Area Medical Director (Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner)

Area Medical Director

Physician (MD/DO) Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Lead 1015 clinics. Practice medicine. Build the career youve been preparing for.

The Opportunity

As Area Medical Director youll own the clinical and operational performance of 1015 clinics in your market: quality of care provider development patient experience and financial results while continuing to practice medicine roughly 10 hours per week. Youll lead a team of Center Medical Directors and partner with operations leadership with direct visibility to our national clinical leadership team.

This role is built for the clinician who has led a site a team or a service line and is ready for something bigger. You dont need to arrive as a finished executive. You need the leadership instincts the clinical credibility and the drive. Well invest in developing the rest.

What Youll Own

Clinical Excellence

• Set and uphold quality and safety standards across your market in partnership with your Center Medical Directors
• Deliver evidence-based compassionate urgent care and/or primary care (10 hrs/week) staying credible where care actually happens
• Champion clinical initiatives from chronic disease recognition programs to procedural competency and adapt national playbooks to your market

People Leadership

• Recruit coach and develop Center Medical Directors and providers building the next generation of clinical leaders in your market
• Drive provider engagement and retention by modeling ownership transparency and a culture where clinicians want to build their careers
• Lead performance conversations with fairness and clarity using data-informed coaching rather than gut feel

Operational & Financial Performance

• Own the day-to-day clinical operations of your centers: patient flow staffing models access and patient experience
• Partner on P&L performance with structured support to build your financial fluency
• Grow your market through occupational health community partnerships and referral relationships with surrounding practices
• Report regularly to national leadership on the state of your market with the autonomy to act on what you see

What You Bring

• Active unrestricted license as a Physician (MD/DO) Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant with national certification as applicable; BLS/ACLS required by start date DOT certification required
• 5 years of clinical experience in urgent care emergency medicine or a similar acute/ambulatory setting; comfortable treating patients of all ages
• 2 years of demonstrated leadership as a medical director lead clinician site lead or comparable role where others looked to you to set the standard
• Exposure to the business side of medicine schedules staffing metrics or budgets and genuine curiosity to go deeper
• The soft skills that make hard jobs work: active listening trust-building at every level and the judgment to manage ambiguity without waiting for perfect information

What Well Develop In You

We hire for leadership potential and clinical credibility and build business acumen deliberately. As an Area Medical Director youll get:

• Structured P&L and financial management coaching including productivity models labor economics and coding/reimbursement fluency
• A leadership development pathway with mentorship from national clinical leadership and a peer community of Area Medical Directors across our markets
• Real decision-making authority early. This is leadership development by doing not by shadowing

Why This Role Why Now

• Scale that matters: a multi-state platform where what you build in your market can shape how care is delivered nationally
• Technology that works for clinicians: youll practice on software our own teams build and your feedback shapes the product
• A hybrid care model on the front edge of where healthcare is going: urgent care access primary care continuity and growing value-based care programs
• Clinical leadership that practices: our medical leaders see patients and we protect that

If youve been the person your colleagues turn to and youre ready to lead at scale we want to talk to you. Carbon Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.

Physician Salary:

• $235000 - $310000

NP/PA Salary:

• $170000 - $240000