Clinic Medical Director

Primary Care Physician – Mission-Driven, Underserved Community Focus

Location:
Los Angeles, CA

Schedule: Monday–Thursday, 7:30 AM – 4:40 PM (Onsite) | Friday Remote (Administrative Day)

Compensation: $222,445 – $370,741 + Comprehensive Benefits

Practice With Purpose. Lead With Compassion.

Are you a physician who believes medicine is both a science and a calling? This is an opportunity to provide comprehensive, high-quality care to some of Los Angeles’ most vulnerable and underserved populations – including individuals experiencing homelessness, mental illness, substance use disorders, and chronic medical complexity.

You will serve as both a frontline clinician and clinical leader within a mission-driven, community-based outpatient environment focused on accessibility, justice, excellence, unity, and kindness. This role combines meaningful direct patient care with leadership responsibility and quality oversight.

This physician provides full-scope primary and preventive care while supporting organizational clinical excellence. You will:

• Serve as primary care provider within a patient-centered medical home model
• Manage acute and chronic illnesses in a high-need population
• Provide care to patients with co-occurring medical, psychiatric, and substance use conditions
• Perform in-office procedures (I & D, arthrocentesis, nail removal, skin biopsy, cryotherapy, etc.)
• Maintain a productivity standard of 22 patients per day
• Complete and lock documentation within 48 hours
• Review and sign labs, imaging, and consult notes promptly
• Coordinate specialist referrals and e-consults
• Participate in outreach health screenings (TB, diabetes, hypertension, etc.)

If working with adult populations, you may be asked to complete waiver training to provide Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

• Assist the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in clinical operations oversight
• Lead Provider Meetings when CMO is unavailable
• Support performance monitoring (HEDIS, STAR, UDS benchmarks) via chart audits and reporting
• Clinically supervise Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)
• Review minimum 50 charts for new providers
• Provide ongoing clinical oversight
• Conjoint supervision of medical assistants to improve care team efficiency
• Participate in Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives (PDSA methodology)
• Periodic on-call coverage (1 week approximately every 10 weeks)
• Occasional Sunday support shifts as needed

This is not traditional outpatient primary care. You will work with patients who often:

• Lack stable housing
• Have untreated or undertreated chronic disease
• Experience severe mental illness
• Struggle with substance use disorders
• Face systemic barriers to care

Your work directly improves health equity, access to care, and whole-person healing in a community that deeply needs consistent, compassionate providers.

Required:

• Active California Medical License
• BC/BE in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• DEA License
• BLS (CPR) Certification
• Ability to maintain Medicare, Medicaid, and managed care credentialing

Preferred:

• Bilingual Spanish
• Experience in FQHC or safety-net setting
• Comfort treating complex, high-acuity outpatient populations

This is a mission-centered, community-based setting serving high-need populations. Providers may encounter:

• Communicable illnesses (TB, HIV, etc.)
• Patients experiencing psychiatric crisis
• Individuals under the influence of substances

Clinical resilience, professionalism, and compassion are essential.

• Competitive Salary: $222,445 – $370,741
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Structured Administrative Day (Remote Fridays)
• Leadership growth opportunity within a mission-based organization

You are clinically confident, deeply compassionate, and motivated by impact over volume alone. You believe healthcare is a tool for justice and dignity. You are comfortable leading other providers and committed to advancing quality metrics in a safety-net environment.

If you want your medical career to directly affect the lives of disadvantaged and underserved populations…