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

Wellbe Senior Medical•Scranton, PA

4d•$193,000 - $387,000•Remote

About The Position

WellBe’s Community Medical Director (CMD) oversees the clinical community team serving a specific patient population. The role manages, mentors, and guides the clinical team while providing primary, urgent, and acute medical care to assigned patients in their homes. The CMD works with clinicians and administrative and operational teams to achieve strong clinical and operational outcomes for patients and families. The CMD builds and maintains relationships with community physicians, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and other healthcare organizations to support coordinated care. The position fosters collaboration and innovation, helps grow and improve WellBe’s care model, and may provide coverage in the community physician role as needed. The position is full-time and permanent, primarily remote, with local travel between patient locations that may be required up to 100%. It follows a daytime schedule with flexibility and participation in an on-call rotation. This is a safety-sensitive role requiring the employee to be able to perform duties with full cognitive and physical functioning. Pre-employment drug screening is required, and ongoing employment may be subject to drug testing under the company’s Drug-Free Workplace Policy. Reasonable accommodations may be available for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO).
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 travel locally as required, potentially up to 100%.
Ability to lift up to 20 pounds; patient movement, lifting, or transfers 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 perform tasks requiring fine motor skills and visual acuity.
Ability to meet the safety-sensitive role’s cognitive and physical functioning requirements.

Nice To Haves

Geriatric certification preferred.
Palliative care certification or focus preferred.

Responsibilities

Practice WellBe’s mission of helping patients lead healthier, meaningful lives by delivering complete care.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary Community Team to manage the health and wellbeing of patients living in their homes.
Work with the Market GM and Senior Medical Officer to achieve quality outcomes and community growth.
Understand relevant local and national factors affecting the clinical model, including health policy, socioeconomic conditions, competition, CMS, regulation, and clinical quality data.
Identify and act on opportunities to improve community performance metrics, including clinical outcomes, costs and revenue, partnerships, and quality measures.
Foster key relationships across the community network.
For hospitals and skilled nursing facilities where WellBe is not the attending provider, identify Hospitalist and SNFist groups, build relationships to improve mutual patient outcomes, and establish contractual relationships when needed.
Partner with WellBe leadership to grow the organization, innovate the care model, and improve execution.
Develop constructive cross-functional and matrix relationships with WellBe business partners.
Provide coverage in the community physician role as needed.
Manage, mentor, and guide the clinical community team.
Deliver primary, urgent, and acute medical care to assigned patients.
Complete other tasks needed to accomplish team objectives and goals.

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.