Community Medical Director-Physician- Mostly Remote- Scranton, PA

Wellbe Senior Medical•Scranton, PA

4d•Remote

About The Position

WellBe Senior Medical provides home-based primary care to high-risk patients, particularly older adults who may face barriers to accessing traditional care. Its interdisciplinary care teams deliver medical care and social support in patients’ homes and coordinate with providers and facilities across the care continuum. The Community Medical Director oversees the clinical team serving a specific patient population. The role combines management, mentoring, and guidance of the clinical team with delivery of primary, urgent, and acute care to assigned patients. The director works with clinical, administrative, and operational partners to achieve strong clinical and operational outcomes, and builds relationships with community physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other healthcare organizations to support coordinated care. The position is full-time and permanent, primarily remote, but includes in-home patient care and local travel between patient locations. The schedule is daytime with flexibility and participation in an on-call rotation.

Requirements

MD or DO degree.
Current and valid state medical license.
At least 5 years of experience managing an interdisciplinary team.
At least 5 years of experience as a community physician providing geriatric care.
At least 3 years of responsibility for managing a P&L.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Valid driver’s license, access to a car, willingness to drive to patient homes and other patient locations, and active auto insurance.
Experience with EHR medical documentation.
Strong computer skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Strong verbal, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Excellent bedside manner and time management skills.
Ability to lift up to 20 pounds; patient movement may involve lifting up to 50 pounds and assisting with weights over 100 pounds.
Ability to stand for extended periods, drive to patient locations, and meet fine motor and visual acuity requirements.
Ability to perform the job with full cognitive and physical functioning at all times; the position is designated safety-sensitive and requires successful pre-employment drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Geriatric certification preferred.
Palliative care certification or focus preferred.

Responsibilities

Practice WellBe’s mission of helping patients lead healthier, meaningful lives through complete care.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary Community Team to manage the health and wellbeing of patients living at home.
Manage, mentor, and guide the clinical team while delivering primary, urgent, and acute medical care to an assigned patient population.
Work with the Market GM and Senior Medical Officer to achieve quality outcomes and community growth.
Monitor relevant local and national factors affecting the clinical model, including health policy, socioeconomic conditions, competition, CMS, regulation, and clinical data.
Identify and act on opportunities to improve community performance and outcomes, including clinical, cost/revenue, partnership, and quality measures.
Foster relationships across the community network, including hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
Where WellBe is not the attending provider, identify Hospitalist and SNFist groups and build relationships to support mutual patient outcomes and contractual alignment where needed.
Partner with WellBe leadership to grow the organization, innovate the model, and improve execution.
Develop constructive cross-functional and matrix relationships with WellBe business partners.
Float within the community physician role as needed.
Perform other tasks needed to accomplish team objectives and goals.
Travel locally to patient homes and other patient locations, potentially up to 100%.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Life insurance.
Dependent care reimbursement.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
401(k) match with immediate vesting.
Paid time off and floating holidays.
Mileage reimbursement.
Educational reimbursement.
Comprehensive training in the WellBe care model, including in-person orientation.
Growth and development opportunities.