Primary Care Medical Director Opportunity in New Orleans, Louisiana | Value-Based Care Leadership
Job at a glance
Job description
Healthcare United is seeking a full-time Primary Care Medical Director to join an established value-based healthcare organization in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The Medical Director will combine direct patient care with clinical leadership, provider mentorship, quality oversight, and population health responsibilities. This position supports physicians, advanced practice providers, and multidisciplinary teams caring for medically complex and socially vulnerable patients.
The organization’s integrated care model focuses on improving outcomes, addressing barriers to care, and reducing avoidable emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions.
Benefits include:
• Competitive executive-level compensation
• Performance and quality incentives
• Sign-on and relocation assistance may be available
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Paid malpractice insurance
• Generous paid time off
• CME allowance and paid CME time
• Integrated multidisciplinary clinical support
• Opportunity to influence clinical operations and care delivery
Job Responsibilities
• Lead physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinical team members
• Maintain clinical standards and quality expectations
• Mentor providers and support professional development
• Oversee clinical performance, patient outcomes, utilization, and documentation quality
• Support the management of chronic diseases, behavioral health conditions, substance use disorders, and infectious diseases
• Collaborate with clinical and operational leadership
• Lead quality improvement and population health initiatives
• Help reduce avoidable emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and readmissions
• Support provider recruitment, onboarding, and retention
• Maintain an active clinical presence and patient panel
• Participate in leadership meetings and rotating call responsibilities
Qualifications
• Board certification in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine required
• Active Louisiana medical license or eligibility
• Active DEA registration or eligibility
• Significant primary care experience required
• Previous Medical Director, Lead Physician, or clinical leadership experience required
• Value-based care, FQHC, community health, population health, or underserved care experience strongly preferred
• Strong leadership, mentoring, communication, and organizational skills
• No new graduates
• No visa sponsorship available
Working Hours
• Monday through Friday
• Outpatient setting
• Administrative and direct patient-care responsibilities
• Rotating call responsibilities
Skills
• Primary care medicine
• Provider mentorship
• Value-based care
• Population health
• Quality improvement
• Complex chronic disease management
• Clinical performance oversight
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Medical documentation and compliance