Regional Medical Director (Primary Care)

Job Description

Job Description

Regional Medical DirectorLead the Launch of 8 New Primary Care Centers | Value-Based Care |

A leading physician-led healthcare organization is seeking an experienced Regional Medical Director to provide strategic clinical leadership across 8 brand-new outpatient primary care centers opening throughout Phoenix, Arizona

Backed by a highly respected primary care organization with more than 40 years of experience delivering high-quality healthcare across four states , this is a rare opportunity to help shape the clinical direction of an expanding regional network from the ground up. As a key member of the Administrative Management Team, you will partner with the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Leadership to oversee clinical quality, provider performance, operational excellence, and value-based care initiatives across multiple locations while helping establish the foundation for long-term success.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Base Salary: $300,000–$330,000 (based on experience and negotioable)

• Additional annual Bonus: 20–25% of Base Salary

• 100% Administrative Leadership Role

• No Clinical Duties or Direct Patient Care Responsibilities

• Lead the launch of 8 brand-new outpatient primary care centers all in Phoenix, AZ area.

• Join an established physician-led organization with 40+ years of primary care experience

• Organization currently operates successfully across 4 states

• Executive leadership role with significant influence on organizational growth

• Collaborate directly with the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Leadership

• Drive regional clinical strategy, quality initiatives, and value-based care performance

• Mentor and develop physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and Local Medical Directors

• Comprehensive benefits package with outstanding long-term career growth

• Anticipated Start Date: 60–90 Days

Leadership Responsibilities

As Regional Medical Director, you will provide strategic oversight of clinical operations while ensuring consistent, high-quality, patient-centered care across your assigned region.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide executive oversight for multiple outpatient primary care centers

• Partner with executive leadership on strategic growth initiatives and operational planning

• Standardize clinical workflows, policies, and best practices across all locations

• Develop and implement clinical guidelines, protocols, and care pathways

• Monitor provider productivity, quality metrics, and operational performance

• Analyze regional performance data and present reports to executive leadership

• Ensure OSHA, infection control, emergency preparedness, accreditation, and regulatory compliance across all regional clinics

• Participate in annual budgeting, strategic planning, and regional operational initiatives

Value-Based Care Leadership

This role is ideal for a physician executive with extensive experience leading value-based healthcare initiatives and population health programs.

Primary areas of focus include:

• Driving HEDIS, MIPS, RAF, and shared savings performance

• Population health management

• Risk adjustment accuracy and clinical documentation improvement

• Utilization management and cost-effective care delivery

• Disease management program development

• Clinical quality improvement initiatives

• Care coordination and evidence-based medicine

• Transitioning care delivery from volume-based to value-based reimbursement models

• Collaborating with managed care organizations and health plans to achieve quality, utilization, and financial goals

The ideal candidate understands how healthcare analytics, physician engagement, and operational excellence work together to improve patient outcomes while maximizing organizational performance.

Multi-Center Operations

The Regional Medical Director will oversee operations across multiple primary care centers while ensuring consistency in clinical quality and operational excellence.

Responsibilities include:

• Standardize workflows and clinical best practices across all assigned centers

• Improve provider productivity and operational efficiency

• Evaluate clinic operations to identify opportunities for continuous improvement

• Review financial, operational, and quality performance metrics

• Promote consistency in patient care delivery across all regional locations

• Partner with executive leadership to support organizational growth and expansion

Provider Leadership & Development

Serve as the physician leader responsible for building, mentoring, and developing high-performing provider teams throughout the region.

Responsibilities include:

• Recruit, interview, and onboard physicians and advanced practice providers

• Supervise Local Medical Directors

• Provide professional oversight for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

• Conduct provider performance evaluations using productivity and quality benchmarks

• Lead physician orientation, continuing education, and professional development initiatives

• Mentor physicians and advanced practice providers

• Address provider performance concerns, physician behavior, impairment issues, and patient complaints

• Review patient satisfaction surveys and implement quality improvement initiatives

• Develop improvement plans following adverse clinical events when appropriate

Administrative Leadership Role

This is a 100% administrative executive leadership position with no clinical duties or direct patient care responsibilities .

Unlike many Medical Director positions that require physicians to divide their time between patient care and leadership responsibilities, this role allows you to focus exclusively on strategic planning, physician leadership, operational excellence, value-based care performance, quality improvement, and organizational growth across multiple outpatient primary care centers.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $300,000–$330,000 (based on experience and negotiable)

• Additional annual Bonus: 20–25% of Base Salary

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Insurance

• Vision Insurance

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Paid Time Off

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Professional Development Assistance

• Employee Discounts

• Comprehensive Retirement Benefits

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school

• Board Certified in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine

• Unrestricted physician medical license

• Minimum of 5 years of clinical leadership experience , with strong preference for Regional Medical Director, Multi-Site Medical Director, Corporate Medical Director, or similar executive leadership experience

• Proven success leading value-based care programs, including Medicare Advantage, Managed Care, ACOs, or other risk-bearing contracts

• Experience managing physicians across multiple clinic locations

• Experience working with multicultural patient populations

• Demonstrated ability to analyze healthcare data, including HEDIS, MIPS, RAF scores, utilization trends, and population health metrics

• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and change management skills

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred

Ideal Candidate

This opportunity is designed for an experienced physician executive who enjoys leading organizations, mentoring physicians, and improving healthcare delivery on a regional scale. The ideal candidate has successfully managed multi-site provider teams, standardized clinical operations, improved quality outcomes, and implemented value-based care initiatives while building strong relationships with executive leadership, physicians, and managed care partners.

If you're passionate about developing providers, improving population health, driving operational excellence, and leading organizational growth, this position offers an exceptional opportunity to make a lasting impact.

The Opportunity

This is more than a Regional Medical Director position—it's an opportunity to help launch and lead eight brand-new primary care centers while leveraging the resources, infrastructure, and proven success of a physician-led organization with over 40 years of experience serving patients across four states .

As the Regional Medical Director, you'll play a pivotal role in establishing the clinical culture, mentoring providers, standardizing operations, and driving value-based care performance from day one.

Unlike many Medical Director positions, this is a fully administrative executive leadership role with no clinical responsibilities , allowing you to dedicate your expertise to physician leadership, operational strategy, quality improvement, and the continued expansion of a highly successful multi-state healthcare organization.

With executive-level leadership responsibilities, highly competitive compensation, an annual bonus, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to shape healthcare delivery across an entire region, this is an exceptional career opportunity for an accomplished physician leader ready to build something meaningful while transforming the future of primary care.