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Center Clinical Medical Director | Jacksonville, FL | $300K Base + Partnership

Internal MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$300K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

Center Clinical Medical Director | Jacksonville, FL | $300K Base + Partnership

Monday–Friday | Physician Leadership | Jacksonville, Florida

  • Kerry Martin, MSN, RN
  • Senior Recruiter | Heartline Staffing
  • Call or Text: 608-216-2928
  • Email: kerry@heartlinestaffing.com
  • LinkedIn: View Kerry's LinkedIn

Prefer a quick conversation instead of applying? Call or text Kerry directly at 608-216-2928.

Heartline Staffing is hiring a Center Clinical Medical Director in Jacksonville, Florida.

Position Overview

  • Lead a primary care center for a physician-led, mission-driven organization transforming healthcare for seniors through high-quality, value-based care
  • Manage and develop the center's primary care physicians and nurse practitioners
  • Care for a small panel of seniors living with 3–5 chronic conditions
  • Personalized, respectful, and accessible care model focused on better health outcomes and an exceptional patient experience

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

  • $300,000 base salary
  • Partnership opportunity with no buy-in
  • Monday through Friday schedule with work/life balance
  • Small patient panel of 60–90 patients maximum
  • 33 days of paid time off
  • 401(k) with 5.5% match
  • Relocation assistance
  • Structured medical director leadership training

Schedule & Practice Model

  • Monday through Friday
  • Clinic hours 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM; last patient scheduled at 4:15 PM
  • Small patient panel of 60–90 patients maximum
  • Seniors with 3–5 chronic diseases
  • Value-based care model
  • In-house consulting specialists, including Cardiology, Podiatry, and more
  • Holistic health services, including acupuncture, tai chi, yoga, and nutrition
  • Door-to-door patient transportation
  • Local and occasional regional travel

Leadership & Clinical Responsibilities

  • Provide clinical leadership for the center
  • Manage primary care physicians and nurse practitioners
  • Deliver value-based primary care to seniors with multiple chronic conditions
  • Support center operations, medical economics, and center financial performance
  • Contribute to center growth

Medical Director Training

  • Primary care physician clinical and essentials training
  • Medical director and center operations training
  • Leadership pathways program
  • Medical economics and center financial performance
  • Sales and growth

Compensation & Benefits

  • Base salary: $300,000
  • Partnership opportunity (no buy-in)
  • 33 days of paid time off
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Health, dental, vision, and supplemental benefit plans for the provider and their family
  • 401(k) with 5.5% match
  • $3,500 + 1 week CME
  • Relocation assistance

Requirements

  • MD or DO in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, or a related specialty REQUIRED
  • Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatric Medicine REQUIRED
  • At least 1 year of clinical experience in a geriatric or family practice setting REQUIRED
  • Ability to travel locally and occasionally regionally REQUIRED
  • Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Leadership experience preferred

Not ready to formally apply? That is completely fine. Many providers prefer a brief, confidential conversation first. You are welcome to call or text Kerry directly at 608-216-2928.

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership for a primary care center while managing a team of physicians and nurse practitioners. Deliver high-quality, value-based care to a small panel of seniors with multiple chronic conditions.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Staff managementFinancial performance managementPatient careCommunication skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Center Clinical Medical Director | Jacksonville, FL | $300K Base + Partnership at Purple Cow Recruiting a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Internal Medicine — ranked against 1,321 active Internal Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Internal Medicine — Physician Career Context

Purple Cow Recruiting holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 256 active listings.

Of the 50 active Internal Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 52% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$300k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $290k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$300k midpoint, that is roughly $12k–$21k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 34 employers

401k / retirement match
84% this job
Sign-on bonus
65%
CME allowance
47% this job
Relocation assistance
33% this job
Loan repayment
21%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Internal Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,321 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Jacksonville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$271k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,601/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
99.5
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Jacksonville, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

$300,000 base salary
Partnership opportunity with no buy-in
33 days of paid time off
401(k) with 5.5% match
Relocation assistance
Structured medical director leadership training
Health, dental, vision, and supplemental benefit plans
$3,500 + 1 week CME