District Medical Director - San Jose, CA

Carbon Health; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 300,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Carbon Health is seeking a District Medical Director to oversee clinical and operational performance for four clinics in the San Jose market, while continuing to practice medicine about 20 hours per week. You will lead a team of clinicians and collaborate with operations leadership to drive quality, patient experience, and financial results.

The role emphasizes clinical excellence, people leadership, and market growth within a hybrid urgent care + primary care model.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted physician license (MD/DO)
• BLS/ACLS required by start date
• DOT certification required

Responsibilities

• Set and uphold quality and safety standards across your market.
• Deliver urgent/primary care ~20 hrs/week while leading clinical teams.
• Recruit, coach, and develop providers; mentor APC clinicians.
• Drive provider engagement and retention with data-informed leadership.
• Own day-to-day clinical operations: patient flow, staffing, access, experience.
• Partner on P&L to build financial fluency and market growth.
• Report to national leadership on market performance and initiatives.

Skills

Medical leadership

Urgent care experience

Clinical leadership

Business acumen

Job description

District Medical Director - San Jose, CA

About this position

As a physician-founded and led organization, ensuring everyone has access to quality healthcare is what inspires us. The magic we’ve created lies in Carbon Health’s custom EHR and the collaboration among clinical teams, engineers, and designers who work side-by-side to deliver innovation in an AI first Primary and Urgent Care practice, expanding access to high quality care. That’s why we hire people who genuinely care about patients, solving healthcare challenges, and making a positive impact every day. Join us and help change the future of healthcare for the better.

District Medical Director

Lead 4 clinics. Practice medicine while developing as a clinical leader.

The Opportunity

Carbon Health is a technology-enabled healthcare company operating 75+ urgent care and 20 primary care clinics across California, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, and beyond, powered by care delivery software we build ourselves. As we expand our hybrid urgent care + primary care model and grow our value-based care programs, we’re looking for clinician leaders ready to step into true market-level ownership.

As District Medical Director, you'll own the clinical and operational performance of 4 clinics in your market: quality of care, provider development, patient experience, and financial results, while continuing to practice medicine roughly 20 hours per week. You'll lead a team of interdisciplinary clinicians and partner with operations leadership, with direct mentorship from our national clinical leadership team.

This role is built for the clinician who has led a site, a team, or a service line and is ready for something bigger. You don't need to arrive as a finished executive. You need the leadership instincts, the clinical credibility, and the drive. We'll invest in developing the rest.

What You'll Own

Clinical Excellence

• Set and uphold quality and safety standards across your market, in partnership with your Area Medical Director and operationally focused Center Managers
• Deliver evidence-based, compassionate urgent care and/or primary care (~20 hrs/week), staying credible where care actually happens
• Champion clinical initiatives — from chronic disease recognition programs to procedural competency — and adapt national playbooks to your market
• Recruit, coach, and develop providers — building the next generation of clinicians in your market. Mentor your APC clinicians as their supervising/collaborting physician
• Drive provider engagement and retention by modeling ownership, transparency, and a culture where clinicians want to build their careers
• Lead performance conversations with fairness and clarity, using data-informed coaching rather than gut feel
• Own the day-to-day clinical operations of your centers: patient flow, staffing models, access, and patient experience
• Partner on P&L performance with structured support to build your financial fluency
• Grow your market through occupational health, community partnerships, and referral relationships with surrounding practices
• Report regularly to national leadership on the state of your market — with the autonomy to act on what you see

What You Bring

• Active, unrestricted license as a Physician (MD/DO), BLS/ACLS required by start date, DOT certification required
• 3+ years of clinical experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, or a similar acute/ambulatory setting; comfortable treating patients of all ages
• 1+ years of demonstrated leadership as a medical director, lead clinician, site lead, or comparable role where others looked to you to set the standard
• Exposure to the business side of medicine — schedules, staffing, metrics, or budgets — and genuine curiosity to go deeper
• The soft skills that make hard jobs work: active listening, trust-building at every level, and the judgment to manage ambiguity without waiting for perfect information

What We'll Develop In You

We hire for leadership potential and clinical credibility and build business acumen deliberately. As a District Medical Director, you'll get:

• Structured P&L and financial management coaching, including productivity models, labor economics, and coding/reimbursement fluency
• A leadership development pathway with mentorship from national clinical leadership and a peer community of Medical Directors across our markets
• Real decision-making authority early. This is leadership development by doing, not by shadowing

Why This Role, Why Now

• Scale that matters: a multi-state platform where what you build in your market can shape how care is delivered nationally
• Technology that works for clinicians: you'll practice on software our own teams build, and your feedback shapes the product
• A hybrid care model on the front edge of where healthcare is going: urgent care access, primary care continuity, and growing value-based care programs
• Clinical leadership that practices: our medical leaders see patients, and we protect that

If you've been the person your colleagues turn to — and you're ready to lead at scale — we want to talk to you. Carbon Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.

