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Center Medical Director

Internal MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$174k-$375k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

  • Title: Center Medical Director
  • Company: Oak Street Health
  • Location: 11511 E 31st St, Tulsa, OK 74146
  • Hours: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

Role Description

The purpose of the Center Medical Director role at Oak Street Health is to lead the clinical team at their center in providing the best patient care and a great place to work in order to keep patients happy, healthy and out of the hospital.

The Medical Director will practice primary care in our clinics alongside their provider colleagues at 80% clinical time and 20% administrative time.

The CMD will have mission-critical leadership responsibilities, which include setting an example for how thoughtful primary care is practiced, serving as a formal mentor, coach, and advisor to providers in Oak Street clinics, and participating in critical organizational-wide strategic initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

The Center Medical Director is the medical leader for his/her OSH center. In this role the CMD will have the following responsibilities:

Support of Organizational Strategy

  • Work in tight collaboration with the Practice Manager and Outreach Manager/Director to achieve our organizational objectives:
  • Best Care Anywhere
  • Unmatched Patient Experience
  • Exceptional Growth
  • Great Place to Work and Leader in DE&I
  • Drive implementation of OSH strategic initiatives.

Follow direction from regional leadership (regional medical director or senior medical director) in collaboration with CMDs in the region to implement regional priorities and reach regional objectives.

Cascade both organizational information to care team members as well as escalate care team concerns and ideas to the rest of the organization.

Provider Management

Help coordinate and lead the onboarding of new providers at the center.

Model excellent medical care, implementation of the care model, and success in metrics.

Support consistent and robust OSH care model implementation by ensuring care teams are effectively preparing for and executing daily huddles, patient care planning and management, admission prevention work, and clinical documentation workflows.

Ensure that the medical care provided by each provider and care team is appropriate evidence based care that keeps patients healthy and out of the hospital.

Understand, teach and implement Oak Street's clinical guidelines at both the individual provider and center level.

Support each care team and the center to provide the highest quality (primary and secondary) preventative care.

Educate and provide ongoing support for providers in implementation of the value based full risk model of care.

Assess and address root causes when center metric goals are not reached.

Leadership and Coaching

  • Create and maintain a culture of coaching up and growth of providers and care teams.
  • Listen to feedback from care team members and address concerns with constructive problem-solving.
  • Conduct performance reviews and discuss provider goals and help develop plans to achieve these goals.

Culture

  • Acknowledge and celebrate successes of care team members and communicate opportunities for improvement.
  • Achieve triad best practices.
  • Support a positive, Oaky culture of joy in practice.
  • Other duties as assigned.

What Are We Looking For?

Ideal Candidates Will Be

M.D., D.O., or A.P.N or P.A. graduates.

Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine required for M.D. or D.O., Board certification in Family, Adult, or Gerontology for A.P.N.

Experience in clinical leadership roles, leading and coaching providers to be the best they can be for their patients and their colleagues.

  • Experience using a metrics-driven approach to the provision of medical care and/or quality projects.
  • Passionate about their work and motivated to be a part of a fast growing organization.
  • Aware of their leadership skills and potential for impact and eager to share those with a fast-growing, energetic team on the leading edge of healthcare innovation.
  • Commitment to older adults and to low-income patients.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a love for problem solving.
  • Ability to remain calm in the midst of the storm, guiding others to smart, effective solutions.
  • 5+ years of experience in outpatient practice preferred.

Fellowship training in Geriatrics, other professional degrees (e. g., M.B.A., J.D., M.P.H.), and prior executive roles welcomed but not required.

  • US work authorization
  • Anticipated Weekly Hours
  • 40
  • Time Type
  • Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$174,070.00 - $374,920.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great Benefits for Great People

We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.

This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.

Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/29/2027

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Key Responsibilities

The Center Medical Director leads the clinical team to provide high-quality patient care while fostering a positive work environment. They are responsible for implementing organizational strategies, coaching providers, and ensuring adherence to clinical guidelines and metrics.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an M.D., D.O., A.P.N., or P.A. degree with relevant board certification in Internal, Family, Adult, or Gerontology medicine. At least 5 years of outpatient practice experience is preferred, along with a demonstrated background in clinical leadership and metrics-driven care.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Staff coachingMentoringStrategic planningPatient care managementEvidence-based medicineValue-based carePerformance managementQuality improvementTeam collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Center Medical Director at CVS Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 22,416 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 48% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Oklahoma is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$274k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $313k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Oklahoma clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Internal Medicine by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in physician rolesranked against 22,416 Physician roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$174k–$375kInternal Medicine median $281k (middle half $245k–$334k)19 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$313k in purchasing powerOklahoma index 87.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Internal Medicine listings in Oklahoma5 active1,304 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 48% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOklahoma Physician listings: 27% state a sign-on bonus · 10% offer loan repayment241 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (22,416 Physician roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.3this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Internal Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,307 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Tulsa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$221k≈ 1.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,273/mo≈ 9% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.2
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Tulsa, OK metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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