OB/GYN Medical Director Physician Opportunity in Fairfield County, CT | 100% Outpatient | Clinical Leadership Role
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- Full-Time
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- Weekends
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Job Description
Healthcare United is seeking an experienced OB/GYN Medical Director Physician for a full-time outpatient opportunity in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
This position offers a strong mix of clinical care and leadership, with approximately 75% direct patient care and 25% administrative responsibilities. The physician will provide outpatient OB/GYN care while also supporting clinical operations, quality initiatives, provider performance, team-based care, documentation standards, and overall care delivery across assigned locations.
The ideal candidate will be a mission-driven OB/GYN physician with strong clinical skills, leadership experience, and a desire to serve a diverse community patient population. This is a great fit for a provider who enjoys both patient care and mentoring clinical teams in a collaborative outpatient environment.
The Medical Director will work closely with executive clinical leadership, nursing leadership, operations, practice management, quality, and clinical informatics teams to ensure high-quality, patient-centered care.
- Job Responsibilities
- Provide outpatient OB/GYN care to patients in a community health setting
- Serve as a clinical leader for OB/GYN services across assigned locations
- Maintain a role consisting of approximately 75% clinical care and 25% administrative responsibilities
Work closely with the Chief Medical Officer, nursing leadership, operations, practice managers, and clinical staff
- Support day-to-day clinical operations and delivery of patient care
- Provide guidance, supervision, mentorship, and support to clinicians and clinical teams
- Help advance team-based care models across assigned departments and locations
- Monitor clinician productivity, clinical performance, quality metrics, and documentation standards
- Participate in peer review activities and quality improvement initiatives
Collaborate with clinical informatics staff to improve EPIC workflows, documentation, in-basket management, and operational efficiency
- Assist with clinician staffing, scheduling, coverage needs, and productivity goals
- Review clinician quality scorecards and support improvement efforts
- Help ensure adherence to clinical protocols, daily huddles, and organizational care standards
- Partner with leadership to meet clinical, quality, financial, and operational goals
- Support patient-centered care delivery across a diverse community patient population
- Serve as a senior clinical resource when needed
Requirements
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
- Completion of an accredited OB/GYN residency program
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Active or eligible unrestricted Connecticut medical license
- Active Federal DEA and Controlled Substance Registration
- Current CPR certification required
- ACLS certification required
- Three to five years of clinical management experience preferred
- Outpatient OB/GYN, community health, FQHC, public health, or women’s health leadership experience preferred
- Strong clinical operations knowledge
- Ability to supervise, advise, mentor, and support physicians and clinical staff
- Experience monitoring provider productivity, quality metrics, peer review, and documentation standards
- Strong understanding of quality, safety, infection control, and ethical standards of care
- EPIC experience preferred
- Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work effectively with diverse patients, providers, staff, and leadership teams
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required
- MHA or MPH preferred but not required
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Full-time outpatient position
- 100% outpatient setting
- Mix of clinical care and administrative leadership
- Opportunity to serve in a physician leadership role
- Strong clinical and operational support
- Collaborative team-based care environment
- Excellent health and welfare benefit options
- Patient-centered, mission-driven practice setting
- Opportunity to support women’s health care across a diverse Fairfield County community
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Director provides outpatient OB/GYN care while managing clinical operations and quality initiatives across assigned locations. Responsibilities include mentoring clinical teams, monitoring provider productivity, and collaborating with executive leadership to ensure high-quality care delivery.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates OB/GYN Medical Director Physician Opportunity in Fairfield County, CT | 100% Outpatient | Clinical Leadership Role at Healthcare United a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Ob/gyn — ranked against 634 active Ob/gyn listings on WeekdayDoc.
OB/GYN — Physician Career Context
Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 65% have no call, 43% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 11.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Connecticut is 103.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.6% of Connecticut clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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