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Associate Medical Director

UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care

Location: Hybrid | Pittsburgh, PA

Help Shape the Future of Urgent Care Leadership While Continuing to Practice Medicine

UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care is seeking an experienced and collaborative physician leader to join our team as an Associate Medical Director. This unique role offers a balanced 50% administrative and 50% clinical practice structure, allowing you to directly impact patient care while leading a large, high-performing physician workforce across our Pennsylvania market.

As Associate Medical Director, you will partner closely with the Medical Director, operational leadership, and health system stakeholders to advance clinical quality, provider engagement, care coordination, and strategic growth across approximately 40 urgent care centers serving hundreds of thousands of patients annually.

Position Overview

The Associate Medical Director serves as the direct leader for frontline physicians across two regions of the UPMC-GoHealth network, supporting a team of approximately 75-100 physicians. This role combines physician leadership, quality oversight, strategic planning, provider development, and ongoing clinical practice.

Working collaboratively with operational partners, advanced practice leadership, site managers, and UPMC stakeholders, you will help drive exceptional patient outcomes, provider performance, and alignment with the mission and vision of both UPMC and GoHealth.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical & Provider Leadership

• Lead, coach, mentor, and directly manage frontline physicians across multiple regions and centers.
• Support physician onboarding, orientation, engagement, performance management, and professional development.
• Maintain an active clinical practice through weekly patient care responsibilities.
• Provide escalation support for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs).
• Participate in shared after-hours and weekend clinical call coverage.

Strategic Leadership

• Partner with the Medical Director and health system leaders to execute market strategy and operational priorities.
• Advance care coordination initiatives that strengthen patient access, continuity of care, and network integrity.
• Support referral pathways and collaborative relationships throughout the UPMC network.
• Drive physician alignment with organizational goals, operational standards, and patient experience expectations.

Quality & Clinical Excellence

• Lead quality assurance and performance improvement programs across the market.
• Monitor key quality metrics, including antimicrobial stewardship, corticosteroid stewardship, controlled substance utilization, and transfer rates.
• Oversee provider chart review, FPPE/OPPE processes, and clinical documentation standards.
• Support the GoFollow aftercare and clinical results management program.
• Provide leadership across both in-person and virtual care delivery models, including oversight and support of the Virtual Visit service line to ensure consistent clinical excellence and patient experience.
• Lead educational initiatives, including new provider onboarding and APP graduate training programs.

Operational Collaboration

• Partner closely with operational leadership, including Regional Directors, Advanced Practice Leaders, and Site Managers.
• Promote consistency in clinical workflows, provider performance, and patient experience across all centers.
• Participate in workforce planning and initiatives that support sustainable growth and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Required

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Board Certification in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, or Med-Peds.
• Current physician licensure (or ability to obtain licensure in Pennsylvania).
• Minimum 2 years of physician leadership experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, primary care, or a related clinical setting.
• Demonstrated success leading providers and driving clinical quality initiatives.

Preferred

• Multi-site medical leadership experience.
• Urgent care leadership experience.
• Experience working within an integrated health system.
• Experience managing provider performance, quality programs, and physician engagement initiatives.

Why UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care?

• Meaningful leadership impact across one of the region's largest urgent care networks.
• Unique blend of physician leadership and clinical practice.
• Opportunity to influence care delivery for more than 700,000 patient encounters annually.
• Collaborate with a highly engaged leadership team and respected health system partner.
• Competitive compensation, incentive opportunities, and comprehensive benefits package.
• Career growth within a national leader in urgent care.

About UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care

UPMC-GoHealth Urgent Care combines the trusted expertise of UPMC with GoHealth's innovative urgent care platform to deliver convenient, connected, and high-quality care throughout Pennsylvania. Our mission is to provide effortless, personal, and accessible healthcare experiences while improving patient outcomes and strengthening coordination across the continuum of care.

Join us and help lead the physicians, programs, and partnerships that are shaping the future of urgent care across Pennsylvania.

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