinical services with significant impact on healthcare outcomes.
- Competitive salary: $200,000–$300,000/year
- No on-call or weekend work requirements
- Leadership opportunities in a growing healthcare sector
- High qualification requirements may limit candidate pool
Pros
- Attractive salary range ($200,000 - $300,000/year) typical for medical directors
- No weekends or on-call requirements, enhancing work-life balance
- Opportunity to lead in a growing sector of healthcare
Cons
- High entry requirements can limit candidate pool
- Role involves significant accountability and responsibility
Who it's for
Senior Executive
Good fit
- Experienced medical directors
- Physicians with a focus on quality care
- Candidates who want to improve healthcare outcomes
Not recommended for
- Entry-level medical professionals without management experience
- Physicians preferring a solely clinical role
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Sub-Acute, Long-Term Care is a sector of healthcare exploding with potential and work-life balance flexibility (no weekends or on call)!
We are seeking a FFS Attending Physician/Medical Director for our Casa Real Center located in Albuquerque, NM, with potential float to nearby centers.
This is a Dual Role Attending Physician/Medical Director. It is clinical in nature. Must be BC/BE Internal Medicine or Family Medicine with LTC Experience.
AlignMed Partners is a national medical group dedicated to improving health outcomes among residents of skilled nursing and senior living facilities. Our physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are supported by a clinical leadership team with a decades-long track record of excellence in post-acute and long-term care. At AlignMed, we believe in a better quality of life for all. Our mission is to elevate healthcare outcomes for our patients, providers, and partners. In living out our mission, we embrace the following pillars in our day-to-day operations.
Responsibilities
The Medical Director partners with the Regional Medical Director to promote the delivery of clinical services in a manner that fulfills the AlignMed Partners mission of achieving the highest levels of clinical quality, efficiency, and outcomes. This is accomplished by coordinating with Centers, Regional Management and AlignMed Partners to oversee the implementation, utilization, and outcomes measurement of AlignMed Partners Clinical Programs.
The Medical Director is dually accountable to the Center Administrator and the AlignMed Partners Regional Medical Director for clinical care within the Center, accountable to the Center Administrator for delivery of clinical services as stipulated in the Medical Director Agreement, and accountable to the Regional Medical Director for the quality and efficiency of clinical services and outcomes within the Center.
Medical Directors partner with the Center Administrator and Director of Nursing, to achieve the highest levels of Center performance in quality, safety, and efficiency. Our Medical Directors share accountability for Center success in the evolving environment of narrow referral networks and value-based reimbursement, providing effective and proactive.
Qualifications
M.D. or D.O. required.
Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine preferred, with maintenance of certification
Geriatrics specialization is desirable.
Certified Medical Director (CMD) through AMDA is desirable.
Benefits
*Relocation bonus for eligible candidates. Eligibility will be determined by distance, experience, and priority
*Health, Dental, and Vision plans
*100% employer-paid ArmadaCare Plan: supplemental plan which provides reimbursement for many out-of-pocket medical, wellness, and pharmacy expenses, with an eight thousand max reimbursement for designated expenses and tiered pharmacy reimbursements for single and family plans
*Paid Time Off, 6 Paid Holidays, Paid Sick Time, Bereavement Leave
*Continuing Medical Education time off and reimbursement allotments
*Reimbursement for primary state licensing renewal costs and primary board recertification fees
*Reimbursement for DEA/CDS renewal fees
*Malpractice insurance policy
*401(k) plan and company-paid group life insurance
Posted Salary Range
USD $200,000.00 - USD $300,000.00 /Yr.
