Urgent Care Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner — Center Medical Director
Listed compensation
salary range: $116,220 - $171,226
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- Employment & setting
- Full time
- Call expectations
- Includes call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
A Center Medical Director is a strong healthcare operations leader and practicing clinician responsible for overseeing a Carbon Health clinic within their region. This role is ideal for someone who is intrinsically motivated, thrives on challenges, and is driven to rethink traditional care models while delivering an exceptional experience for both patients and team members. Acting with an owner’s mindset, the Center Medical Director leads clinic operations, drives financial performance, and supports patient retention and growth through a combination of effective leadership and high-quality clinical care.
Key Capabilities
Collaborate: Shares information with others so there are no surprises; facilitates effective collaboration among clinic medical directors, clinic managers, and external partners
Drive Outcomes: Eliminates obstacles that affect organizational performance
Influence and Inform: Negotiates skillfully in tough situations; facilitates management of differences by addressing them openly and encouraging mutually beneficial resolutions
Demonstrate Accountability: Acts with a clear sense of ownership with exceptional organization and time management skills; establishes clear responsibilities and processes for delivering, monitoring and measuring results
Manage through Ambiguity: Coaches others in finding solutions and accomplishing goals despite incomplete information
Develop Self & Others: Provide real-time coaching to others, mentors key talent and takes significant action for effectiveness in current and future job
What You’ll Do
- Patient Care
- Deliver up-to-date, evidence-based, and compassionate care to patients in clinic
- Supervise clinical care performed by clinician team
- Effectively communicate and operationalize Carbon Health’s mission, vision and values
- Engage in special projects related to clinical quality improvement and innovation
Lead regular team meetings, resolve conflict, motivate employees and foster a culture of communication that promotes employee retention and the highest quality of patient care
In partnership with the Clinic Manager, set, communicate and maintain the highest quality of care and safety standards
Approximately 30 hours per week of direct patient care
Financial Accountability
Demonstrate working knowledge of financial statements, clinic billing procedures and all insurance types and payor guidelines; adjusts, in coordination with district and regional leadership
Responsible for being up-to-date and knowledgeable with regard to diagnostic and procedure coding, and how it affects reimbursement (training staff as needed)
Institute necessary modifications to procedures and clinic resource commitments as financial changes dictate
Experiential Outcomes
Inspirational leader who encourages their team to solve their own problems, empowers through communication, feedback and recognition
- Interview, onboard and mentor clinician team
- Identify clinical and patient experience educational opportunities for your team
- Perform chart audits and one-to-one evaluations of clinicians on a monthly basis
- Manage payroll targets; create and maintain clinician schedule for your sites
- Respond to patient and staff complaints regarding clinicians
Maintain a high-standard of patient care that amplifies patient experience goals to ensure NPS scores are met and exceeded
Identify, plan and participate in marketing activities and community events that increase patient volume and engagement
About You
- Active NP or PA license and board certified
- Minimum 2 years of experience in ER, urgent care or similar setting
- Ability to consult and treat patients of all ages
- 1+ year leading others in a healthcare setting
- Understanding of financial statements, P&L management and HR business processes
Active listener that uses soft skills to build and maintain trusting relationships at all levels of the organization
Excellent communication and interpersonal, time management, planning, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
Base salary range: $116,220 - $171,226 annually inclusive of incentive bonus
Biweekly leadership stipend
wRVU incentive bonus potential up to 28% of yearly salary paid out quarterly
Competitive overall compensation package.
Offers are based on a balance of factors such as level of education, experience, work history, and geographic location. The Company complies with all state and local wage and hour laws and provides a total rewards package of compensation plus benefits including medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k) plan, learning and development programs, Learning Time Off, and Paid Time Off. Carbon Health will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin or any other status protected by law.
We recognize that the key to success lies in valuing the minds, experiences, and perspectives of people from all walks of life. Carbon Health is proud to value diversity and be an equal-opportunity employer. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Carbon Health is an E-Verify employer.
Key Responsibilities
The Center Medical Director oversees clinic operations and financial performance while providing high-quality clinical care. They are responsible for supervising the clinician team, managing payroll targets, and ensuring exceptional patient experiences.
Requirements
Candidates must be a board-certified NP or PA with at least 2 years of experience in ER or urgent care and 1+ year of healthcare leadership. Proficiency in financial statements and the ability to treat patients of all ages are required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Urgent Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Urgent Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 66% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
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.
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