Medical Director

1 month ago

Tampa, United States Optum Full time

Optum FL is seeking a Medical Director to join our team in Tampa, FL. Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you’ll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you’ll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. Here, you’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim. We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home. Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country. Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone. Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Medical Director is a member of the leadership team and responsible for the quality, cost and service levels of health care provided by Optum Florida. This position works closely with the senior leaders to direct, manage and evaluate all clinical operations. This position is also responsible for planning, implementing and monitoring of activities in direct support of patient satisfaction, quality improvement.

Essential Functions:

  • Develops and maintains a collegial relationship with clinicians (employed and contracted) to support the business efforts of the organization.    
  • Implements market specific initiatives and ensures that processes and procedures are aligned with the business model.                                                 
  • Drives improvement of quality indicators in assigned market by identifying, directing, and executing continuous quality improvement activities or processes.
  • Performs annual evaluations of the Associate Medical Director, Lead Clinicians, and other providers as directed.
  • Collaborates with Market Operations and Provider Relations staff in the market(s).
  • Assists in the identification of potential physician practice acquisitions in assigned market. Supports the clinics under integrations.
  • Partnering with the Clinical Affordability team, supports new innovative approaches to making healthcare more efficient and meaningful to PCPs and patients alike; ultimately bending the cost curve in region.
  • Develops and cascades clinical outcome/improvement messaging to business units to foster tighter working culture. Helps set agendas/strategies and collaborates with teams of Physician Business Managers (contracted), Risk Adjustment RNs, and Quality RNs.
  • Assists driving aligned performance in a largely independently contracted provider network through the development of meaningful relationships, financial and quality incentives, best practices, and forward thinking solutions to improve our value proposition to medical providers.
  • Assists in the identification and development of current/new best practices in support of continuous financial and quality improvement.
  • Serves as an integral dyad partner interfacing with corporate level support divisions, to include Quality, Risk Adjustment, Cost and Care, Employed Clinic Operations.
  • Ensures clinician compliance with federal and state regulations as well as internal policies and procedures, including the code of conduct.
  • Identifies and develops new leaders for succession planning.

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required qualifications:

  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)
  • Three or more years of clinical practice experience
  • Current board certification from ABMS or ABOS in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
  • Active, unrestricted Florida medical license or ability to obtain license rapidly
  • Valid DEA required
  • Five or more years proven experience leading/managing providers.

Preferred qualifications

  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.


OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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