Correctional Health Medical Director

Health Marketing; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Health Marketing in Columbia, SC seeks a Lead Clinician to oversee medical services in a detention setting and provide direct clinical care to incarcerated patients. The role combines administrative leadership with hands-on treatment, ensuring high standards of care.

You will coordinate with detention leadership, nursing, mental health, and ancillary teams; deliver intake, chronic disease management, urgent care, and telehealth services, and drive quality improvement and regulatory compliance

Qualifications

• Strong clinical judgment and experience providing patient care across multiple acuity levels.
• Leadership capability to guide teams and standardize care practices.
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance, quality improvement, and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across interdisciplinary teams.
• Comfort delivering care in correctional or similarly structured environments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical practices, medical policies, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain standards of care.
• Coordinate patient care with detention leadership, nursing, mental health, and ancillary teams.
• Provide intake, chronic disease management, urgent care, and follow-up services.
• Deliver care both in person and via telehealth.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Leadership

Healthcare compliance

Communication

Work in correctional environments

Job description

Role: Lead and manage medical services within a detention setting while delivering direct clinical care to incarcerated patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical practices, medical policies, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain standards of care.
• Coordinate patient care with detention leadership, nursing, mental health, and ancillary teams.
• Provide intake, chronic disease management, urgent care, and follow-up services.
• Deliver care both in person and via telehealth.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong clinical judgment and experience providing patient care across multiple acuity levels.
• Leadership capability to guide teams and standardize care practices.
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance, quality improvement, and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across interdisciplinary teams.
• Comfort delivering care in correctional or similarly structured environments.