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Carbon Health
San Francisco, California

Center Medical Director (Physician Assisant / Nurse Practitioner)

Urgent CareNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$137k-$201k

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Job Description

Center Medical Director – Urgent Care (PA/NP)

San Francisco, California | Full-Time

Lead. Practice. Grow.

Are you an experienced Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner looking for an opportunity to combine clinical practice with meaningful leadership?

Carbon Health is looking for a Full-Time Center Medical Director (CMD) to join our Sacramento urgent care team. This role offers the opportunity to remain clinically engaged while leading and developing a team of clinicians and helping shape the future of urgent care in the Sacramento community.

As a Center Medical Director, you will partner closely with the Center Manager and Area Medical Director to build a high-performing, collaborative clinical team while maintaining a strong focus on patient care, quality, safety, and patient experience.

Compensation & Benefits

  • $136,500 – $201,177 annual compensation
  • Leadership stipend
  • Productivity incentives up to 28%
  • 6.1% weekend and holiday differential
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid sabbatical
  • Paid parental leave
  • Disability benefits
  • 401(k) with a 2% employer match

Learning and Professional Development Opportunities

Compensation offers are based on factors including education, experience, work history, and geographic location.

Why This Role?

Stay Clinically Engaged

Approximately 30 hours per week of direct patient care, allowing you to continue practicing medicine while developing your leadership skills and supporting your clinical team.

Lead & Develop Clinicians

Mentor providers, support clinical development, participate in hiring and onboarding, provide meaningful feedback, and help create an environment where clinicians feel supported, empowered, and accountable.

Have Meaningful Leadership Support

You'll work closely with a Clinic Manager and Area Medical Director, with support around operations, staffing, clinician development, quality improvement, and escalation management.

Make an Impact

Help build a strong clinical team while expanding access to high-quality urgent care for patients throughout the Sacramento community.

What You'll Do

  • Clinical Care
  • Provide evidence-based, compassionate urgent care to patients 6 months and up
  • Diagnose and treat a broad range of acute and chronic conditions appropriate for an urgent care setting.
  • Maintain high standards of clinical quality, safety, and patient experience.
  • Support and promote evidence-based clinical practices across the team.
  • Participate in clinical quality improvement initiatives and special projects.

Clinical Leadership

  • Serve as the clinical leader for your assigned urgent care center.
  • Mentor, coach, and develop clinicians to support their clinical growth and success.
  • Participate in clinician interviews, onboarding, and ongoing development.
  • Conduct regular chart reviews and clinical performance evaluations.
  • Identify educational opportunities and facilitate a culture of continuous learning.
  • Address clinical concerns and patient or staff complaints involving the clinical team.
  • Lead regular clinical team meetings and foster open, respectful communication.
  • Partner with clinicians and operational leaders to identify and resolve barriers to high-quality care.
  • Promote a culture focused on clinical excellence, patient safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Clinic & Operational Partnership

  • Partner with the Center Manager to maintain a safe, efficient, and collaborative clinic environment.
  • Collaborate with operational and medical leadership on staffing, scheduling, patient access, and clinic performance.
  • Use clinical and operational data to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Support strategies that improve patient access, quality, efficiency, and patient experience.
  • Participate in community and market initiatives that support clinic growth and engagement.

Why Carbon Health?

At Carbon Health, we're transforming healthcare by combining exceptional clinical care, innovative technology, and a collaborative culture.

Our national network gives clinicians opportunities to grow their careers, collaborate across markets, and develop their leadership skills.

Our proprietary EHR, CarbyOS, was designed with clinicians in mind. AI-powered tools, including hands-free documentation, are integrated into the platform to help reduce administrative burden and allow clinicians to focus more of their time and attention on patient care.

Most importantly, we believe great healthcare starts with great people. We are committed to creating an environment where clinicians feel supported, valued, and empowered to grow.

About You

We're looking for a clinician who is passionate about patient care and excited about developing people and building strong teams.

Qualifications

Physician Assistant: Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited PA program and current national certification.

  • Nurse Practitioner: Current RN and NP licensure and national certification.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, or a similar clinical setting.
  • Minimum 1 year of leadership experience in a healthcare setting.
  • Active and unrestricted California medical license.
  • BLS certification.
  • Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusting relationships and collaborate effectively across clinical and operational teams.
  • Commitment to clinical excellence, patient safety, and a positive patient experience.

Additional Requirements

DOT certification must be obtained prior to your start date. Carbon Health will cover course and examination fees and provide resources to help you successfully complete the certification.

Carbon Health is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law.

Key Responsibilities

The Center Medical Director will provide direct patient care while leading and mentoring a clinical team to ensure high standards of safety and quality. They will also partner with operational leadership to manage clinic performance, staffing, and patient access initiatives.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

MentorshipStaff managementChart reviewEvidence-based medicineClinical operationsInterpersonal skills

Urgent Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 41 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 85% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

Urgent Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 5,000 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $250k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

Top Urgent Care Jobs

33 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution33 jobs · 8 employers

4
$300k
1
$330k
24
$350k
1
$368k
3
$380k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 8 employers

401k / retirement match
100% this job
CME allowance
9%
Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 3.9
Better work-life than 30% of Urgent Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 346 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in San Francisco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.74M≈ 12.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,682/mo≈ 41% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Carbon Health

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1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Leadership stipend
Productivity incentives up to 28%
6.1% weekend and holiday differential
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid Time Off
Paid sick leave
Paid sabbatical
Paid parental leave