Founding Medical Director, Telehealth & Clinical Services

Lead the clinical development of South West Georgia Homecare’s proposed telehealth services. This founding, fractional opportunity is for a Georgia-licensed physician to establish clinical governance, provider standards, patient safety protocols, and launch readiness. The program is in development; initial responsibilities focus on planning and implementation.

• Define the initial telehealth services, patient populations, eligibility criteria, and limits of virtual care.
• Develop protocols for patient evaluation, consent, documentation, prescribing, follow-up, and emergency escalation.
• Establish provider credentialing, competency assessment, peer review, and quality improvement standards.
• Define responsibilities across treating clinicians, nursing staff, care coordinators, and personnel assisting virtual visits.
• Help select clinical documentation systems and establish patient record responsibilities.
• Develop appropriate physician delegation or supervision arrangements for participating advanced practice clinicians.
• Collaborate with healthcare counsel and billing specialists on regulatory readiness, clinical entity structure, malpractice coverage, and payer requirements.
• Establish clinical launch criteria and advise leadership on readiness to begin patient care.
• Build relationships with healthcare professionals and organizations serving rural Georgia.

• MD or DO with an active, unrestricted Georgia medical license.
• Board certification in family medicine, internal medicine, or another specialty appropriate to the proposed services.
• Experience delivering outpatient care and telehealth services.
• Experience in clinical leadership, medical direction, quality improvement, or clinical program development.
• Strong judgment regarding when virtual care is appropriate and when in-person evaluation is necessary.
• Ability to establish clear clinical protocols and work collaboratively with operational and technology teams.
• Interest in improving healthcare access for rural communities, older adults, and families.
• Availability for a defined part-time or fractional engagement.
• Experience collaborating with nurse practitioners or physician assistants preferred.
• Direct patient care, on-call coverage, and delegation responsibilities will be separately scoped and agreed before assignment.