Physician Leader, Primary Care

HarmonyCares is hiring a Physician Leader, Primary Care for its home-based primary care practice in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The full-time Monday through Friday role provides clinical oversight for 4-5 advanced practice providers and divides time between 2.5 days of administrative and oversight duties and 2.5 days of direct patient care for a panel of 140 patients. The position operates in a value-based care model serving frail Medicare patients in their homes and includes base compensation plus quality bonus totaling $300k or more along with a $50k retention bonus. The organization emphasizes patient-centered care delivered in the home setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-site clinical supervision for assigned advanced practice providers and physicians within the pod while maintaining collaborative practice agreements within state limits
• Conduct at least one ride-along observation with each collaborative advanced practice provider per quarter
• Complete complex patient visits as needed for supervised advanced practice providers
• Collaborate with pod clinical team members including community health workers, medical social workers, nurse navigators, care managers, and patient care coordinators
• Support clinical development of advanced practice providers through evidence-based care practices
• Lead high-risk patient huddles and ensure documented care plans involving all relevant team members
• Perform 10 chart audits per month or the number required by state regulations, whichever is greater
• Review quality metrics and pod performance data to identify improvements in HEDIS measures
• Monitor clinician capacity and productivity and partner with site medical directors on corrective actions
• Coordinate with the regional medical director on care improvement opportunities
• Handle service inquiries, patient complaints, and related requests for the pod
• Assist pod providers with EMR efficiency
• Deliver direct patient care to the assigned panel and additional high-risk or complex cases as needed
• Lead clinical education on diagnosis, documentation, and chronic condition management
• Support compliance and human resources resolutions including discipline actions and performance reviews for direct reports
• Sign DME orders, death certificates, and other documents as required by state regulations on behalf of advanced practice providers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy
• Active medical license
• Active CPR certification
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record
• Board certification preferred
• One year of experience at HarmonyCares Medical Group preferred

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
• 401K retirement plan with match
• CME and tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off, holidays, and volunteer time
• Paid orientation and training
• A+ rated malpractice coverage with tail coverage
• Mobile diagnostic services and state-of-the-art technology
• No hospital rounds