
Medical Director, Medical Short Stay Unit
Rochester, NYFull-time$200–300K/yrPosted 1y agoStill listed today
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Rochester Regional Health seeks a Medical Director to lead its Medical Short Stay Unit at Rochester General Hospital. The role combines clinical leadership with operational oversight, focusing on efficient, targeted care, reduced hospital admissions, and improved patient outcomes. The director will manage patient flow, deliver short-stay care, and lead initiatives to streamline processes and improve patient satisfaction.
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Medical Director, Medical Short Stay Unit: Redefine Precision. Elevate Care. Drive Outcomes.
At Rochester Regional Health, our Medical Short Stay Unit (MSSU) empowers physicians to make decisive, evidence-based choices that transform patient experiences and drive superior health outcomes. As Medical Director, you’ll lead our MSSU team in delivering efficient, targeted care, reducing hospital admissions, and ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time. This role combines clinical leadership with operational oversight, offering you the chance to shape a patient-centered, results-driven model that enhances quality across our system. For Every Team and Every Dream, We’re Here for It.
Why You’ll Thrive Here:
- Competitive Compensation: Annual salary split between administrative and clinical duties, rewarding both your leadership and patient care expertise.
- Incentive Compensation: Eligible for additional incentives based on clinical performance, recognizing your dedication to delivering high-quality, efficient care.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Access to a full range of health and welfare benefits as part of our physician benefit package.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Four weeks of vacation annually, supporting your work-life balance.
- Professional Development: Up to five days and an additional allowance each year dedicated to Continuing Medical Education and professional growth.
Premier Tertiary Care Setting:
- Located at Rochester General Hospital, a 640-bed tertiary care facility, you’ll be at the forefront of specialized, high-impact care in a dynamic environment.
What You’ll Accomplish:
- Optimize Patient Throughput: Effectively manage patient flow in the MSSU, enhancing throughput, reducing unnecessary admissions, and enabling timely discharges.
- Drive Improved Health Outcomes: Use your clinical expertise to deliver high-quality, short-stay care that preempts more intensive interventions.
- Refine and Elevate Care Protocols: Within your first six months, you’ll lead initiatives to streamline processes, improving both efficiency and patient satisfaction.
Shape the Future of Patient Care in the Medical Short Stay Unit If you’re driven to create lasting, meaningful change through expert patient care and operational efficiency, we’re here for you. Join us to elevate care in the Medical Short Stay Unit and set a new standard in healthcare excellence.
Apply today to be part of a team dedicated to advancing patient outcomes and redefining the future of healthcare.
EDUCATION: DO, MD LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS: Physician - New York State Education Department (NYSED) PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: L - Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly; requires occasional walking, standing or squatting.
For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.
Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.
PAY RANGE: $200,000.00 - $300,000.00 CITY:
Rochester POSTAL CODE:
14621 The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.
Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Minority/Female/Disability/Veterans by a prospective employee and/or employee’s Physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,792 open Medical Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$200–300K/yr
- New York median$255–373K/yr107 salary ranges
- US median$228–358K/yr1,009 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $250K, is 20% below the New York median midpoint ($311K) — in the middle half of Medical Director salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 130 open Medical Director jobs in New York and 1,792 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Medical Director postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (984 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 1,258 of the 1,792 open Medical Director jobs (70%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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