As a physician-founded and led organization, ensuring everyone has access to quality healthcare is what inspires us. The magic we’ve created lies in Carbon Health’s custom EHR and the collaboration among clinical teams, engineers, and designers who work side-by-side to deliver innovation in an AI first Primary and Urgent Care practice, expanding access to high quality care. That’s why we hire people who genuinely care about patients, solving healthcare challenges, and making a positive impact every day. Join us and help change the future of healthcare for the better.

District Medical Director

Physician (MD/DO)

Lead 4 clinics. Practice medicine while developing as a clinical leader.

The Opportunity

Carbon Health is a technology-enabled healthcare company operating 75+ urgent care and 20 primary care clinics across California, New Jersey, Washington, Massachusetts, and beyond, powered by care delivery software we build ourselves. As we expand our hybrid urgent care + primary care model and grow our value-based care programs, we’re looking for clinician leaders ready to step into true market-level ownership.

As District Medical Director, you'll own the clinical and operational performance of 4 clinics in your market: quality of care, provider development, patient experience, and financial results, while continuing to practice medicine roughly 20 hours per week. You'll lead a team of interdisciplinary clinicians and partner with operations leadership, with direct mentorship from our national clinical leadership team.

This role is built for the clinician who has led a site, a team, or a service line and is ready for something bigger. You don't need to arrive as a finished executive. You need the leadership instincts, the clinical credibility, and the drive. We'll invest in developing the rest.

What You Own

Clinical Excellence

• Set and uphold quality and safety standards across your market, in partnership with your Area Medical Director and operationally focused Center Managers
• Deliver evidence-based, compassionate urgent care and/or primary care (~20 hrs/week), staying credible where care actually happens
• Champion clinical initiatives — from chronic disease recognition programs to procedural competency — and adapt national playbooks to your market

People Leadership

• Recruit, coach, and develop providers — building the next generation of clinicians in your market. Mentor your APC clinicians as their supervising/collaborting physician
• Drive provider engagement and retention by modeling ownership, transparency, and a culture where clinicians want to build their careers
• Lead performance conversations with fairness and clarity, using data-informed coaching rather than gut feel

Operational & Financial Performance

• Own the day-to-day clinical operations of your centers: patient flow, staffing models, access, and patient experience
• Partner on P&L performance with structured support to build your financial fluency
• Grow your market through occupational health, community partnerships, and referral relationships with surrounding practices
• Report regularly to national leadership on the state of your market — with the autonomy to act on what you see

What You Bring

• Active, unrestricted license as a Physician (MD/DO), BLS/ACLS required by start date, DOT certification required
• 3+ years of clinical experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, or a similar acute/ambulatory setting; comfortable treating patients of all ages
• 1+ years of demonstrated leadership as a medical director, lead clinician, site lead, or comparable role where others looked to you to set the standard
• Exposure to the business side of medicine — schedules, staffing, metrics, or budgets — and genuine curiosity to go deeper
• The soft skills that make hard jobs work: active listening, trust-building at every level, and the judgment to manage ambiguity without waiting for perfect information

What We'll Develop In You

We hire for leadership potential and clinical credibility and build business acumen deliberately. As a District Medical Director, you'll get:

• Structured P&L and financial management coaching, including productivity models, labor economics, and coding/reimbursement fluency
• A leadership development pathway with mentorship from national clinical leadership and a peer community of Medical Directors across our markets
• Real decision-making authority early. This is leadership development by doing, not by shadowing

Why This Role, Why Now

• Scale that matters: a multi-state platform where what you build in your market can shape how care is delivered nationally
• Technology that works for clinicians: you'll practice on software our own teams build, and your feedback shapes the product
• A hybrid care model on the front edge of where healthcare is going: urgent care access, primary care continuity, and growing value-based care programs
• Clinical leadership that practices: our medical leaders see patients, and we protect that

If you've been the person your colleagues turn to — and you're ready to lead at scale — we want to talk to you. Carbon Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.

The pay range for this role is: 300,000 - 350,000 USD per year(san jose)