National Medical Director
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Job description
About the Company
Rise Health is a platform acquisition company re-engineering the traditional fee-for-service primary care model. We deliver an integrated, value-based clinical program built around partnerships with existing primary care practices. Through these partnerships, we migrate practices to our proprietary technology and data-driven platform to support profitable risk management in a value-based environment. Rise Health is backed by private equity sponsors and led by a management team with deep experience in healthcare investing.
Job Summary
Rise Health seeks a dynamic, visible, and engaging physician leader to serve as the organization’s National Medical Director (NMD). This is an exciting opportunity for a transformative leader who is passionate about reshaping healthcare delivery within a high-growth organization.
Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the NMD will oversee clinical operations and performance across all clinics in the Rise Health network. This leader will collaborate effectively with Rise executives, local clinical leaders, clinical providers, and senior operations teams. The NMD will ensure that the appropriate organizational structures—people, processes, and systems—are in place to support profitable growth, clinical excellence, exceptional service standards, and regulatory compliance.
In partnership with the leadership team, the NMD will help drive strategic initiatives, optimize care delivery, and support overall operational success. The ideal candidate brings experience leading a large, multi-state primary care organization and has demonstrated success building and expanding programs in a collaborative environment.
The successful candidate will embody integrity and serve as a key contributor within this entrepreneurial, high-energy team. As a self-starter, the NMD must be able to effectively frame business, operational, clinical, and data-driven issues in a way that inspires confidence among internal and external stakeholders. A proven track record of leadership, quality care, strategic consistency, and adaptability is essential. This leader will guide Rise Health’s provider group through change with an understanding of high-growth environments and modern healthcare delivery.
A Doctor of Medicine degree (MD/DO) is required, along with completion of an ACGME-accredited residency program and current board certification. An advanced degree in business or healthcare management is preferred.
Job Responsibilities
Team Leadership
Build and develop a best-in-class medical staff and clinical support teams committed to quality and service excellence.
Serve as a mentor to clinical teams, fostering a healthy, transparent culture and strong team environment.
Empower staff at all levels to be innovative, proactive, and aligned with organizational goals.
Clinical Oversight
Oversee clinical policies, standardized procedures, and care delivery models that ensure safe and effective care while appropriately managing clinical risk.
Design and lead the clinical strategy and clinical model, ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care.
Develop and implement innovative clinical practices, protocols, and programs aligned with organizational objectives.
Evaluate current clinical operations and care delivery to improve performance in productivity, access, quality, and patient experience.
Operational Leadership
Measure and manage key metrics to ensure financial, operational, and quality targets are achieved.
Champion cross-functional collaboration to translate strategy into execution, including oversight of clinical integrations and assessments.
Identify opportunities to enhance engagement among physicians and APPs, strengthening alignment, satisfaction, trust, and transparency.
Create an atmosphere of continuous learning through best-practice sharing, training, and ongoing education that advances provider development and well-being.
Growth & Business Expansion
Drive EBITDA growth through patient panel expansion, M&A, and new business initiatives—including expanded service offerings.
Lead business transformation efforts by driving innovation, managing teams through change, and identifying opportunities that position Rise Health as a value-based care leader.
Relationship Building
Establish oneself as an accessible and approachable leader.
Build personal and professional credibility with Rise Health leadership.
Earn the trust of physicians, APPs, staff, community partners, and strategic stakeholders.
Build collaborative, productive relationships with leadership across operations, finance, and physician/APP groups.
Training & Workforce Development
Develop innovative and engaging training programs that position Rise Health as a clinical environment of choice.
Other Responsibilities
Perform additional duties as assigned.
Qualifications
MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
Current and appropriate board certification.
Eligibility for medical licensure in NV, NM, and AZ.
Advanced degree in healthcare administration, business administration, or a related field preferred.
Prior experience in value-based care strongly preferred, with a demonstrated understanding of managing care delivery to improve patient outcomes while controlling costs.
Progressive leadership experience with a proven ability to drive change, break down silos, and advance a vision of high reliability and quality across a system.
Experience developing quality, safety, and performance improvement programs, with a record of achieving exceptional results and comprehensive knowledge of evidence-based medicine and quality improvement methodologies.
Demonstrated personal qualities that inspire confidence, trust, credibility, and accountability.
Experience leading a delivery system across the full continuum of care.
Successful track record of effective administrative and physician leadership, including developing physician engagement and driving clinical quality outcomes.
Proficiency with EMR systems, including their integration into quality data collection, improvement processes, clinical operations, and strategic initiatives.
Strong relationship-building and communication skills across all levels of an organization, including physicians, senior leaders, clinical teams, staff, and patients.
Demonstrated ability to develop clinical leaders and hold them accountable for achieving results within their respective areas.
Excellent team-building, communication, and listening skills, with the ability to identify, retain, and mentor exceptional clinical and operations teams recognized for collaboration, innovation, and execution.
Proven ability to develop, articulate, and communicate a vision and strategy in coordination with organizational leadership.
Strong record of financial, quality, and operational performance, including demonstrated success in clinical quality, patient satisfaction, and financial outcomes.
Commitment to delivering high-quality, consistent, patient-centered care that reflects community needs, with experience leading initiatives that improved patient satisfaction.
Ability to work collaboratively with operational leaders to ensure compliance with clinical care standards and state and federal regulatory requirements.