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Hopscotch Primary Care is transforming healthcare in rural America by delivering high-quality, team-based primary care to underserved communities. The company operates a value-based care model focused on seniors in Western North Carolina, with a mission to make great healthcare accessible across all communities.
As Medical Director at the Spruce Pine clinic, you will lead a clinical care team including Advanced Practitioners, Medical Assistants, Care Managers, and Community Health Workers while maintaining your own patient panel. This is a hands-on leadership role combining clinical excellence with team building and culture leadership.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and coaching your clinical team in delivering the Hopscotch care model
- Managing your own panel of senior patients in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary care setting
- Coaching providers on panel management, documentation, and indirect care time optimization
- Partnering with the Care Center Manager to drive performance on patient experience, quality metrics (STARS/HEDIS), care coordination, utilization, and cost outcomes
- Championing talent development, clinical innovation, and compliance across the center
- Representing Hopscotch in the community through education, engagement, and health initiatives
Required qualifications: Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine; 3+ years of post-residency experience including team management; active, non-probationary North Carolina medical license (or willingness to obtain); US work authorization.
Desirable experience includes Medicare population expertise, at-risk/high-acuity panel management, value-based care models, data-driven clinical decision-making, and a track record of developing others.
Hopscotch provides a supportive clinical environment with dedicated Medical Assistants and Clinical Documentation Specialists, longer appointment times with built-in charting, smaller patient panels (~15 patients/day), and on-site interdisciplinary teams to support comprehensive patient wellness.
