Physician Lead

Job Details

JeffExpress Urgent Care is seeking experienced, board-certified or board-eligible physicians (MD or DO) to serve as Physician Leads within our expanding urgent care system. Each Physician Lead is assigned to a defined node of multiple urgent care centers and is responsible for both direct patient care and clinical leadership across the region. This is not a Medical Director role, but a hands-on leadership position focused on onboarding, education, quality assurance, and advanced practice clinician (APC) support.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the physician lead for a designated node/center, supporting clinical excellence, provider development, and consistent standards of care.

• Provide direct clinical care within the node, with a focus on high-volume sites and identified areas of operational or clinical need.

• Maintain flexibility to provide in-person clinical support at any site within the node, with occasional deployment outside the assigned node in coordination with system leadership based on organizational needs.

• Participate in a shared call rotation to provide backup clinical coverage in the event of unscheduled callouts.

• Partners with clinical leads with onboarding and clinical education for new physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), including training in urgent care procedures, EMR documentation, and visit flow efficiency.

• Meets all federal, state and Jefferson clinical, quality and regulatory requirements for supervision of advanced practice providers and staff.

• Deliver elbow-to-elbow mentorship with APCs, focusing on developing clinical confidence, refining practice style, and strengthening patient-centered communication.

• Collaborate with APCs to reinforce evidence-based best practices, including appropriate imaging, antibiotic stewardship, follow-up protocols, and documentation integrity.

• Quality Assurance:
  Actively participate in the Urgent Care Quality Assurance (QA) process, including:

  • Peer review of clinical charts and outcomes

  • Participating in clinical quality operations committee

  • Identification and follow-up of clinical outliers, trends, or concerns

  • Facilitation of closed-loop communication and coaching for providers

  • Collaboration with clinical leadership on system-level improvements

  • Championing patient safety, care standardization, and regulatory compliance

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution

• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine

• Current or eligible Pennsylvania medical license

• Active DEA license

• Prior urgent care or emergency/acute care experience preferred

• Commitment to excellence in patient care and teamwork in a high-volume setting

Why Jefferson Health?

• Part of Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, a top-ranked academic health system

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, including CME and malpractice coverage

• Access to cutting-edge resources, professional development, and a robust referral network

• Central Philadelphia location near public transportation, restaurants, and cultural institutions

Additional Job Description

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Primary Location Address

1300-24 W. Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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