District Medical Director - San Jose, CA

Carbon Health • Campbell, CA

10d • $300,000 - $350,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Carbon Health is a technology-enabled healthcare company operating 75+ urgent care and 20 primary care clinics across California, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, and beyond, powered by care delivery software we build ourselves. As we expand our hybrid urgent care + primary care model and grow our value-based care programs, we're looking for clinician leaders ready to step into true market-level ownership. As District Medical Director, you'll own the clinical and operational performance of 4 clinics in your market: quality of care, provider development, patient experience, and financial results, while continuing to practice medicine roughly 20 hours per week. You'll lead a team of interdisciplinary clinicians and partner with operations leadership, with direct mentorship from 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 don't need to arrive as a finished executive. You need the leadership instincts, the clinical credibility, and the drive. We'll invest in developing the rest.

Requirements

• Active, unrestricted license as a Physician (MD/DO), BLS/ACLS required by start date, DOT certification required
• 3+ years of clinical experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, or a similar acute/ambulatory setting; comfortable treating patients of all ages
• 1+ 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

Responsibilities

• Set and uphold quality and safety standards across your market, in partnership with your Area Medical Director and operationally focused Center Managers
• Deliver evidence-based, compassionate urgent care and/or primary care (~20 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
• Recruit, coach, and develop providers — building the next generation of clinicians in your market. Mentor your APC clinicians as their supervising/collaborting physician
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• 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 Medical Directors across our markets
• Real decision-making authority early. This is leadership development by doing, not by shadowing

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree