Center Medical Director

Oak Street Health, part of CVS Health; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 174,000 - 375,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a Center Medical Director in Philadelphia to guide clinical teams in providing exceptional patient care. This role emphasizes leadership, strategic direction, and collaboration within a growing company dedicated to improving health outcomes for older adults. Ideal candidates will be M.D. or D.O. graduates with strong clinical leadership experience and a passion for patient wellness.

Benefits

Paid vacation and sick time

Investment/retirement 401K match options

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Opportunities for leadership development

Continuing education stipends

Flexible work environments

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in outpatient practice preferred.
• Experience leading and coaching providers.
• Commitment to older adults and low-income patients.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical team to provide the best patient care.
• Coordinate onboarding of new providers.
• Support organizational strategy and clinical guidelines implementation.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Patient care

Coaching providers

Metrics-driven approach

Problem solving

Education

M.D. or D.O.

Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

Fellowship training in Geriatrics (preferred)

Job description

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At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.

As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.

Company: Oak Street Health

Title: Center Medical Director

Location: 1200 W Godfrey Ave #3100, Philadelphia, PA 19141

Role Description

The purpose of the Center Medical Director role at Oak Street Health is to lead the clinical team at their center in providing the best patient care and a great place to work in order to keep patients happy, healthy and out of the hospital. The Medical Director will practice primary care in our clinics alongside their provider colleagues at 80% clinical time and 20% administrative time. The CMD will have mission-critical leadership responsibilities, which include setting an example for how thoughtful primary care is practiced, serving as a formal mentor, coach, and advisor to providers in Oak Street clinics, and participating in critical organizational-wide strategic initiatives.

Core Responsibilities

The Center Medical Director is the medical leader for his/her OSH center. In this role the CMD will have the following responsibilities:

Support of Organizational Strategy

• Work in tight collaboration with the Practice Manager and Outreach Manager/Director to achieve our organizational objectives:
• Best Care Anywhere
• Unmatched Patient Experience
• Exceptional Growth
• Great Place to Work and Leader in DE&I
• Drive implementation of OSH strategic initiatives.
• Follow direction from regional leadership (regional medical director or senior medical director) in collaboration with CMDs in the region to implement regional priorities and reach regional objectives.
• Cascade both organizational information to care team members as well as escalate care team concerns and ideas to the rest of the organization.
  

Provider Management

• Help coordinate and lead the onboarding of new providers at the center.
• Model excellent medical care, implementation of the care model, and success in metrics.
• Support consistent and robust OSH care model implementation by ensuring care teams are effectively preparing for and executing daily huddles, patient care planning and management, admission prevention work, and clinical documentation workflows.
• Ensure that the medical care provided by each provider and care team is appropriate evidence based care that keeps patients healthy and out of the hospital.
• Understand, teach and implement Oak Street's clinical guidelines at both the individual provider and center level.
• Support each care team and the center to provide the highest quality (primary and secondary) preventative care.
• Educate and provide ongoing support for providers in implementation of the value based full risk model of care.
• Assess and address root causes when center metric goals are not reached.
  
  

Leadership and Coaching

• Create and maintain a culture of coaching up and growth of providers and care teams.
• Listen to feedback from care team members and address concerns with constructive problem-solving.
• Conduct performance reviews and discuss provider goals and help develop plans to achieve these goals.
  
  

Culture

• Acknowledge and celebrate successes of care team members and communicate opportunities for improvement.
• Achieve triad best practices.
• Support a positive, Oaky culture of joy in practice.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

What are we looking for?

Ideal Candidates Will Be

• M.D., D.O., or A.P.N or P.A. graduates.
• Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine required for M.D. or D.O., Board certification in Family, Adult, or Gerontology for A.P.N.
• Experience in clinical leadership roles, leading and coaching providers to be the best they can be for their patients and their colleagues.
• Experience using a metrics-driven approach to the provision of medical care and/or quality projects.
• Passionate about their work and motivated to be a part of a fast growing organization.
• Aware of their leadership skills and potential for impact and eager to share those with a fast-growing, energetic team on the leading edge of healthcare innovation.
• Commitment to older adults and to low-income patients.
• Comfort with ambiguity and a love for problem solving.
• Ability to remain calm in the midst of the storm, guiding others to smart, effective solutions.
• 5+ years of experience in outpatient practice preferred.
• Fellowship training in Geriatrics, other professional degrees (e.g., M.B.A., J.D., M.P.H.), and prior executive roles welcomed but not required.
• US work authorization
• Someone who embodies being 'Oaky'
  
  

What does being 'Oaky' look like?

• Radiating positive energy
• Assuming good intentions
• Creating an unmatched patient experience
• Driving clinical excellence
• Taking ownership and delivering results
• Being relentlessly determined
  
  

Why Oak Street Health?

Oak Street Health is on a mission to 'Rebuild healthcare as it should be', providing personalized primary care for older adults on Medicare, with the goal of keeping patients healthy and living life to the fullest. Our innovative care model is centered right in our patient's communities, and focused on the quality of care over volume of services. We're an organization on the move! With an ambitious growth trajectory, Oak Street Health is attracting and cultivating team members who embody 'Oaky' values and passion for our mission.

Oak Street Health Benefits

• Mission-focused career impacting change and measurably improving health outcomes for medicare patients
• Paid vacation, sick time, and investment/retirement 401K match options
• Health insurance, vision, and dental benefits
• Opportunities for leadership development and continuing education stipends
• New centers and flexible work environments
• Opportunities for high levels of responsibility and rapid advancement
  
  

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The Typical Pay Range For This Role Is

$174,070.00 - $374,920.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great Benefits For Great People

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
  
  

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 05/14/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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