JeffExpress Urgent Care Physician Lead

Lehigh Valley Health Network•Macungie, PA

37d•Onsite

About The Position

As a physician lead for JeffExpress Urgent Care locations within the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, you’ll provide high-quality, patient-centered care while supporting clinical excellence and team development across multiple sites. Each Physician Lead oversees a defined node of urgent care centers, combining hands-on patient care with clinical leadership across the region. This node includes: JeffExpress Urgent Care–Moselem Springs JeffExpress Urgent Care–Macungie JeffExpress Urgent Care–Pennsburg JeffExpress Urgent Care–Richland Township You’ll join a growing Jefferson Health urgent care network serving communities throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding counties, an opportunity to shape care delivery and support APC development in a dynamic, patient-focused environment.

Requirements

MD or DO degree from an accredited institution
Board-certified/board-eligible in emergency medicine, family medicine or internal medicine
Current or eligible Pennsylvania medical license
Active DEA license
Commitment to excellence in patient care and teamwork in a high-volume setting

Nice To Haves

Prior urgent care or emergency/acute care experience preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as the physician lead for a designated node/center, supporting clinical excellence, provider development and consistent standards of care.
Provide direct clinical care within the node, with a focus on high-volume sites and identified areas of operational or clinical need.
Maintain flexibility to provide in-person clinical support at any site within the node, with occasional deployment outside the assigned node in coordination with system leadership based on organizational needs.
Participate in a shared call rotation to provide backup clinical coverage in the event of unscheduled callouts.
Partner with clinical leads with onboarding and clinical education for new physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), including training in urgent care procedures, EMR documentation and visit flow efficiency.
Meet all federal, state and Jefferson clinical, quality and regulatory requirements for supervision of advanced practice providers and staff.
Deliver elbow-to-elbow mentorship with APCs, focusing on developing clinical confidence, refining practice style and strengthening patient-centered communication.
Collaborate with APCs to reinforce evidence-based best practices, including appropriate imaging, antibiotic stewardship, follow-up protocols and documentation integrity.
Actively participate in the Urgent Care Quality Assurance process, including: Peer review of clinical charts and outcomes Participating in clinical quality operations committee Identification and follow-up of clinical outliers, trends or concerns Facilitation of closed-loop communication and coaching for providers Collaboration with clinical leadership on system-level improvements Championing patient safety, care standardization and regulatory compliance
Other duties as assigned