Orthopedics Clinical Lead & Product Advisor

NextGen Federal Systems; Georgia; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen Healthcare seeks an Orthopedics Clinical Lead to guide clinical workflows, operations, and product alignment across outpatient musculoskeletal care.

You will partner with product, design, and engineering to ensure orthopedic workflows, device integrations, and regulatory considerations are reflected in solutions. Travel to client sites and lead stakeholder discussions to drive adoption and alignment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of direct clinical care or operations experience in outpatient orthopedics, physical medicine, or sports medicine.
• Experience using ambulatory orthopedic or rehab therapy EHR systems in active clinical or operational workflows.
• Experience engaging directly with orthopedic providers, rehab therapists, cast technicians, and operational leaders in real-world practice environments.
• Experience collaborating with or advising product, design, or technology teams in a healthcare environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Represent real-world outpatient musculoskeletal care delivery models, workflows, and operational practices within orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, physical therapy, and occupational therapy settings.
• Engage orthopedic surgeons, sports medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, physical therapists, occupational therapists, clinical assistants, and practice administrators through site visits, workshops, discovery sessions, and virtual engagements.
• Serve as a trusted specialty advisor during product discovery, validation, and prioritization activities.
• Provide practical insight into specialty-specific workflows including examination and evaluation, diagnostic imaging, injection and in-office procedure documentation, fracture care, surgery planning, post-operative rehabilitation pathways, physical & occupational therapy, etc.
• Translate musculoskeletal regulatory, operational, and clinical requirements—for example 90-day surgical global period tracking, therapy cap limitations, and prior authorization rules—into clear, actionable guidance for product management, design, and engineering teams.
• Support cross-functional alignment by clearly communicating orthopedics and rehabilitation therapy requirements to technical and non-technical audiences, including sales and implementation.
• Lead musculoskeletal-focused discussions, addressing workflow, compliance, and operational considerations with internal and external stakeholders.
• Travel to customer and partner sites as needed to support field engagement and product discovery.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Education

Clinical degree & licensure

Musculoskeletal/sports medicine credential

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

NextGen Healthcare seeks an Orthopedics Clinical Lead to guide clinical workflows, operations, and product alignment across outpatient musculoskeletal care.

You will partner with product, design, and engineering to ensure orthopedic workflows, device integrations, and regulatory considerations are reflected in solutions. Travel to client sites and lead stakeholder discussions to drive adoption and alignment.