Job Details
Jefferson Health is seeking a board-certified or board-eligible Urgent Care Physician to join our dynamic clinical team at Jefferson Health as a Regional Physician Lead. This role is ideal for a motivated clinician interested in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in a fast-paced, academic medical setting.
Job Description
Reporting
Reporting to urgent care clinical leadership.
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 with an active or eligible Pennsylvania medical license
Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine, Emergency Medicine, or a comparable specialty
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in urgent care, emergency medicine, or high-acuity outpatient practice preferred.
Proven ability to lead, mentor, and support APCs in a fast-paced clinical setting
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative leadership style
Comfortable with flexible scheduling, regional travel, and working across multiple sites as needed
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
Additional Job Description
JeffExpress Urgent Care - Allentown
Includes locations in Ceder Crest, Fogelsville, and Tilghman
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Primary Location Address
901 Walnut Street, 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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